continuum spring 2009

8/6/2019 Continuum Spring 2009

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The ecoomic dowtur has ames across Oho

ocusng on nances wth a eener eye than ever.

Oten, they turn to Oho State Unversty Extenson.Were educators, first and oremost, sad Nancy

Hudson, amy finance specast wth OSU Extenson.

When we wor wth peope, even those acng

banruptcy, they te us they apprecate our straght-

orward, nonjudgmenta approach.

Among the programs that OSU Extenson oers s

New Start or Fnanca Success, a debtor educaton

cass or peope acng banruptcy. Oten, attendees

say they had taen the cass earer, they mght have

avoded banruptcy, Hudson sad. For more normaton,

see http://ewstart.osu.edu.

Extenson s ocused on hepng young peope, too.Besdes the Rea Money, Rea Word program (see

story on page 2), OSU Extenson s a natona partner

n sponsorng the Hgh Schoo Fnanca Pannng

Program. Snce 2007, OSU Extenson has heped tran

more than 600 teachers n ths ree currcuum, whch

meets the standards o a new state aw that reures

persona nanca educaton programs or students

enterng hgh schoo n 2010.

OSU Extenson aso oers a wde varety o ree and

ow-cost materas to hep ames wth nanca manage-

ment, onne at http://ohiolie.osu.edu and http://estore.

osu-extesio.org. And even more gudance s avaabethrough Extensons natona resource, eXtenson (pro-

nounced e-Extenson). On the Fnanca Crss pages

(http://www.extesio.org/iacial_crisis ), doens o

materas are avaabe ncudng Decdng Whch Bs

to Pay Frst, Stretchng Your Food Doar, and Debt

Management n Tough Tmes. The web ste aso

oers the opportunty or users to submt uestons to

Extenson experts rom across the naton or gudance

on specc nanca chaenges. See more on eXtenson

on page 3. MARTHA FiliPiC

Sprng 2009 | volume1issue2

Family fnancesin tough times:OSU Extension oers a hand

Ao Iid: Acadic Prora p. 4 OARDCp. 7 ATI p. 10 Ai p. 12 Dopt p. 14


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As part o its Strategic Planning process or 20082014, Ohio State University Extension identifed six

Signature Programs focused on targeted issues that aect Ohioans. Every county in Ohio will oer

at least one of these programs, three of which are described on these pages. Look for details on the

other three programs, Dining with Diabetes,New Start, and Why Trees Matter: Next STEP in

our last issue oContinuum, available online on the colleges alumni web site at http://cfaes.osu.edu. To

learn more about Extensions Signature Programs, go to http://extension.osu.edu and click on the

Strategic Plan Information icon on the right. Ten click on Step 7, which includes descriptions of

the Signature Programs.

OSU Extesios Sigature Programs target key statewide, atioal issues

extension

ignature,Pignature,PI Auglaize Couty, a busness expanson renvested $2

mon n the county and added 22 jobs; n Cnton County,the cosng o a pant was reversed, savng 100 jobs; and n

Fayette County, over $80 mon n nvestments resuted

n a 31 percent ncrease n manuacturng empoyment.

From the sma neghborhood o lnden n the northeast-

ern part o Coumbus, to the town o Van Wert, to an eght-

county regon n eastern Oho, an Oho State Unversty

Extenson busness program s hepng communtes reae

the mportance o budng the n between resdents and

busnesses or economc growth and sustanabty.

The OSU Extenson Busness Retenton and Expanson

intatve, one o OSU Extensons Sgnature Programs, was

created to strengthen the capacty o oca oficas andcommunty vounteers to better understand and manage

ther oca economy. The program orgnated rom Oho

States Department o Agrcutura, Envronmenta, and

Deveopment Economcs.

You need to understand your economy you are to have

any nfuence over t, sad Greg Davs, eader o the OSU

Extenson Busness Retenton and Expanson intatve

and assocate proessor n communty deveopment. The

program engages communtes n a orma survey process

to denty strateges that w hep oca busnesses

reman profitabe and expand.

The utmate antcpated outcomes, sad Davs, are a

more engaged communty, a database o oca normaton,

and a more robust oca economy.

Snce 1986, the Oho Busness and Retenton Expanson

intatve has wored wth more than 140 communtes,

empowerng them to act on economc deveopment ssues

by gatherng normaton crtca to understandng oca

and regona economc deveopment needs.

For more normaton on the OSU Extenson Busness

Retenton and Expanson intatve, see ts web ste at

http://localeco.osu.edu/bre.CANDACE POllOCk

Alarmig leels o debt, banruptces, and orecosures throughout

Oho add up to a cear concuson: The state has a vta need orfinanca educaton. And startng eary s ey: A 2008 natona survey

reveaed hgh-schoo senors coud correcty answer just 48 percent

o uestons on financa bascs such as credt, savngs, nsurance

and retrement.

