July 3, 2007 |
1. New Headquarters for Fruit Substation and SEBS
2. Don Herring Retires as AEED Head
3. NAADA Awards Presented for Communication Projects
4. SWCS Presents Best Paper Award to Sharpley
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1. New Headquarters for Fruit Substation and SEBS
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| Architect's elevation rendering of the new headquarters buildings for Southeast Branch Experiment Station at Rohwer and the Fruit Substation. |
A new office building is under construction at the Division of Agriculture's Fruit Substation near Clarksville and ground breaking for a new headquarters facility at the Southeast Branch Experiment Station near Dumas is planned for July.
The 4,800 square foot buildings will both have a large meeting room, which will double as a workroom, along with offices, a laboratory, conference room, kitchen and reception area. Construction of both buildings is to be completed in eight months.
Both projects were designed by SCM Architects of Little Rock. General contractors are HYDCO of North Little Rock for the Fruit Substation and Davis Construction of Monticello for the SEBS.
SEBS Director Larry Earnest said the station was started in 1957 on 134 acres of donated land and another 500 acres purchased by the state; it now has about 800 acres of research plots in cotton, soybeans, corn, grain sorghum, rice and wheat. Variety trials are now being conducted for sunflowers as a possible energy crop.
In observance of the 50th anniversary, local supporters have started a fund for future improvements at the station, which is a unit of the Souteast Branch Station at Monticello and is also known as the SEREC-Rohwer Division.
Fruit Substation Director Dan Chapman said the substation has about 220 acres of blackberries, grapes, muscadines, blueberries, peaches, nectarines and apples. Most of the research involves plant breeding, cultural practices and variety testing.
The Fruit Substation was started at a different location near Lamar in 1948 and was relocated in the late 1950s to the present Red Lick Mountain site off Hwy. 21 north of Clarksville. The substation is a unit of the Department of Horticulture.
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2. Don Herring Retires as AEED Head
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| Associate Dean Donna Graham lists accomplishments of AEED Department Head Don Herring, pictured with his wife, Beth, at a reception in the Human Environmental Sciences Living Room. |
Donald R. Herring retired, effective June 30, as head of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, and a reception in his honor was held June 27 in the Human Environmental Sciences Living Room. George Wardlow is serving as interim department head.
Herring's accomplishments during his 10 years at UA and 27 years at Texas A&M were listed by Vice President for Agriculture Milo Shult, Experiment Station Director Mark Cochran, Dean Greg Weidemann and Associate Dean Donna Graham, who is also a member of the AEED faculty.
Herring was recently elected a Fellow by the American Association of Agricultural Education, which he had served in many capacities, including president and southern region vice president.
As department head, he provided leadership for the faculty to restructure the curriculum, and he was active in recruiting students to increase enrollment in the Agricultural Education, Communication and Technology major.
Herring has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M and a Ph.D. (1969) from The Ohio State University.
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3. NAADA Awards presented for Communication Projects
Communication projects by Agricultural Communication Services staff members and colleagues received five awards at the recent meeting of the National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association, as follows.
1st Place in the Event Program category. "Poultry Science Youth Conference," by Karen Eskew, Jason Emmert, Gary Davis and Casey Owens.
1st Place in the Event & Promotional Materials category. "Avian Idol Broiler Show T-Shirts," by Karen Eskew.
1st Place in the Print Media / Strategic Plan category -."Economic Impact of Arkansas Agriculture" brochure, by Judy Howard, Howell Medders, Jennie Popp and Fred Miller.
2nd Place in the Print Media / Annual Report category. "Differentiation - setting ourselves apart" Center of Excellence for Poultry Science Annual Report, by Karen Eskew.
3rd Place in the Print Media / 4-color newsletter category. "The Graduate" alumni magazine, Howell Medders, Judy Howard, Fred Miller, Karen Eskew, Ashley Harris and Kellie Knight.
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4. SWCS Presents Best Paper Award to Sharpley
The Soil and Water Conservation Society will present the 2007 Research Award for Impact and Quality of Paper Published betwee 2000 and 2006 to Andrew Sharpley, CSES, at the society's annual meeting July 24 in Tampa.
The paper's citation is as follows. Sharpley, A.N., J.L. Weld, D.B Beegle, P.J.A. Kleinman, W.J.Gburek, P.A. Moore Jr., and G. Mullins. 2003. Development of phosphorus indices for nutrient management planning strategies in the United States. JSWC 58, (3): 137-152).
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