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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE
HEADLINES
Tyson gift puts campaign over goal
Summer abroad adventures begin in Scotland
'Global Issues' classmates tour Scotland
Delta Classic raises CSES scholarship funds
Poultry Science hosts youth conference
Philpot to host 'Party of the Century'
Basin Park Hotel hosts new course
Arkot 9203-03 and Arkot 9203-17 cotton lines released
Kwon receives NIH grant for Salmonella genome research
Student builds new tool or precision agriculture education
History exhibit features 1938 chair
Teaching Resources Center survey
Farm Management and Marketing Newsletter
Farm Bill resources added to AgLaw web library
ALL ABOUT ADVISING
August 2005 issue (PDF)
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July-August 2005 • Vol. 31, No. 4
Thai Ambassador Visits
Thailand’s ambassador to the United States started a three-day tour of Arkansas on July 20 with a luncheon program hosted by Bumpers College in the AFLS Honors Hall.
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| Ambassador Kasit Piromya, right, James Lee Witt, left, and Provost Bob Smith visit prior to a July 20 program to explore potential cooperative ventures involving the University and Thailand. |
Ambassador Kasit Piromya’s party included James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and now a consultant to the King of Thailand on tsunami recovery projects.
Ambassador Kasit heard reports from Tyson Foods International Vice President Marvin Wilson, UA Provost Bob Smith, Bumpers College Dean Greg Weidemann and deans from the School of Architecture and the colleges of engineering and arts and sciences.
The ambassador discussed areas where he would welcome cooperative ventures involving the U of A and private companies based in Arkansas.
Other stops on Ambassador Kasit’s visit were to include Wal-Mart, the Bentonville Chamber of Commerce, the Clinton Library in Little Rock, and Riceland Foods in Stuttgart.