Thats where Rea Money, Rea Word comes n. in 2005, a group

o OSU Extenson proessonas deveoped the sx-esson currcuum

to hep young peope become aware o the money-management ss

they need or the rest o ther ves. Desgned to be a partnershp

o oca Extenson educators, schoos, and communty vounteers

the program ocuses on basc finance prncpes, ncudng how

educaton and occupaton aect ncome; how expenses and paychec

deductons add up; and how to be smart n usng checng accounts

savngs, and credt.

And t wors.

in 15 years o teachng, i can say wthout a doubt that t s one o the

best toos ive ever had n the cassroom, sad Beth Meegar, seventh

grade teacher at Northwestern Mdde Schoo n Wayne County.

in Rea Money, Rea Word, students assume the roe o a 25-year

od adut. They choose (or are assgned) one o 108 occupatons wth a

correspondng saary, and find out how many chdren theyre rasng

Ater nta essons, the program cumnates n a rea-e hour-ong

smuaton: The students vst varous booths staed by communty

vounteers to pay or ther housng, uttes, chd care, transportaton

costs, nsurance, phone and internet access, groceres, and other

tems typca n a amy budget.

The program reay has an mpact, sad Beth Brdgeman, OSU

Extenson educator n Greene County and one o the programs

orgna creators. Ater the smuaton, they say they reae

they have to stay n schoo onger and deay havng ds ts a

vauabe too.

The Rea Money, Rea Word currcuum s avaabe on

CD rom OSU Extenson at http://estore.osu-extesio.org

For more normaton, see http://realmoeyrealworld.osu.edu

MARTHA FiliPiC

Economic initiative sustaining

Ohio communities

Students get an eye-opener with

Real Money. Real World.

2| news ROm The COllege O OOD, AgRICulTuRAl , AnD envIROnmenTAl sCIenCes


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Online eXtensionputs resources atnations fngertips

T atio 95-yar-od Cooprati extio syt

rac iio o pop ry yar tro t ort

o or ta 100 ad-rat co ad iriti ad

toad o extio ofc dotti t u.s. adcap.

But the reach o Extension has the ability to multiply exponentially

with a national online presence, http://www.extension.org.

Te eort, called eXtension (pronounced e-Extension) launched

in February 2008 and is designed to give users the best o the best,

said Keith Smith, director o Ohio State University Extension and

associate vice president or agricultural administration.

People want inormation quickly they want it now, and they

want assurance that its reliable, Smith said. Tis use o technology

is bringing us into the modern age.

When Congress created the Extension system in 1914 to assist

land-grant universities extend research-based inormation and

educational programs throughout their home states, more thanhal the U.S. population lived in rural areas and

nearly a third were engaged in arming.

Over the years, Extension has branched

out rom agricultural and rural issues

to reect the changing

needs o armers,

business-

o w ners ,

amilies, and

communities.

Te seed

o eXtensionwas planted in 2004, when

Smith was chair o the national Extension Committee

on Policy. Although most statewide Extension programs

operate web sites or consumers, Extension had no national presence

that brought together know-how rom across the country. When such

an idea came beore Extension leaders, Smith and his counterparts

pledged a small portion o their ederal unding to pay or the eort.

oday, eXtension oers inormation and materials on topics

ranging rom traditional agricultural production to personal

nance; entrepreneurship; gardens and lawns; parenting; organic

agriculture; and science, engineering, and technology or youth. o

compile the inormation, teams identied the most user-riendlyExtension materials available rom across the country, vetted them

to ensure the inormation was reliable and credible, and created

new materials when they identied gaps.

Te site has thousands o requently asked questions, searchable

by keyword and browsable by category, and users also can Ask

the Experts i they cant nd the answer to their specic question

In addition, users who register with eXtension are guided to their

local Extension ofces and their states land-grant institution or

additional inormation and local guidance.

For more inormation and materials you can use, log on to

eXtension at http://www.extension.org. MARTHA FiliPiC

easeeaseToday more tha eer, Ohos agrcutura ndustry s

acng enormous chaenges and opportuntes to not

ony produce enough ood or a word that needs more o

t but aso to meet ncreasng demands or renewabe

energy, ues, and ndustra products.

Oho s strategcay postoned to be at the oreront

o the emergng boeconomy, and Oho State Unversty

Extenson s eadng eorts n ths area wth a new five-

year Sgnature Program.

increasng Profitabe Crop Yeds Above Trend-

ne 2014 s a mutdscpnary eort amed at assst-

ng agrbusnesses and armers boost crop yeds n a

socay and envronmentay responsbe way, addng

more raw commodtes or Ohos busness growth and

export marets.

