SAES to add new twist to Homecoming 2009
In the weeks leading up to Homecoming Weekend (Oct. 30 - Nov. 1) the SAES is adding a new twist to raising supplemental funding for instructional resources and current students. Each of the four...
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Use the active voice so readers immediately connect the subject of the sentence with the action it is initiating. Not: "One of the best term papers on international trade policy was written by a...
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Staff update
Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna has been named director of the SAES's Center of Excellence for Post-Harvest Technology at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. Since joining the SAES in 2000, Ahmedna...
View ArticleCommunities with sustainable ag ideas have until Oct. 5 to submit proposals
The Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program and the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) have jointly administered a grants program since 2002 that provides...
View Article25-day window for changing insurance options
The annual enrollment period for the optional insurance coverage offered through the NC FLEX benefit program is Oct 5 - 30. There will be 15 two-hour information sessions between Oct. 5 and 21 at...
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Game plans
The application deadline is Oct 15 for flowery floats, tricked-out trucks and all other entries in the 2009 A&T State University Homecoming Parade. SAES agribusiness corporate partners and federal...
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Extension contributions to get Honors Lecture Series spotlight
The inaugural A&T State University Honors Lecture Series will include a program on Cooperative Extension and the University's land-grant mission on Monday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Godfrey...
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4-H National Youth Science Day fueling alternative energy
Registration forms and all the resources that young scientists will need to be hands-on participants in the second annual 4-H National Youth Science Day experiment on Oct. 7 are online and only a few...
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International Trade Center gets USDA Rural Development funding
USDA Rural Development has announced a series of job creation and business promotion grants that will be going to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, and $115,000 of that funding will be headed to the SAES's...
View ArticleFundraising registries soliciting suggestions
The SAES is adding a twist to Homecoming (Oct. 31) fundraising for added resources that will benefit instruction and current students. The SAES's four academic departments are putting together...
View ArticleMulti-organization ag. engineering gathering sets 11/20 deadline for paper...
A call for papers has been issued for the 17th World Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering, which will be June 13 to 17, 2010, in Quebec City, Canada. The Congress will...
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Start your 2010 garden in November 2009
The Guilford County Extension Center will be accepting orders through Oct. 28 for its 2009 Fall 4-H Plant Sale. This autumn's offerings include blackberries, blueberries, muscadine grapes, and heritage...
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Shots just off campus
A&T's Division of Human Resources, in cooperation with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and Maxim Health Systems, will be offering free flu shots to A&T employees, retirees...
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Parting shot
The A&T Department of Police and Public Safety has been showing "Shots Fired on Campus: When Lightning Strikes," a 20-minute training video, at an assortment of times, dates and settings around...
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Amazing Reyes
Dr. Manuel Reyes coordinated a recent visit to the SAES by delegations from Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia and Vietnam's Nong Lam University. The SAES signed memorandums of understanding...
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