Nov. 19, 2007 |
1. Teaching Academy Honors Oliver, Inducts Jack and Popp
2. Foundation Gift Designated for Poultry Science Recruiting
3. Food Science to Host Organics Webcast Forum - Nov. 29
4. Alpha Tau Alpha Holds Food Drive
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1. Teaching Academy Honors Oliver, Inducts Jack and Popp
The University of Arkansas Teaching Academy at its annual banquet Nov. 8 presented the third annual John and Lois Imhoff Award for Outstanding Teaching and Student Mentorship to Dick Oliver, professor of weed science in the crop, soil and environmental sciences department. The academy inducted Nancy Jack, animal science, and Jennie Popp, agricultural economics and agribusiness, as new members.
The Imhoff award is given to a faculty member who teaches entry-level courses and has proven to be an outstanding teacher and mentor. Oliver received a $1,000 honorarium and a memento of service. Oliver is a native of Stuttgart. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Arkansas before earning his doctoral degree in weed sciences at Purdue University. He began teaching at the University of Arkansas in 1976, was appointed University Professor in agronomy in 1994 and was named to the Elms Farming Chair for Weed Science in 1995.
Oliver has earned numerous teaching and research awards during his career, including the Award of Excellence from the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy (1998); Educator of the Year award from the Southern Weed Science Society (2000); and the Jack G. Justus Endowment Award for Teaching Excellence from Bumpers College (2004). Oliver teaches weed science at all undergraduate and graduate levels, and advises student competition teams that have won first place in their southern region for 21 of the past 27 years.
Oliver was selected from a group of three finalists for the Imhoff Award. The other finalists, Jenny Xu, instructor of Chinese, and Marianne Neighbors, professor of nursing, were also recognized at the Teaching Academy banquet. The Imhoff award was created by a gift from the John and Lois Imhoff Trust to the UA Teaching Academy.
Nancy Jack, assistant professor of animal science, is the director of the D.E. King equine program. She won the top two teaching awards in the Bumpers College in 2007 and advises the student equine club.
Jennie Popp, associate professor of agricultural economics, teaches introductory economics courses, environmental economics and helped develop the campus-wide orientation course. She is adviser to the agribusiness club, and has won both teaching and advising awards in Bumpers College.
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2. Foundation Gift Designated for Poultry Science Recruiting
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| POULTRY SCIENCE SUPPORT -- Monty Henderson (second from left), president and COO of George's Inc., and a Harold E. Ford Foundation board member, presents a check for $22,854 to Walter Bottje, poultry science department head, flanked by industry and academia members Marvin Childers (from left) president of the The Poultry Federation, John Ward (back) vice president of The Poultry Federation, John Bryan, director of The Poultry Federation and Jason Emmert, assistant professor and undergraduate curriculum coordinator. |
The Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association Harold E. Ford Foundation recently presented a check for $22,854 to the poultry science department
The foundation, named for a former executive with the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association, promotes advancement of the poultry industry through education and training. Depatment Head Walter Bottje said the gift will help support recruiting efforts such as the annual Poultry Science Youth Conference, the youth broiler show at the Arkansas State Fair and in-service training for faculty.
The foundation has given more than $147,000 to the department over the past eight years, Bottje said. The foundation was founded in 1995 and has given over $1 million dollars to poultry science departments across the nation.
"The support the Harold E. Ford Foundation provides for our department is outstanding," Bottje said. "We're so thankful for their generosity and foresight. This gift will impact our students as well as the future of the poultry industry."
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3. Food Science to Host Organics Webcast Forum - Nov. 29
A Webcast forum on organic foods will be presented from noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 29 in rooms D1 and D2 of the Food Science Building. The Institute of Food Technologists is presenting the discussion featuring these panelists: Sam Beattie of Iowa State University, Charles Benbrook of The Organic Center, Art Craigmill of the University of California-Davis, and Maryellen Molyneaux of the Natural Marketing Institute.
The panel will explore whether organic foods are more healthful than conventionally grown foods. More than half of Americans buy organic food at least once a month because they believe the foods are pesticide free, according to the Food Marketing Institute.
A free lunch catered by the Little Bread Company will be provided for those participants who respond by Nov. 27. Responses should be sent to wgilber@uark.edu or 479-243-6513. The food science department is north of the main UA campus at 2650 N. Young Ave. and may be reached by turning east off of Arkansas 112 at Cassatt Street at the food science sign.
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4. Alpha Tau Alpha Holds Food Drive
Alpha Tau Alpha, the national professional honorary agricultural education organization, is holding a food drive to benefit the Ozark Food Bank, Nov. 12 - Dec. 7. Bring items to a box in the Agricultural and Extension Education office in AGRI 205 through those dates. Food will be collected for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons. The items that are most needed are peanut butter, canned meats and fish, canned fruits and vegetables, cereal, oatmeal, cream of wheat, 100% fruit juice and dried milk.
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