Crop producton trendnes are not eepng up wth

current popuaton growth, sad OSU Extenson Assstant

Drector Don Breece. One souton s to tae our mted

arm acres and produce more ood, ue, and fiber crops

rom that and. Every acre o ground must produce as

much as ts envronmentay, genetcay, and technoog-

cay possbe to do.

OSU Extenson educators wth the Agronomc Crops,

Forage, and Frut and Vegetabe teams are engaged n a

number o research, outreach, and educaton actvtes

desgned to support the needs o crop and vestoc

producers whe findng new crops or aternatve energy

and new ways to manage the and.

Successu eorts ncude technoogy adopton to

ncrease yeds and profits; educaton through fied days

and pubcatons; and deveopment o technues to grow

hgh-vaue crops on sma tracts o and. MAURiCiO

ESPiNOzA AND CANDACE POllOCk

Increasing yields and profts

With people and the environment

in mind

Sprng 2009


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Micki Zartmas passio to share the

word o agrcuture nects neary

everyone she meets, and that ey wont

stop even ater she oficay retres ths

year rom her roe as char o Scaret andGray Ag Day.

The annua event, zartmans branchd,

was renamed Mc zartman Scaret and

Gray Ag Day n 2007. Ths year, zartman

s assstng new char lese Rsch to pan

or a record 590 schoo students urban,

rura, suburban, prvate, and pubc

convergng on the Coege o Food,

Agrcutura, and Envronmenta Scences

campus May 15. Guded by 160 vounteer

coege students, partcpants w vst

statons staed by coege acuty andsta to earn about agrcutures roe n

everythng rom ood and cothng to

wde and bodese ues.

The dea behnd the event started years

ago, when zartman accompaned her

husband Davd, who was char o the

then-Department o Dary Scence, to an

annua dary scence meetng. One o the

speaers chaenged partcpants to share

ther stores: The speaer sad, You ta

to each other, but you dont ta to the

rest o the word. And i et e she was

oong drecty at me, zartman sad.

it wasnt ong beore she was eadng

tours o the Waterman Dary Center or

oca schoos. The program was a hugesuccess, but one year the scence drector

at Worthngton Hgh Schoo ased about

other aspects o agrcuture. The seed

was panted, and zartman wored wth

the teacher to pan the first Scaret and

Gray Ag Day n 1999.

The event goes beyond the average

fied trp. Organers mae sure the

oerngs n up wth schoos content

standards. Teachers attend a pre-event

worshop, and ag educaton students

vst cassrooms to conduct enrchmentcasses. Ths year, students rom the

Coege o Educaton and Human Ecoogy

w aso partcpate, mang schoo vsts

and vounteerng at the event.

The program s popuar, wth a watng

st o schoos wantng to partcpate.

zartman credts her student co-chars and

vounteers rom throughout the coege.

Every year, i chaenge the student co-

chars to expand the academc rgor and

mpact o the program, she sad.

J Tyson, coege admssons coor

dnator, was a student co-char n 2005

and aso wored wth zartman n 2006

to prepare an A-to-z handboo o

uture organers. Tyson sad worngwth zartman was e-changng. He

abty to wor wth and connect wth

a types o students s remarabe, and

her dedcaton s nsprng, Tyson sad.

zartman says her passon es n

the eedbac she gets rom Ag Day

partcpants. Among the comments: You

come nowng tte about ag, and eave

nowng amang thngs. it s the best

thng i have ever been to. i am neve

gong to orget t. it made me want

to go to coege.in addton, she remans deepy grateu

or the support Ag Day has receved

rom acuty, sta, and admnstraton

and ndustry and commodty eaders.

incomng char Rsch, who s aso a

program assstant or Farm Scence

Revew, sad zartmans passon o

agrcuture s contagous and nsprng

addng, i hope she wants to reman part

o Scaret and Gray Ag Day or a ong

tme. MARTHA FiliPiC

Zartman passes Scarlet and Gray Ag Day reins to new chair

Dedication and passion:

academic programs

Every year, the colleges Scarlet and Gray Ag Day oers hundreds o Ohio students a

new perspective o agriculture thanks to the eorts o ounder Micki Zartman, let, and

incoming chair Leslie Risch.



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Students come frst orretired Animal Sciences proessor

I love having the opportunity to work with students, he said. I always

elt that i we provide students opportunities and encouragement and then

get out o their way they would be successul.

Te Department o Animal Sciences proessor, who retired at the end o

January, inuenced hundreds o students in the classroom and in an

advisory capacity, and no doubt helped to shape their personal and

proessional goals.

