Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Floron “Buddy” Faries, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program leader for veterinary medicine in College Station, has been presented a Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence in the Extension Education category.
Established in 1980, the Vice Chancellor’s Award recognizes the commitment and outstanding contributions of faculty and staff across Texas A&M AgriLife. Faries received the award Jan. 9 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Centennial Conference held in College Station.
The AgriLife Extension District 9 awards committee nominated Faries for working “tirelessly in many capacities advocating veterinary science and the AgriLife Extension program. These include supporting programs, promoting livestock production, encouraging interest in vet science as a whole, and serving as an excellent representative of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to our more than 5,000 youth enrolled in the 4-H Vet Science program.”
The nomination also noted the “countless hours” Faries has spent in training AgriLife Extension agents, livestock producers and veterinarians during his career.
In a nomination support letter, a livestock producer and 4-H parent wrote, “Buddy Faries is an individual who not only doesn’t mind going the extra mile to get something done, but sees clearly the inherent value in going that extra mile. I have known him to drive all the way to Galveston to conduct a program for livestock producers, spend an hour after the program answering questions before driving home that evening, then run into him the very next day presenting at the Beef Cattle Short Course at Texas A&M.”
A 4-H leader wrote, “I have never heard him say that he didn’t have time to explain something to a 4-H’er or was too busy to answer a participant’s question. I have often found myself surprised he still does what he does when I consider all the hours he puts into it.”
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