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91传媒 director to receive USDA Excellence in Extension award
91传媒鈥檚 Louie Rivers Jr. will receive the 2017 Excellence in Extension Award 鈥� a prestigious national recognition for extension workers with visionary leadership, a track record of excellence in programming and positive impacts on their community. The award, which has been presented since 1991, is given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Assoc...
Eight 91传媒 students earned awards at the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Science meeting
91传媒 students, faculty and staff earned top awards and gave compelling presentations at the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) meeting at Murray State University recently. Eight students earned honors at the conference, which was attended by nearly 1,000 students, faculty and research staff from around the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Srijana Thapa Magar, Thomas Mason and Sathya Govindasamy earned first, seco...
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...