Irvin joined the aculty in 1975 afer receiving his Ph.D. in animal

genetics at Ohio State University. Since then, hes taught over 15 dierent

courses and advised undergraduate and graduate students and contributed

to student organizations. For example, he was instrumental in developing

the national Sigma Alpha sorority during a time when agricultural

sororities did not exist or women. Irvin has also conducted research

in swine genetics. He is best noted or developing the Sow Productivity

Index, which combines components o traits important or mothering

ability in sows.

Producers will use this selection tool to select emales that will

mother the next generation, said Irvin. It was satisying to go through

the process o doing the research on sow productivity to developing

the SPI and then seeing it adopted by industry. Troughout the years

Irvin has received countless awards or his success in the classroom, his

anity with students, and or his research, and has served on a number o

university and community organizations.

Although retiring, Irvin looks at it as a new beginning and is looking

orward to new opportunities that come his way.

My retirement is not an end, its a new beginning and a new stage in my

lie. Its a growing phase and a positive change while being an opportunityto look orward, he said. Im looking orward to the new opportunities

and wil l continue to maintain and develop new riendships.APRil HAYES

Future student? Great way, great day to see CFAES

Thikig o erollig i CFAES? know someone who s?

Consder the Experence OSU or a Day program, whch

oers one-day, one-on-one, nsde oos at the coege.

Prospectve students shadow a current student, at tend severa

casses wth them, eat on campus, and vst a resdence ha.

They meet wth a proessor who wors n ther area o nterest.They ta to counseors and admnstrators. They eave wth

essenta detas on financa ad, majors, and more and a

first-hand ee or the coege. Once (prospectve) students

are on campus and see what we have to oer, ts a ot easer

or them to decde the coege s rght or them, sad CFAES

Admssons Coordnator J Tyson.

A typca vst goes rom about 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. But ts

uy adjustabe. i you cant stay that ong, you can schedue

a shorter stay. its totay up to you. So are the stops on the

vst. The casses you go to and the acuty you meet wth are

set up based on your nput and nterests. Aso, guests, typcay

a parent or parents, are wecome and ncuded. They tour

campus, have unch wth an admnstrator, and jon you to meet

wth the counseors and proessors.

The programs personaed nature reay heped me mae

my fina decson n that ong coege search process, sadkaten luthman, a reshman Food Scence and Nutrton major.

its a one-o-a-nd recrutment experence, sad Ryan Conn,

a senor n Agrbusness and Apped Economcs and Anma

Scences and one o the programs host students. Prospectve

students see that t reay s possbe to receve the ndvdua

attenton they want and deserve, even at a arge nsttuton

e Oho State.

Cost: ree. learn more at http://caes.osu.edu/isit. Or

contact Tyson at (614) 292-8124 or [email protected]. kURT

kNEBUSCH

For Oio stat uirity itock ticit Kit Iri

oti i or ratiyi ta ai a idib ark o

t art ad id o tdt.

Shaping the minds o students or a successul

uture was a satisying and rewarding experience

or animal sciences proessor Keith Irvin (center),

who recently retired ater nearly 35 years o service

with the university.

Sprng 2009


6/16

OSU alumus expresses pridethrough old postcard collectio

The fal erse o Oho

State Unverstys ama

mater rngs true just as

much today as t dd n1902, when the yrcs

were wrtten.

Tme marches on.

Change s nevtabe. But

the prde o Scaret and

Gray remans. For OSU agrcutura aumnus Jerome

Gundrum, ths truth s best expressed through hs

coecton o Oho State Unversty postcards. Wth

some postcards datng bac to 1905, the coecton

gves a gmpse nto the evouton o what has become

the argest unversty n the naton.

its un to see how the unversty has changed overthe years. Readng the notes on the bac o the cards

and seeng the od postmars and stamps s very

nterestng, sad Gundrum, agronomy major rom the

cass o 1975. i thn bac and whe a student, i ddnt

uy comprehend the enormty o the schoo and tsstatus and wordwde recognton. Tme and change

surey does show the postve mpact Oho State has

had on my e.

The Jeerson County, Oho, natve who now owns

an od-ashoned soda shop n North Carona enjoys

sharng hs postcards and other Oho State memoraba

wth customers.

i am aways amaed at the number o non-Oho

resdents who are Oho State ans wth no educatona

assocaton wth the schoo, but st proudy wear the

Scaret and Gray, sad Gundrum. Ths maes me even

prouder to be an Oho State aumnus. CANDACEPOllOCk

Lookig or just the rght job, nternshp,

or Oho State-educated empoyee? Chec

out the CFAES Career Servces Center,

whch oers ree expert assstance toCFAES students, aumn, and ndustry

proessonas. Students get hep wrtng

resumes and cover etters, preparng or

ntervews, and schedung on-campus

ntervews. They meet companes at the

coeges a and wnter Career Events,

hosted by the center. Theres a ree

onne job board caed Hreabuceye

thats updated day and avaabe

24/7. indvdua advce and counseng

sessons are oered as we.

