Longtime AgriLife Extension agent in Randall County changing direction

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Leesa Wood Calvi, 806-570-5676, l-calvi@tamu.edu AMARILLO – Leesa Wood Calvi will be switching Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices after occupying the one in Randall County for more than 27 years. Calvi will begin a new assignment Feb. 1 as the cancer prevention and early detection program specialist for [...]

AgriLife Extension hires Martin Shaw for Baylor County agriculture position

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Martin Shaw, 940-889-558, martin.shaw@ag.tamu.edu SEYMOUR – Martin Shaw of Lubbock has been hired as the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent in Baylor County, beginning Feb. 1, according to Miles Dabovich, AgriLife Extension district administrator in Vernon. Dabovich said Shaw will spend his first [...]

AgriLife Extension hires Katy White as new agriculture agent

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Katy White, 806-447-2313, katy.white@ag.tamu.edu WELLINGTON – Katy White was unanimously approved by the Collingsworth County Commissioners Court to assume the role of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent for Collingsworth County, according to Danny Nusser, AgriLife Extension district director in Amarillo. White will begin [...]

AgriLife Research associate recognized for integrated pest management work

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Jacob Price, 806-677-5600, japrice@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Jacob Price has been awarded the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center’s new “Friends of Southern IPM Graduate Student Award.” The award program recognizes graduate students with extraordinary potential to contribute to the development and implementation of research, Extension [...]

Sekula hired as South Texas row crops entomologist

WESLACO  –  Danielle Sekula has been named integrated pest management entomologist for cotton, grain sorghum and corn at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco, according to an official there. Sekula replaces several well-known entomologists who have filled the position in years past, including John Norman, LeeRoy Rock and Amanda Anderson (nee [...]

AgriLife Media Relations Unit receives Superior Service Award

COLLEGE STATION – A team of veteran media relations specialists has been awarded a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Superior Service Award, the highest employee honor given by the agency. Unit members Kathleen Phillips, College Station; Blair Fannin, College Station; Robert Burns, Overton; Steve Byrns, San Angelo; Kay Ledbetter, Amarillo; Rod Santa Ana, Weslaco; and [...]

Robertson County agent receives 2012 Superior Service Award for distinguished career

FRANKLIN — Ed Schneider, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent in Robertson County, has been awarded the agency’s 2012 Superior Service Award for a distinguished career. The award is given to individuals who have been with the agency a minimum of 20 years and have demonstrated outstanding service throughout their careers. Schneider came to Robertson [...]

Stueart-Davis receives Superior Service Award from AgriLife Extension

HOUSTON – Sonja Stueart-Davis, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Harris County, has received a 2012 Superior Service Award. The award was presented Jan. 8 during the annual Texas A&M AgriLife conference in College Station. As 4-H and youth development leader, Stueart-Davis has assisted and coordinated the Harris County 4-H program by training and [...]

Linder wins AgriLife Extension Superior Service Award

COLLEGE STATION —Regina Linder recently received the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Superior Service Award in the category of state/district office support. The award, presented Jan. 8 during the annual Texas A&M AgriLife conference in College Station, is given to staff who demonstrate outstanding performance or who provide exceptional service to AgriLife Extension, an educational [...]

AgriLife Extension regional director Dozier receives Superior Service Award

COLLEGE STATION  –  Dr. Monte Dozier, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service regional program director for agriculture and natural resources, has received the agency’s Superior Service Award in the agency leadership category. The award, presented Jan. 8 during the annual Texas A&M AgriLife Conference in College Station, is given to those who demonstrate outstanding performance or [...]