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|2017 CASNR E-NEWSLETTER |[pic] |
|VOLUME 12, ISSUE 08 | |
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|IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | |
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|GALLERY: Sharp shooting AEC photographers roam New | |
|Mexico’s Wrye Ranch | |
|Fourteen standout students from Texas Tech's | |
|Department of Agricultural Education & | |
|Communications photographed the spring branding | |
|tradition of New Mexico's Wrye Ranch, located some | |
|60 miles southeast of Albuquerque. Led by | |
|instructor Lindsay Kennedy, the class members spent| |
|three days based at the ranch's bunk houses and | |
|roamed across the high desert building on their | |
|photography portfolios. | |
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|ON AIR | |
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|VIDEO: Get new perspective on CASNR’s horticultural| |
|gardens, greenhouse complex | |
|Just north of United Supermarkets Arena, you'll | |
|find CASNR’s Horticultural Gardens and Greenhouse | |
|Complex. Primarily used for teaching and research | |
|purposes, it’s also open to the public. The | |
|complex has of eight bays, three of which are used | |
|for teaching. “It's definitely used by far more | |
|people thank you might think," said PSS greenhouse | |
|manager Jennifer Simek. | |
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|DID YOU KNOW? | |
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|Make a Gift: Your gifts to CASNR help support | |
|scholarships & more | |
|CASNR’s leaders believe that Texas Tech is a campus| |
|of opportunity. Students who become Red Raiders | |
|have the opportunity to grow, learn and develop | |
|leadership skills, and CASNR graduates continue to | |
|be a testimony to CASNR’s success | |
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|UPCOMING | |
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|Texas Tech University set for annual Celebrate | |
|Cotton Game on Sept. 16 | |
|Texas Tech University and the 'Celebrate Cotton' | |
|campaign is set to host its sixth annual event in | |
|recognition of the cotton industry on Sept. 16 when| |
|the Red Raiders take on the Arizona State Sun | |
|Devils at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock. | |
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|ν Houston Livestock Show | |
|& Rodeo Scholarship Luncheon | |
|Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 | |
|McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center | |
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|ν CASNR Homecoming Breakfast | |
|Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 | |
|Student Union Building | |
|Red Raider Ballroom | |
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|ν CASNR Pig Roast | |
|Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 | |
|Lubbock Civic Center | |
|Banquet Hall | |
| |Members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee met recently in San Angelo regarding renewal of the 2014 farm bill. |
| |During the meeting CASNR Interim Dean Steve Fraze said land grant and non-land grant universities are not producing |
| |enough graduates to meet the demand needed in the agricultural sector. “One solution is to increase the capacity of |
| |the non-land grant universities,” he said. CASNR’s Associate Dean of Research Michael Ballou stressed the importance |
| |of agriculture research not only to discovery, but in providing the business a highly-educated workforce. >> more |
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| |Summer commencement ends on high note for CASNR graduates |
| |More than 1,400 Texas Tech students, including 46 from CASNR, received diplomas at commencement ceremonies on Aug. 12 |
| |at United Supermarkets Arena. During the event Macy Fangman, an agricultural communications major from Canyon, |
| |represented CASNR as banner bearer. The highest-ranking summer graduate from CASNR was Cari Hendryx, a plant and soil |
| |science major from Krugerville. |
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| |In Press: AFS behavioral analyst focuses on upping dog adoption rates |
| |Alexandra Protopopova, an assistant professor in companion animal science in the Department of Animal & Food Sciences,|
| |is using science to figure out which behavioral traits in dogs are the ones most sought after by potential adopters. |
| |One of the goals is increased adoptions and decreased euthanasia rates across the United States. Her research looked |
| |extensively at the behavior of dogs in kennels. |
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| |Viticulture expert shifts to Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg |
| |Ed Hellman has been named a professor of viticulture and enology in the Department of Plant And Soil Science, |
| |effective Sept. 1. Based at Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg, he plans to establish a research program |