Hreabuceye s avaabe to any

current student or aumn o the coege

and s good or e, sad Adam Cah,

Career Servces program coordnator.Anythng that we now about, you w

now about and have access to. i you

are oong or a job or someone to hre,

ths s a great pace to start.

Empoyers, meantme, can post jobs

to Hreabuceye; can get canddate reer-

ras; can see the resumes o seected can-

ddates onne; and can thoroughy pan

ther recrutng vsts, both to the Career

Events and at other tmes throughout

the year.

The easy first step to start usng the

center s to regster or Hreabuceye at

http://www.caes.osu.edu/career ; cc on

the og-n ogo.Fnd the center n 100 Agrcutura

Admnstraton Budng, 2120 Fye Rd

on Oho States Coumbus campus

Hours: 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Get urthe

detas at the centers web ste, http://

www.caes.osu.edu/career; or contac

Adam Cah at (614) 292-1589 o

[email protected] kNEBUSCH

Good work! Find it, get it at CFAES Career Services Center

Time ad

chage

will surely

show how

frm thy

riedship:

O-HI-O.PhotosubmittedbyJerom

eGundrum



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oard

cheesemakinggoeshigh-tech

Now, ood scientists Luis Rodriguez-Saonaand Jim Harper have harnessed the power

o science and technology to improve the

quality o cheese and the efciency o the

cheese-making process.

Te technique theyve developed,

using Fourier transorm inrared (FIR)

spectroscopy, has been patented, and

theyve shown it is valuable not only or

the cheese industry, but also or wider

uses, such as quick measurement o

phytochemicals in potatoes, tomatoes,

and other plant-based oods, and rapid

identication o ood-borne pathogens.

With cheese, though, the main objective

is to predict avor quality, Rodriguez-

Saona said. But were also very interested

in learning the chemical changes that

take place during ripening. FIR more

than lls the bill. Te technology is

important to Ohio, which is rst in the

nation in Swiss cheese production and

ranks in the top 10 or production o all

cheese (excluding cottage cheese).

Cheeses get their avor rom a complexmatrix o compounds that develop during

ripening. Still today, most cheese is graded

by sensory panels o specially trained

people who smell and taste the product.

Tere have been many attempts to

use technology to grade cheese, he

said. But those methods were costly,

time-consuming, and required a

substantial amount o skill and

laboratory equipment. Using this

FIR technique is quick, and so

simple that almost anyone could

do it, Rodriguez-Saona said.

Te technique is based on

the principle that dierent chemical

compounds respond dierently when

exposed to inrared light. Tese responses

produce a ngerprint spectrum showing

the samples overall chemical composition,

including protein, at, sugars, and

moisture content and the type and amount

o organic, amino, and atty acids, all o

which aect cheese avor and texture.

Even better: Te technology can predict

the nal products quality early in the

ripening process, which, depending on the

cheese, can last or weeks to years.

We ound that most o the changes

during cheddar cheese ripening occurbetween the rst 15 to 30 days. Companies

can use FIR during the early stages o

ripening to predict which cheeses will

end up as high quality, and which wil

likely have to be diverted to processed

cheese products.

Manuacturers may even be

able to take corrective steps

to improve the nal product,

Rodriguez-Saona said. At the

very least, they will be bette

able to manage their inventory.Much o the research has been made

possible by unding rom Ohios cheese

industry, the Ohio Agricultural Research

and Development Center and the Midwest

Advanced Food Manuacturing Alliance

(MAFMA). For more inormation on FIR

and its applications, contact Rodriguez

Saona at [email protected] or

(614) 292-3339.MARTHA FiliPiC

For to i t dairy bi, t por o c i i t

prodct proftabiity. Bt c o c prodctio i ti do

t od-aiod ad ot ry cot-cti ay.

Luis Rodriguez-Saona is helping Ohios cheese industry go high-tech, boosting quality and prof

Sprng 2009


8/16

Playig the stock market, startng a busness,

changng jobs, returnng to schoo ts notuncommon to tae economc rss or busness

success or persona satsacton. But what drves

some peope to tae chances, whe others are

content to stay the course? Oho State Unversty

economsts are usng boogy to ncrease the

understandng o tang financa rss.

Researchers wth the Department o Agrcu-

tura, Envronmenta, and Deveopment Econom-

cs, and Oho States Coege o Pharmacy, aong

wth coeagues at the Unversty o Mssour

and Centra Methodst Unversty, are search-

ng or a genetc n to rs behavor.

