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STORIES Online February 2013College NewsISU FEATURED IN WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ON DEMAND FOR AG GRADSThe Wall Street Journal recently featured CALS senior Andrew Filipi and Career Services Director Mike Gaul in their report on the high demand for agriculture and life sciences graduates. “Iowa State University student Andrew Filipi faced a quandary recently that many college seniors today can only dream of: choosing between two job offers six months before graduation,” the article states More...SOYBEAN RESEARCHERS STUDY SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROMEISU researchers will use a grant totaling more than $5 million to strengthen the genetic resistance of soybeans to sudden death syndrome, a disease that has cost Iowa soybean producers millions in crop losses. The five-year, $5.35 million grant from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will allow an international team led by ISU to genetically modify soybeans in an attempt to fight off sudden death syndrome more effectively. More...NEW ISU WEATHER STATIONS TO MONITOR SOIL MOISTUREFarmers will be able to check soil moisture levels around the state thanks to upgrades of weather stations at several Iowa State University research and demonstrat! ion farms. With drought conditions continuing across Iowa, Elwynn Taylor, agronomy, said the stations offer a risk management tool for crop producers. More...CALS WELCOMES NEW ASSISTANT DEAN FOR DIVERSITYAn agricultural educator from Tennessee has been named the new CALS assistant dean for diversity. Theressa Cooper, former director of Aca! demic Success Programs and Outreach Initiatives at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, began Feb. 1. She will coordinate, manage and implement the college’s existing diversity programs, such as the George Washington Carver Summer Internship program and Graduate Assistant Research Match program. She also will lead efforts to identify new opportunities to enhance diversity and connect with minority serving institutions nationwide. More...LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM EARNS TOP HONORSWithin the last month, the Livestock Judging Team won the Sioux Empire Farm Show Livestock Judging Contest and had a clean sweep at the Iowa Beef Expo. The team also was awarded high team honors in the sheep and goat division at Sioux Empire and at the Iowa Beef Expo the team outdistanced the field by 44 points and took home high team in reason and placing honors. Alumni NewsPETERSON BRINGS NEW IDEAS TO UGANDA TO FIGHT MALARIAChris Peterson (MS ‘98 entomology, PhD ‘01) works with Stomp Out Malaria in Uganda to prevent the spread of malaria. Peterson joined Peace Corps Uganda after 11 years with the U.S. Forest Service, where he studied pesticide longevity. The organization he serves holds three mobile health clinics weekly, each drawing up to 120 people to receive free preventive and curative medicines. Peterson has developed a simple bed net curriculum designed for mixed ages in informal settings that he delivers verbally to participants. Over 100 villages are served by the mobile clinics. More...CALS GRADS REVITALIZE IOWA FFA CHAPTERSCassandra Brown (‘09 agricultural education) and Brooke Peppmeier (‘10 agricultural education) were recently featured in the Des Moines Register for their efforts to expand the FFA chapters at the Indianola and Southeast Warren school districts. They say membership is on the rise thanks to exploratory eighth grade agriculture offerings and broadening the scope of FFA to reach out to students from non-farm backgrounds. Brown’s Indianola chapter (shown below) has transformed from near extinction to a membership of more than 100 students in recent years. More...ALUMNI SERVE IN CATTLEMEN’S NATIONAL LEADERSHIPAt the 2013 Cattle Industry Convention in Tampa Feb. 9, Dean Black (‘84 farm operations) and Will Frazee (‘81 farm operations) were elected to leadership positions. Black was named to the 12-member Cattlemen’s Beef Board Executive Committee. CALS AWARD HONORS RETIRING CAST CEO, JOHN BONNERJohn Bonner (BS ’68 dairy science, MS ’71 animal science, PhD ’74 animal science), retiring executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, was presented the college’s Impact Award for Extraordinary Partnership at a reception Jan. 23 on the ISU campus. Bonner served as head of the Ames-based organization since 2005. More...Class Notes February 2013
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