COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Fred Davies, a Texas A&M University horticulturist, will spend the 2013-2014 school year as a Jefferson Science Fellow assisting the U.S. government with foreign policy. Davies begins his 12-month fellowship in mid-August working in food security and international agriculture at the U.S. Department of State and [...]
HOUSTON – A field day at Sheldon Lake State Park will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., April 11 to highlight various wetland restoration projects there, according to organizers. The park is a 2,800-acre outdoor education and recreation facility at 14200 Garrett Road in Houston, 15 minutes from downtown. “The Sheldon Lake Prairie Wetland restoration [...]
COLLEGE STATION — The Texas 4-H Roundup will host more than 4,000 participants June 11-14 on the campus of Texas A&M University. 4-H is the youth program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. “4-H Roundup is Texas 4-H’s premiere leadership event of the year,” said Kyle Merten, AgriLife Extension [...]
AUSTIN — Glenn Schur of Plainview and Jim Prewitt of Coppell have been honored by the Texas Agriculture Lifetime Leadership, or TALL, a program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Schur, a farmer, was named the 2012 TALL Alumni of the Year. Prewitt was honored with the Tribute to Texas Lifetime Achievement Award. TALL [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program has hired Arvitta Scott as the program’s first 4-H and youth development agent in Brazos County. Scott will work with her colleagues at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Brazos County office. A native of Longview, Scott received her associate degree at Kilgore College, and [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Seventeen county judges and commissioners were recently accepted into the Commissioners Court Leadership Academy offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s V.G. Young Institute of County Government. “The academy enhances leadership skills and provides specialized resources for class members,” said Rick Avery, institute director. “We commend the desire of our academy [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW – Gloria J. Mosby, communications program director for Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, retired Jan. 31 after 32 years of service. Mosby started her career at Prairie View A&M in the Cooperative Extension Program, the educational outreach unit for the college. During her tenure, Mosby served as program [...]
HOUSTON —The WeTable, a do-it-yourself portable touch table system aimed at helping public officials make community decisions, will be the subject of a two-day, hands-on training in Houston Feb. 26-27, officials said. The WeTable Conference will be at the Rice Lofts Ballroom, 909 Texas Ave. Early bird registration is $175 until Jan. 31, then $200 [...]
COLLEGE STATION — Ten professionals who joined forces to help shrimp fishermen cope with competition from imported seafood have received the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s 2012 Superior Service Award in the team category. The annual Superior Service Awards recognize AgriLife Extension personnel who provide outstanding performance in Extension education or in service to the [...]
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. John Jacob’s approach to integrating research, outreach and education to address coastal resource conservation and sustainable development issues has earned him the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s 2012 Superior Service Award in the specialist category. Jacob has joint appointments with Texas A&M AgriLife and the Texas Sea Grant College Program as [...]