The economc theory concernng

rs behavor s rather underde-

veoped. There s the economc

noton that much o the rss

we tae are reated to ncome,

experence, nowng the der-

ence between bad outcomes

and good outcomes, as we

as rs-tang reated to age,

gender, and even heght, sad

Bran Roe, an Oho Agrcutura

Research and Deveopment Cen-

ter behavora economst. But whatdoes t a mean? We are tryng to go

deeper and are oong at the boogca

mechansms that dstngush between those who

are wng to bear rs and those who arent.

Researchers are currenty studyng dopamne

eves and the genetc varatons that may

nfuence the way dopamne moves n the bran.

Dopamne s a neurotransmtter n the bran that,

among other thngs, drves behavor, cognton,

motvaton, and reward.

There s a process or recevng dopamne,

breang t down, and transportng t, apotentay drven by genetc varatons, sad

Roe. What we woud e to find s somethng

e ths: a genetc varaton s ted to say, a

certan dopamne receptor that drves derences

n the rs behavor o young peope, and over

tme that receptor tends to burn out. We coud

then mae the correaton between a specfic

bophysca process and why oder peope tend

to tae ewer rss.

The research s currenty beng unded through

an OARDC SEEDS grant.CANDACE POllOCk

What drives people totake risks? The answermay lie with genetics

At a time o great economc chaenges and opportuntes or Oho, OARDCs worng wth government and busness eaders to capture and grow the

enormous potenta o the agrcutura boscences and transorm t nto

new busness ventures and jobs.

A unue eort n the Buceye State, the BoHo Research Par

a busness and technoogy center amed at movng deas and products

rom the aboratory to the maretpace n areas such as ood saety

renewabe energy and materas, and envronmenta remedaton s

begnnng to tae shape on OARDCs Wooster campus.

BoHo w serve as a catayst or oca and regona deveopment

supportng the creaton o an agboscences ndustry custer n northeast

Oho and propeng an economc sht approprate to the new century,

sad Jm Curre, program drector or Oho States Food and Agrcutura

Technoogy Commercaaton and Economc Deveopment Program

(ATECH). it w serve as a n to unversty research, provdng space

and support or prvate companes n the agboscences arena n addton

to pubc and prvate aboratores and programs that compement and

support ths actvty.

Thans to a $3.4 mon grant rom the Oho Department o Deveopments

Job Ready Stes program to the cty o Wooster, nrastructure

mprovements new water, sewer, gas, and eectrc are currenty beng

made on the pars man 95-acre ste aong Secrest Road. Ths ste w

eventuay oer 540,000 suare eet o budng space, accommodatng

oces, abs, greenhouses, and technoogy deveopment.

Addtonay, renovaton o Pounden Ha on the OARDC campus s

expected to begn n Apr 2009. Funded by a $744,000 grant rom theU.S. Department o Commerces Economc Deveopment Admnstraton

(EDA), the Pounden Technoogy Deveopment Center w provde exbe

technoogy space or abs, oces, and prototype deveopment or start-up

rms and exstng companes.

BoHo Research Par has aso wecomed ts rst tenant. Ceveand

based Schmac BoEnergy whch deveops bogas pants and manages

anaerobc dgeston o Arons muncpa sod waste s rentng space

rom OARDC to bud ab, demonstraton, and testng actes. The company

s coaboratng wth OARDCs natonay recogned compost experts to

optme new bomass converson technooges.MAURiCiO ESPiNOzA

BioHio Research Park:An economic engine takes shape

OARDC engineer Fred Michel

(let) and graduate student

Eddie Gomez are collaborating

with Schmack BioEnergy on

new ways to convert waste

into clean energy and uels.

Schmack has set up research

acilities at OARDC as part

o the BioHio Research Park

initiative.



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OARDC is FORemOsT eCOnOmy engine in new biOeCOnOmy: bATTelle sTuDy

Te Battelle study which evaluated OARDCs accomplishments and growth strategies

in the 20042008 period also concluded that OARDC is the oremost in-state driver o

agbioscience research and development and credited the centers eorts with placing Ohio

on the oreront o this exciting area o economic opportunity in the United States.

Because o OARDC and the support o multiple stakeholders across the state, Ohio

has moved into an early leadership position in supporting agbioscience R&D as driver

or economic development, the report stated. Since 2004, OARDC has been highly

proactive in developing new programs, unding streams, inrastructure, and relationships

that drive progress and expanding economic impacts in Ohios agbioscience economy.

