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News and Notes: July 2023

July 25, 2023

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Dean Ahmedna named to Business N.C.’s Power List

Mohamed Ahmedna, Ph.D.

Mohamed Ahmedna, dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, has been named to Business N.C. magazine’s Power List in the agricultural area. The magazine lists N.C.’s most influential leaders in such categories as agriculture, economic development, life sciences, health care, media and communication, transportation and more.

This issue marks the first time an Aggie agriculturalist has appeared in the feature.

Aggie student featured on Indianapolis newscast

Agribusiness and food industry management major Jayden Turner was featured on Indianapolis TV station WRTV for helping to arrange a community dinner to address food insecurity.

Turner has been an intern at Hatch for Hunger, a nonprofit that works to deliver fresh protein to food-insecure areas.

Watch the broadcast here:

https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/nonprofits-host-community-dinner-to-help-address-food-insecurity-in-indianapolis

Fashion professor shares “What HBCUs Need” at fashion summit

Devona Dixon

Devona Dixon, Ph.D. , had a “fireside chat” with moderator D’Shonda Brown as part of a summit organized by Harlem’s Fashion Row. Here’s the story:

https://fashionista.com/2023/06/hbcus-fashion-industry-needs-professor-summit

Dean discusses SAPLINGS grant on WFMY

Mohamed Ahmedna, Ph.D.

Dean Ahmedna appeared on WFMY News 2, educating viewers about SAPLINGS, the CAES’s $18.1 million project to build, and sustain, students’ interest and participation in agriculture as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new initiative, “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN.)”

The project, fittingly called SAPLINGS (System Approach to Promote Learning and Innovation for the Next GenerationS), is designed to grow the number of underrepresented minority students in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. It will involve faculty and staff from each department of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and specialists with Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/education/nc-at-works-to-improve-diversity-in-agriculture-increasing-students-in-food-and-agriculture/83-7ceb874e-81a5-478c-8837-79982b43d400

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Plasticulture Rental Program Helps NC Small Farmers Increase Yields, Profits, and More

Plasticulture Rental Program Helps NC Small Farmers Increase Yields, Profits, and More

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An Aggie First: Shannon Walston is First to Earn Family Financial Planning Certificate

An Aggie First: Shannon Walston is First to Earn Family Financial Planning Certificate

The first time Shannon Walston heard about the Family Financial Planning Certificate, a seven-course certificate and minor program in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences that prepares students for careers in family finance, she wasn’t impressed.
The Student Perspective: Students Travel to World Pork Expo, Iowa State University

The Student Perspective: Students Travel to World Pork Expo, Iowa State University

This trip to Iowa was eye opening and different. The first couple of days of the trip we went to the World Pork Expo. This was a nice experience as my colleagues and I went to different booths to speak to many companies about their products. I learned so much and even wanted to incorporate some of the products at our farm. One of the products I was interested in is a vaccine gun that vaccinated with air pressure and no needle. It’s also attached to a larger contraption that can make castration a lot easier for swine. My colleagues and I stopped to speak to a man named George Eanock, the CEO of Osborne Livestock Equipment and Pig Farming Supplies, and he gave us an enlightening conversation about life and simplified the way of thinking. He was very impressed with us but I was more impressed with him.
“Dr. Yang’s Kids” — Now “Doctors” Themselves— Grow Up to Educate, Mentor Others

“Dr. Yang’s Kids” — Now “Doctors” Themselves— Grow Up to Educate, Mentor Others

Three first-year students walked into NARS 110 class one day in 2013 and got far more than a lesson in urban and community horticulture. They found a friendship that has sustained them, personally and professionally, throughout their undergraduate years in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences; through their graduate school years, some in other states; to this day, in which all three can call themselves “Dr.”
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