Feb. 4 , 2008

1. GSD Student Research Competition - Enter by Feb. 4

2. Block and Bridle Sponsors Ag Olympics -- Enter by Feb. 5

3. AAES Field Days
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1. GSD Student Research Competition - Enter by Feb. 4

Gamma Sigma Delta will sponsor its 10th annual competition of students' posters and oral presentations on Monday, Feb. 25, at the Arkansas Union. Enter by sending abstracts no later than Feb. 4 to Randy Luttrell at luttrell@uark.edu. See guidelines at http://gsd.uark.edu/newsletter.html#student.

Undergraduates, master's candidates and doctoral candidates will compete in their respective categories. Presentations should be based on students' own research. First, second and third places will be awarded with students receiving respective awards of $100, $75 and $50 in each category for posters or oral presentations.
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2. Block and Bridle Sponsors Ag Olympics -- Enter by Feb. 5

Students and faculty are invited to enter the Ag Olympics to be held Feb. 8 at the Pauline Whitaker Arena, sponsored by the University of Arkansas Block and Bridle Club. Possible events include horseshoes, hay bale stacking, seed-spitting, relays such as wheelbarrow races, tug-of-war, a chili cook-off and more.

You will be able to compete on teams of five to prove you are the top Ag Olympians in Bumpers College. Individual prizes will be awarded in each event, and the team that racks up the most points by the end of the night will go down in history by having their names engraved on a traveling trophy.

Register your team by e-mailing a list of names to bandb@uark.edu by Feb. 5. If you do not have a team but still want to compete, register anyway and we'll find a spot for you. Please indicate whether your team is interested in competing in the chili cook-off as Block and Bridle plans on providing the meat for this event.
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3. AAES Field Days

Field days at Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station units in 2008 will include dedication programs for new headquarters buildings at the Fruit Research Station and the SEREC-Rohwer Division unit. Field days scheduled to date include:

March 18. Southwest Research and Extension Center, Hope. Cow-Calf Conference.

April 15. Livestock & Forestry Branch Station, Batesville. Forestry - morning, Forage - afternoon.

(To be announced). Southeast Research and Extension Center, Monticello. Beef and Forage.

June 21. Savoy Research Unit. Forestry.

June 24. Fruit Research Station, Clarksville. Field Day and Building Dedication.

July 17 or 24. SEREC - Rohwer Division. Field Day and Building Dedication.

August 6. AAREC. Turfgrass Field Day. Details at: turf.uark.edu/education/field.html

August 13. Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart. Field Day.

(To be announced). Vegetable Substation, Alma. Southern Pea Field Day.

September 25. Southwest Research and Extension Center, Hope. Forestry and Wildlife Field Day.

October 18. Pine Tree Branch Station, Colt. Forestry and Wildlife Field Day.

(To be announced). Lon Mann Cotton Research Station, Marianna.