Battelle highlighted OARDCs strategic decision to ocus its eorts and resources

on three signature research and development areas: Food Security, Production, and

Human Health; Advanced Bioenergy and Biobased Products; and Environmental Qualityand Sustainability. MAURiCiO ESPiNOzA

Sustanng growth n Ohos$11.1 bon ood processngsector by deveopng newunctona oods, advancedngredents, and pacagngtechnooges.

Generatng $22 mon n savngsn the Oho hortcuture ndustryby advancng bocontro ungcdesversus chemca ones.

Saeguardng poutry and eggproducton n Oho va mutpetechnooges, thus securngan $861 mon ndustry and8,700 jobs.

leadng the deveopment o anew natura rubber ndustrywth a projected economcmpact o $130 mon or Oho.

Secrest Arboretum celebrated its

100th brthday ast summer. A bg

green part o OARDCs Wooster

campus, the 125-acre acty

houses some 3,000 derent

nds o trees, shrubs, and other

pants. it supports ong-term researchon extensve coectons: shade trees,

crabappes, and rhododendrons among

them. And atey t has ramped up ts

eorts to hep more peope enjoy the

pace. Waers and runners, bcycsts

and brdwatchers, chdren, ther parents

and grandparents, and others now jon

wth the scentsts and gardeners who

go there.

Ther benet s not the pants, Arbo-

retum Program Drector ken Cochran

sad o the new users. Ther benet s

the we-beng n ther own ves rom

nteractng wth the natura word.

He ctes Rchard louvs 2005

natona bestseer Last Chld n

the Woods: Savng Or Chldren

ro Natre Dect Dsorder as

nspraton. i too that boo

serousy, Cochran sad. Chdrenrased n nature are more creatve,

nteractve, and use ther mnds more.

Among the arboretums new peope-

rendy eatures: theme gardens; a

paved, meanderng wang tra; the

John Streeter Garden Amphthe-

ater; the Dscovery Pavon,

whose strng desgn o-

ows the seasons; and

the Seaman Orentaton

Paa, whch ncudes

permanent pubc rest-

rooms. The arboretums

successu $850,000 Phase ii Growng

For You deveopment campagn heped

mae t possbe. Speca events such as

Pant Dscovery Day (May 2 ths year), the

Why Trees Matter Forum (Oct. 22), and

brd was and arboretum wa-abouts

(http://secrest.osu.edu/caledar.aspurther hep Secrest to serve and connect

in 1908, Edmund Secrest o the Oho

Agrcutura Experment Staton (now

OARDC) started the Forest Arboretum

Hs goa: to mae Ohoans more tree

conscous. He ater became staton

drector; the arboretum ater was

renamed to honor hm. Today t

nurtures pants and peope, and

they and the pace eep growng

better or t.kURT kNEBUSCH

Packed with plants and now more people, Secrest turns 100

A ew examples o the multiple

ways OARDC is supportig

Ohios ecoomy iclude:T arictra biocic ar coidrd a ky drir o cooic

dopt i t ri 21t ctry biocooy. Ad accordi

to a tdy codctd by Batt, t Oio Arictra Rarc ad

Dopt Ctr (OARDC) i -poitiod or tr pror i

priary abiocic opportit y ara tat i p xpad Oio cooic

dopt i t ctry.

Sprng 2009


10/16

ati

ATi FACulTy membeR invOlveDin meDiCAl ReseARCh pROjeCT

ATI aculty member

John Arnold with the

modifed treadmill he

adapted or use next

to an MRI unit.

T

radi xrci tr tti i a iport diaotic too or

cardioacar dia. matic Roac Iai (mRI) tcooy i aotr tia diaotic too. uortaty, t

to dot ix. T rro ta copot i a tadard tradi

ar ot copatib it t ry tro atic fd ratd by

mRI qipt.

An AI aculty member, John Arnold, has teamed up with researchers at

he Ohio State University Medical Center to modiy a treadmill so that it can

be used in close proximity to an MRI exam table, enabling doctors to obtain

high-resolution images o the heart while a patient is in the recovery phase

immediately ater reaching peak stress level.

In the treadmill being developed by Arnold and his team members

(Eric Foster, Subha Raman, and Orlando Simonetti), magnetic componentshave been replaced with non-magnetic stainless steel,

aluminum, bronze, and polymers.

wo years ago, Foster, a graduate student in biomedical

engineering, was seeking someone with hydraulics

experience to work on the project, and Internet searching

led him to Arnold. Beore joining the AI aculty in

2003, Arnold spent 27 years as an engineer, developing

o-highway equipment with complex hydraulic systems.

