Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Drawing on its vast research expertise and pool of students eager to study and develop problem-solving solutions, Texas A&M University was recently selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development to partner in its new Higher Education Solutions Network designed to develop innovative solutions to global development [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Corrie Bowen, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Wharton County, has received a Texas A&M AgriLife Vice Chancellor’s Award. Bowen, who has been with AgriLife Extension for 14 years, received the award in the county agent category during the Jan. 8 Texas A&M AgriLife Conference [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – George Gonzales and Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz have received Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow awards. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently designated 11 professors and seven fellows within the system as Regents Professor or Regents Fellow for 2011-12. “We have so many outstanding people [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRYAN – Texas A&M AgriLife specialists, researchers and industry agriculture professionals received awards during the recent 2012 Texas Plant Protection Association Conference in Bryan. “These individuals have made special contributions to the Texas Plant Protection Association, the annual conference and Texas agriculture,” said Dr. Ron Lacewell, association board member and [...]
Dr. Jack Elliot named Senior Fellow by both national, international agricultural education organizations COLLEGE STATION – For only the second time in the history of the profession, Dr. Jack Elliot, a senior scientist at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and department head for Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, has been named Senior Faculty [...]
COLLEGE STATION The Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University, as a member of a special consortium, has been awarded a program to expand agricultural capacity and opportunity in Burundi. Development Alternatives Inc. leads the consortium that includes universities, private firms, agricultural industry groups and non-governmental organizations, said Linda Cleboski, [...]
RUSK – – Pioneer Days in Rusk is what Rene McCracken calls her “little cowboy” event. While there will be a stick-horse rodeo for the little cowboys, the even is really a full-fledged event for full-sized cowboys and cowgirls as well, said McCracken, Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension agent for Cherokee County. Set Oct. [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, who is credited for saving more than a billion people worldwide from starvation, will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree from Texas A&M University in December, as approved by the A&M System Board of Regents on Sept 28. An outstanding scientist and humanitarian, Borlaug received the Nobel [...]
GUATEMALA CITY The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, part of the Texas A&M University System, will expand the efforts of its Food for Progress project in Guatemala beginning Oct. 1. The project was initiated two years ago to help improve the quality of life for Guatemalan farmers, said Johanna Roman, coordinator for Latin American [...]
AMARILLO Dr. Bob Robinson may be retired from his position with Texas Cooperative Extension, but he’s not through collecting honors for the work he did during his 37 years within the agency. Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national Extension professional organization, recently recognized Robinson as its Southern Region Visionary Leadership Award winner during its convention [...]
