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Michael Clark, agriscience teacher in the Greenwood school district, Millerstown, PA, received the George Washington Carver AgriSCIENCE Teacher’s Award in recognition of his teaching excellence. The award was presented during the DuPont dinner at the National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) national conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Operation: Military Kids will be holding its 4th Annual Family Fun Fair in recognition of April’s Month of the Military Child.
The greatness of 4-H is found within the power that volunteers have to change the lives of youth. Four AEE students participated as volunteers for the newly formed 4-H Mentoring: Youth and Families with Promise. Morgan Campbell, Saadiqa Lundy, Jennifer Mapes, and Josh Walker volunteered their time this fall semester to support local youth in their development of various skills, enabling them to reach their fullest potential and lead productive lives.
Freshman Kate Bassett, Junior Britney Marsh, and Senior Jessica DiMarizio recently assisted as educators in the Shaver's Creek Outdoor School. Outdoor School is a four-day residential outdoor education program for upper elementary school students (mostly 5th graders). The elementary students spend a week at the Shaver's Creek Environmental Center in a camp setting learning about the natural world and studying concepts that support their science curriculum.
The National 4-H and EFNEP Research Database Team led by Jan Scholl, Associate Professor of Agricultural & Extension Education, has been selected to receive the NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture) Partnership Award for Effective and Efficient Use of Resources.
Kristie Folk, a senior at The Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Agricultural and Extension Education was selected from a nationwide search to serve as an intern at the 2011 National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. As part of the Collegiate FFA Promotions and Event Management Team, Kristie will work behind the scenes at National Convention gaining valuable, but challenging, hands-on experiences.
This fall, two deserving future agriculture teachers will learn firsthand about the global community’s best efforts to alleviate hunger and promote the human right to a stable, nutritious supply of food. As the first recipients of the National FFA Organization’s World Food Prize Grants, they will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 12-15, 2011 to attend the World Food Prize. Selected for the experience are Allison Nicole Hoover, 20, of Pennsylvania State University and Kirby John Schmidt, 20, of the University of Minnesota.
The Department of Agricultural and Extension Education is pleased to congratulate one of our own, Mr. Douglas Masser, on receiving the 2011 Penn State Ag Council Youth Leadership Award.
Rama Radhakrishna, professor of agricultural and extension education in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named interim head of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, effective July 1.
Members of the Penn State Eta Chapter, of the Alpha Tau Alpha, a national agricultural education honorary, recently awarded the finalists of the second annual Teach Ag Essay Contest during the 82nd Pennsylvania FFA State FFA Convention celebration as part of Pennsylvania’s participation in the National Teach Ag Day! Campaign.
In the agricultural sciences lab at Oley Valley High School, students cut tiny slices of plant tissue and insert the fragments into growing mediums. There, if things go as planned, miniature roses will eventually bloom. But this lesson is not necessarily about growing roses.
Rama Radhakrishna, Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education, received the 2011 Distinguished Teacher Award from the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE) at their recently held conference in Couer’d Alene, Idaho.
Dr. John Ewing was selected to receive the 2011 Excellence in Academic Advising Award from the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.
“The Department of Agricultural Education had its origin in a course in teacher training in agriculture begun in the college year 1910-11, with Thomas I. Mairs, professor of agricultural education, in charge.” A four-year teacher preparation curriculum was initiated the following year. From its inception, the Department functioned in three areas: resident education, research, and service (outreach).
On April 26, 2011, students, faculty, staff, and supporters of the Agricultural and Extension Education Department gathered at the Mount Nittany Middle School for the annual Agricultural and Extension Education Department banquet.
We are all aware of the on-going War on Terrorism. We have all watched television reports, read newspaper articles, listened to the radio, or engaged in conversation about the topic. We are all conscious of the toll it has taken on the members of the armed forces who strive to do their duty to our country. But, have you ever thought of the toll it has taken on family members…husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, and especially children?
Millions of Americans complain that they pay too much in income taxes but get a large refund annually because they overpaid their tax bill. A Web-based seminar series sponsored by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will help taxpayers understand the basics of federal and state taxing systems and legal ways to pay no more than their fair share.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has received a grant from the Department of Defense through USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help prepare the children of military families to be successful as they enter the school system by increasing the quality of their early care and educational experiences.
The health and well-being of military children, youth and families will be enhanced by three contracts from the military totaling $2.2 million awarded to Penn State researchers.
Before interning with an agricultural statistics agency, Terri Woodling never saw herself as a "math person," but now she has a whole new appreciation for the calculations behind farming.
