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
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May-June 2006 • Vol. 32, No. 3

Table of Contents

WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

Notables
Grants
Articles Published

Coming Events

HEADLINES

Dean’s address to faculty
Class of 2006
Minors help tailor studies to students’ needs

HESC alumnae pledge scholarship endowments
Frances Story retires as Assistant to Vice President
Nathan Slaton receives PPI Young Scientist Award
Plant Pathology sponsors research interns
Dr. Ted Johnston dies
College Webmasters organize
HESC hosts ArAFCS
Delta Classic July 21
Genomics candidates
CSES friends
CSES Student Awards
Public Service
Horse Lovers’ Camp


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Vision Archive Index

All About Advising
Monthly newsletter index

UA LInks

Division of Agriculture
University of Arkansas
Dale Bumpers College of
xxxAgricultural, Food and
xxxLife Sciences
Arkansas Agricultural
xxxExperiment Station
Cooperative Extension
xxxService
Alumni and Development
Future Students
News releases
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Vision Credits
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.

• Editor: Howell Medders, (hmedders@uark.edu).
• Web manager: David Edmark (dedmark@uark.edu).
• Writers and photographers: Fred Miller and Karen Eskew
• Editorial Assistant: Amalie Holland
• Broadcast e-mail support: Arkansas Alumni Association

E-mail items for publication in Vision to ahollan@uark.edu

Dean’s address to faculty. Division FY budget one of the best in several years. (With photos)

Class of 2006. Approximately 2,000 attend commencement for one of largest classes in recent years.

Minors help tailor studies to students’ needs. New minor in Crop Biotechnology to be offered this fall.

HESC alumnae pledge scholarship endowments. Two School Human Environmental Sciences alumnae are providing scholarship endowments.

Frances Story retires as Assistant to Vice President. Jennifer Vickery to fill position. (With photo)

Nathan Slaton receives PPI Young Scientist Award. Potash and Phosphate Institute awards highest honor to UA soil scientist. (With photo)

Plant Pathology sponsors research interns. Five undergraduates work on research projects as Adair, Bollenbacher and NSF-EPSCoR scholars. (With photo)

Dr. Ted Johnston dies. During 30 years as ARS rice breeder at Stuttgart, he developed important Arkansas varieties.

College Webmasters organize. Working group to redesign Web sites.

HESC hosts ArAFCS. School of Human Environmental Sciences hosts state convention of the Arkansas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. (With photo)

Delta Classic July 21. Annual CSES golf tournament set for Helena Country Club.

Genomics candidates. Presentations set for candidates for position emphasizing functional genomics or metabolomics in Poultry Science.

CSES friends. Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences honors “Friends of the Department.” (With photo)

CSES Student Awards. Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences honors students at annual awards banquet. (With photo)

Public service. CSES Student Club sponsors clean-up. (With photo)

Horse Lovers’ Camp. D.E. King Equine Program sponsors camp for ages 8-18. Enrollment closes June 2. (With photo)

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