| |primarily focused on applied research addressing critical needs of the Texas grape and wine industry; and on |
| |sustainable production practices for several fruit crops. |
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| |Gear Up; CASNR’s Ambassadors for Agriculture have red, black and khaki hats |
| |CASNR’s Dr. Bill Bennett Student Success Center is set to dress you for success, or at minimum make it clear that |
| |you're easily identifiable with CASNR. Program officials say $15 baseball-style caps, which come in black, red or |
| |khaki and also highlight a Masked Rider logo, are being offered by the Ambassadors for Agriculture as a fundraiser. |
| |They are available in the CASNR Dean's Office (Goddard Building 108). |
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| |Young leaders from 16 African countries make their mark on CASNR |
| |Twenty-five participants of the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders spent the first half of |
| |their six-week program participating in a Public Management Academic and Leadership Institute at Tech sponsored by the|
| |U.S. Department of State, said Amy Boren, the Academic Director of the Texas Tech University Mandela Washington |
| |Fellowship. |
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| |GALLERY: CASNR administrators, faculty meet with Texas Agriculture Commissioner |
| |Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller met with several CASNR administrators and faculty members on Aug. 22 to |
| |discuss the possibility of future collaborative projects, receive an update on CASNR research program initiatives, and|
| |a status report on High Plains agriculture in general. Included in the discussion was a review of the growth and scope|
| |of CASNR enrollment, as well as water and irrigation challenges facing the state. |
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| |Now Hiring; CASNR rolls out career fair as new semester gets underway |
| |CASNR students interested in getting their foot in the job market door could get that chance at the CASNR Career Fair |
| |from noon to 4 p.m. on Sept. 26 in the Student Union Building.Program leaders expect more than two dozen company |
| |representatives from businesses eager to meet and schedule CASNR students for potential interviews. The event is |
| |hosted by CASNR and Texas Tech's University Career Center. |
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| |CASNR professor completes documentary about Alaskan climate change |
| |David Weindorf, CASNR’s Associate Dean for Research, lays out the development of a new soil science documentary, |
| |Between Earth and Sky—Climate Change on the Last Frontier. The idea for film came from Weindorf’s desire to honor |
| |University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Chien Lu Ping, who has been leading a renowned arctic soil field tour for the|
| |past 20 years. Ping has helped to define variabilities of arctic soils. |
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| |AFS’s Mindy Brashears tapped for STEAM Outstanding Woman Leader Award |
| |The West Texas Association for Women in STEAM has presented its Outstanding Woman Leader Award to a food safety expert|
| |based in CASNR. Mindy Brashears, a professor of food microbiology and food safety, accepted the honor this summer in a|
| |special program that recognized her work to support and encourage women in the fields of science, technology, |
| |engineering, agriculture and mathematics (STEAM). |
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|Administrative Council | | |
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|DR. STEVE FRAZE |DR. MICHAEL ORTH |DR. ERIC HEQUET |
|Interim Dean |Animal & Food Sciences |Plant & Soil Science |
|steven.fraze@ttu.edu |michael.orth@ttu.edu |eric.hequet@ttu.edu |
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|DR. CINDY AKERS |DR. SCOTT BURRIS |NORMAN MARTIN |
|Associate Dean for Academic |Agricultural Education |Marketing & Communications |
|& Student Programs |& Communications |norman.martin@ttu.edu |
|cindy.akers@ttu.edu |scott.burris@ttu.edu. | |
| | |JANE PIERCY |
|DR. MICHAEL BALLOU |ERIC BERNARD |Development & |
|Associate Dean for Research |Landscape Architecture |Alumni Relations |
|michael.ballou@ttu.edu |eric.bernard@ttu.edu |jane.piercy@ttu.edu |
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|DR. DAVID WEINDORF |DR. MARK WALLACE |DR. GALEN AUSTIN |
|Associate Dean for Research |Natural Resources Management |Grants Administrator/Editor |
|david.weindorf@ttu.edu |mark.wallace@ttu.edu |galen.austin@ttu.edu |
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|DR. PHILLIP JOHNSON | | |
|Agricultural & Applied Economics | | |
|phil.johnson@ttu.edu | | |
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| |College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources |
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