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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN,
WHERE
HEADLINES
UA professor named to Altheimer Soybean Chair
SWREC assesses windstorm damage
Division of Agriculture to operate state poultry testing lab
Wow! Students will do DNA fingerprinting in teaching lab
Don Hubbell named Livestock and Forestry Branch Station director
Gifts provide new scholarships, graduate student award
Bob and Hazel Spitze receive philanthropy award
Paul Beck appointed assistant professor
Delta Classic raises CSES scholarship funds
Farm Bureau conference to focus on the future
GSD celebrates 50th anniversary
27 attend Poultry Science Youth Conference
Local Master Gardeners lend a hand with fruit research
Bumpers College hosts Gifted and Talented group
Bumpers College sponsors Livestock Judging Camp
Farm Bureau awards scholarships
Summer orientation greets students
RECENT NEWS RELEASES
Poultry Science Youth Conference held at the University of Arkansas (with 2 photos)
Local Master Gardeners lend a hand with fruit research (with 1 photo)
Adding selenium to beef offers health benefits for consumers (with 1 photo)
UA Animal Scientist Receives Alltech Medal (with 3 photos)June 2004
Rice growers, millers, users focus on quality at UA conference (with 1 photo)
SWREC assesses windstorm damage (with 4 photos)
Researchers study impact of humans on public lands
UA expands genetic base for cotton breeders (with 1 photo)
UA Livestock Judging Camp prepares 4-H, FFA students for competition (with 2 photos)
UA shows non-toxic endophyte at international symposium (with 1 photo) May 2004
Time is money in transgenic variety development (with 2 photos)
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July-August 2004 • Vol. 30, No. 4
Paul Beck appointed assistant professor
Paul Beck was appointed assistant professor of animal science, effective July 1. He is based at Southwest Research and Extension Center (SWREC) and has a 60% research and 40% extension appointment.
Dr. Beck has been a research associate at SWREC for the past seven years working with Dr. Stacey Gunter on beef cattle and forage management. His doctoral thesis was on “Effects of Nutrition and Management on Performance of Beef Calves.”
A native of Guthrie, Okla., Dr. Beck has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Oklahoma State University and a Ph.D. (2003) from the University of Arkansas. He farmed and raised beef cattle in Oklahoma before beginning work on his doctorate.
Dr. Beck and his wife, Melissa, have three children, ages 12, 11 and 6.