Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
A newsletter for faculty, staff and students
January-February 2006 • Vol. 32, No. 1
Table of Contents
WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE
• Notables
• Grants
• Articles Published
• New Projects
• New Publications
• Coming Events
• Dean reviews 2005 accomplishments
• 700-plus attend ‘Party of the Century’
• Food Science Building expanded
• Robert Bacon is CSES interim head
• Robertson to coordinate Apparel Studies major
• Food packaging, processing expert joins UA faculty
• AGCS adds digital media specialist
• Donors provide new scholarships and building funds
• Legislature applauds UA fruit breeding program
• Crop Biotechnology minor proposed
• Bumpers welcomes transfer students
• Magazine features U of A spinach breeding program
• Congratulations to fall graduates
• Poultry science students win national awards for research
• CSES students win ASA poster contest
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All About Advising
• Monthly newsletter index
UA Agri LInks
• Division of Agriculture
• University of Arkansas
• Dale Bumpers College of
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• Arkansas Agricultural
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• Cooperative Extension
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• Alumni and Development
• Future Students
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Vision is published six times a year by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in the U of A System's Division of Agriculture and by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. It is produced by the Communication Services unit of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, 110 Agriculture Building, U of A, Fayetteville, AR 72701. 479-575-5647.
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700-plus attend ‘Party of the Century’
More than 700 alumni, students, faculty and staff of Bumpers College attended the “Party of the Century” Dec. 3 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale. The gala event marked the end of a yearlong celebration of the Bumpers College Centennial.
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Keynote speaker Sen. Dale Bumpers |
Bumpers College Ambassadors, from left, Chris Looney, Erin Turrentine, Cara Hill, Ashley Swaffer, Jeff Pratt, Kerri Boling and Lindy Medlock pose in vintage clothing representing the eras spanned by the College's history. |
Former governor and U.S. senator Dale Bumpers was keynote speaker. The U of A Board of Trustees named the College for Sen. Bumpers in 1995 to honor him for his service to the nation, the state and university. The senator said at the time, and again in his remarks at the gala, that naming the college for him was “the greatest honor that I have ever received.”
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Master of ceremonies John Philpot |
John Philpot, humorist and co-host of “Arkansas Outdoors” on the Arkansas Educational Television Network, was master of ceremonies. His entertaining monologues included original poetry, including “I’d Live in Arkansas.” Many guests at the gala requested a copy of the poem, which is provided below.
Philpot, of Little Rock, is a UA alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a master’s degree in educational media. He was a radio and television specialist for the Division of Agriculture’s Cooperative Extension Service. In 1985, he launched his own company, an advertising agency and booking agency for his humor presentations. He was inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame in 2005.
The gala atmosphere was enhanced by College Ambassadors modeling clothing from each decade of the College’s history, a video presentation featuring comments by retired faculty members and music by the Claudia Burson Quartet. More historical highlights were provided by a video that summarized the history of the college in two minutes and a PowerPoint slide show on the history of the College.
Those involved in planning the gala and other centennial events included:
Centennial Committee: Donna Graham – Chair, Vernoice Baldwin, Sandi Caster, Kim Cooper, Karen Eskew, Carl Griffis, Ashley Harris, Judy Howard, Howell Medders, John Rolloff and Roy Rom.
Gala Subcommittee: Sandi Caster and Karen Eskew – Co-Chairs, James Barrentine, Elizabeth Dombek, Becky Echols, Judy Howard, Beth Kegley, Kathy Smith and Erin Turrentine.
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| TIME CAPSULE - Professor Emeritus John Rolloff and Dean Greg Weidemann unveil a plaque that marks the location of a time capsule to be opened on or about Dec. 7, 2055. The capsule is located inside a vault in Agri 205, which was formerly part of the dean's office suite. |
College Oral History Committee: Randy Luttrell, Teddy Morelock and Aaron Bartlett –Videographer.
Bumpers College Ambassadors: Suzanne Elser – Senior Ambassador, Conner McNair, Erin Turrentine, Heath Hasenbeck, James Crabtree, Chris Looney, Cody Martin, Ashley Swaffar, Jeff Pratt, Cara Hill, Kerri Boling, Lindy Medlock and David DaVault.
Publicity Subcommittee: Howell Medders – Chair, Diana Bisbee, Kim Cooper, Marjorie Fitch-Hilgenberg, Dave Hensley and Lindsey West.
Symposium Subcommittee: Roy Rom – Chair, Scott Fry, Rose Gergerich, Sue Martin, Thomas Seversike, Vaughn Skinner, Fred Stephen and Bob Wideman.
Inaugural Event Subcommittee: Ashley Harris – Chair, Keith Lusby, Cathy Hamilton, Allen Powell and Alice Stephens.
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I’D LIVE IN ARKANSAS
BY JOHN PHILPOT
I’ve been the country over, the old man said to me,
From Canada to Mexico, from sea to shining sea.
I’ve lived by rules of people, I’ve lived by nature’s law,
But, if I had my druthers, I’d live in Arkansas.
The natives don’t see what they’ve got. The youngsters want to roam.
They’ll search for years and never find just what they had back home.
Before truth becomes reality, they’ll be old men like me.
Nowhere can you find that much to see and do and be.
From the flatlands of the delta to the mountains of the west,
The beauty is spectacular; the people are the best.
Huntin’ down the road apiece; fishin’ that is first rate.
Nature’s smile took wings of flight and landed in this state.
If I had my druthers my cabin and my bed,
Would be right there in Arkansas with mallards overhead.
Whispering so softly as they made their southern flight,
And, fill my dreams with whistling wings soaring through the night.