COLLEGE STATION — A 20-year veteran forester with Texas A&M Forest Service was honored Tuesday with 2012 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Public Service in Forestry. Sustainable forestry department head Burl Carraway III received the award during the annual Texas A&M AgriLife Conference held at Texas A&M University in College Station. The Award in [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Randle Moore, resident director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory in Center, has received the annual Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence from Texas A&M AgriLife. He was presented the award Jan. 8 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Conference held on the Texas A&M campus in College [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW – Two people have been appointed to Prairie View A&M Cooperative Extension positions. Jacquelyn White was named program leader for family and consumer sciences, and Billy Lawton will lead agriculture and natural resources. “We are excited to have these two individuals giving overall guidance to our program specialists and Extension agents in their [...]
COLLEGE STATION–When Chief Warrant Officer Eric Metcalf receives his master’s of wildlife science degree and certificate in military land sustainability at Texas A&M University this month, he will be combining his experience in the military with his love of wildlife and natural resource management. Metcalf, a pilot with the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Hood, [...]
Contact: Ashley Moore, 281-855-5600, Ashley.Moore@ag.tamu.edu HOUSTON — As part of its effort to help combat the obesity epidemic, Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program is hosting a screening of the four-part documentary “The Weight of the Nation” from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 29 at One Delta Plaza, 3333 Old Spanish Trail in Houston. “In the United [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Dr. John Crompton, distinguished professor of recreation, park and tourism sciences at Texas A&M University, has been awarded one of only two national Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities presented the award Nov. 11 at its annual [...]
DENVER — Dr. Andy Vestal, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist in College Station, is the 2012 recipient of the Southern Region Award for Excellence in Extension for creating effective programs for the citizens of Texas. The award was presented Nov. 11 during the 125th annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities [...]
COLLEGE STATION — Molly Warzon has been named Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for family and consumer sciences in Grimes County, according to Dr. Dale A. Fritz, AgriLife Extension district administrator, and the Grimes County Commissioners Court. She will assume her new duties on Nov. 26 and fills the position previously held by Flora [...]
COLLEGE STATION–Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts recently released a report, Status and Trends of Irrigated Agriculture in Texas, highlighting the current status of irrigation in Texas. “Irrigation is critical to our food production and food security and is a vital component of Texas’ productive agricultural economy,” said Dr. Kevin [...]
LIBERTY — Cory Long has been named Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for agriculture and natural resources in Liberty County, according to Dr. Dale A. Fritz, AgriLife Extension district administrator, and the Liberty County Commissioners Court. Long will assume his new duties Oct. 29 and fills the position previously held by Ron Holcomb. Long [...]
