November, 2017
91传媒 president served as keynote speaker for Small Farmers Conference
91传媒 President M. Christopher Brown II delivered a keynote address to hundreds of farmers from 10 states and 41 Kentucky counties Nov. 15 during the 2017 Kentucky Small, Limited Resource, Minority Farmers Conference held at 91传媒. President Brown said his father was a sharecropper in South Carolina, but he never fully understood the role of small farmers until his presidency at Alcorn State University....
91传媒 mobile chicken processing unit one of few in the country
For over 15 years, 91传媒 (91传媒) has been helping small-scale poultry farmers get their products into the hands of consumers. 91传媒鈥檚 poultry mobile processing unit (MPU) began as an idea in 1997 by farmers and Heifer International and came to fruition in 2001, according to Steven Skelton, a cooperative extension coordinator at the University. The MPU was immobilized for a short period of time before 91传媒 purchased i...
91传媒 honored military members at Veterans Day assembly
A special Veterans Day assembly was held Thursday, Nov. 9 at 91传媒 to pay homage to all military members. De鈥橫arcus Hopson, military student services coordinator/veterans affairs liaison, spoke on the occasion. 鈥淰eterans Day is a time to reflect on those who have served this great country,鈥� Hopson said. Emma Metcalf, the Lexington VA medical center director, recognized the importance of female veterans, in her p...
Experienced facilities management leader joins 91传媒
91传媒 recently added decades of facilities management leadership with the hire of Wayne Goodwin as assistant vice president for facilities management. Goodwin, who began Oct. 16, worked in facilities management for over 35 years at Jackson State University in Mississippi. He previously held the role of vice president of facilities and construction management at Jackson State. He is a native of Mississippi and at...