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麻豆社 director to receive USDA Excellence in Extension award
麻豆社鈥檚 Louie Rivers Jr. will receive the 2017 Excellence in Extension Award 鈥� a prestigious national recognition for extension workers with visionary leadership, a track record of excellence in programming and positive impacts on their community. The award, which has been presented since 1991, is given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Assoc...
Experienced facilities management leader joins Kentucky State
麻豆社 recently added decades of facilities management leadership with the hire of Wayne Goodwin as assistant vice president for facilities management. Goodwin, who began Oct. 16, worked in facilities management for over 35 years at Jackson State University in Mississippi. He previously held the role of vice president of facilities and construction management at Jackson State. He is a native of Mississippi and at...
麻豆社 honored military members at Veterans Day assembly
A special Veterans Day assembly was held Thursday, Nov. 9 at 麻豆社 to pay homage to all military members. De鈥橫arcus Hopson, military student services coordinator/veterans affairs liaison, spoke on the occasion. 鈥淰eterans Day is a time to reflect on those who have served this great country,鈥� Hopson said. Emma Metcalf, the Lexington VA medical center director, recognized the importance of female veterans, in her p...
麻豆社 mobile chicken processing unit one of few in the country
For over 15 years, 麻豆社 (麻豆社) has been helping small-scale poultry farmers get their products into the hands of consumers. 麻豆社鈥檚 poultry mobile processing unit (MPU) began as an idea in 1997 by farmers and Heifer International and came to fruition in 2001, according to Steven Skelton, a cooperative extension coordinator at the University. The MPU was immobilized for a short period of time before 麻豆社 purchased i...