He is an assistant proessor and coordinator o AIs power

and equipment, and hydraulic power and motion control

degree programs.

he design challenges have been interesting, says Arnold.Most industrial hydraulic systems use oil as the hydraulic

luid. In this kind o system, you dont have to worry about corrosion, so the

materials that are optimal or use with oil oten contain high strength steels,

Arnold says. For component prototypes, he looked instead at hydraulic systems

that use water, which are common in the ood processing industry. hese water

hydraulic components are constructed o stainless steel and polymers, which are

more compatible with MRI environments.

One challenge o the project was to ind a supplier who could produce these

non-errous components. hrough his network o industry contacts, Arnold

was able to ind one supplier, a manuacturer in England, who was willing to

undertake the production o system components.

he treadmill is currently being tested and results look promising. Ater

achieving peak stress levels, patients will be quickly transerred to the MRI,

allowing doctors to capture high-deinition images o the heart within 60

seconds. According to team member Simonetti, associate proessor o internal

medicine and radiology, the OSU Medical Center is the only place in the

world perorming treadmill exercise stress tests inside the MRI scan room.

FRANCES WHiTED



11/16

As o ay campus, Oho State ATis haways and cassrooms teem

wth young men and women cad n the ubutous coege student

ensembe o jeans and a hoode. But on any gven day, you are

just as ey to see students attred n Western wear that spans the

gamut rom unctona to ancu.

And the Western stye snt conned to students n producton

agrcuture majors, ether. Ashey Hnes o Pedmont s a andscapecontractng and constructon major whose Western ensembe

ncudes a me green satn shrt and a eather bet o the same coor,

embeshed wth gtterng meta studs and, o course, a arge bet

buce. Competng the oo s a bac cowboy hat edged n pn and

a green rhnestone cowboy boot necace. i acured most o ths to

wear n the show rng, says Hnes, who shows pgs and catte.

The bg bet buce s a very common sght at ATi, oten combned

wth sm jeans and a pad shrt or the any cowboy oo. But

even the guys can nduge n a bt o Western bng. Aex Dawes, a

constructon scence major rom Hudson, sports not just the bg bet

buce but an eaboratey tooed eather bet as we, and adorns hs

shrt wth a sver-tpped boo te. ive aways dressed ths way,

because ts a stye that most peope dont wear, and i e tryng to be

derent, Dawes sad.

i have gone to severa other coeges beore comng to ATi, and

i have not seen anythng e t anywhere ese, sad Rhannon

Schneder, an agronomy major rom Graton, who was sportng a bt

o handcrated bng herse a god boot braceet adorned wth

charms. You cant nd many students at other coeges who can get

down and drty and st be abe to express themseves wth cowboy

bng.FRANCES WHiTED

It dont mean a thingi it aint got that bling

I ASSOCIATE PROESSOR DAvE Willoughbys gree

hair prooked a ew odd stares i the grocery store, it

didt bother him oe bit. The uusual dye job was his

way o makig good o a promise to ATIs tur bow

team: Brig home the irst-place trophy this year, ad

he would color his hair gree.

The our-perso team o ATI turgrass studets did

just that, wiig the 2008 college tur bowl competitio

that is part o the Ohio Turgrass oudatios aua

coerece. The team rom ATI wo i 2007, too, the

irst year the competitio was held.

The test cosists o ie sectios addressig the

types o problems ad challeges turgrass proessioals ace o the job ad pits teams rom the ie Ohio

schools that oer associate degrees related to the tur

grass idustry.

Team members Adrew Goehler, Lace Bailey, Jack

Zoldak, ad Reee Geyer tackled questios about such

topics as turgrass diseases, weed ad isect ideti

catio, ad the calibratio o equipmet used to apply

chemicals, as well as questios related to accoutig

procedures, assets ad liabilities, proitability, ad othe

busiess maagemet cocepts.

I am extremely proud o our studets, said Wil

loughby i a iteriew with the Wooster Daily Record

Wiig the Tur Bowl the irst year was a great accom

plishmet. Beig able to repeat ad brig the trophy

back to Wooster or the secod year i a row is idescrib

able. Willoughby is coordiator o ATIs turgrass ma

agemet degree program ad seres as aculty adisor

to the Tur Club.

The wiig team receies a traelig trophy that

will be displayed or a year util the ext competitio

Team members also receied idiidual plaques.

People i the grocery store keep askig me i I lost

a bet, Willoughby said. I tell them that I didt lose

aythig. I wo.RAnCES WHITED

ATI Tur Team is topstwo years in a row

ATI students Ashley Hines, Rhiannon

Schneider, Alex Dawes, and Kyle Johnson

show o their bling. At right, a bracelet

adorns Schneiders boot.

Photos by Frances Whted

ATI tur bowl team members got a kick out o Associate Proessor

Dave Willoughbys green hair, their reward or bringing home the

frst place trophy. Team members are Renee Geyer o Lancaster,

Jack Zoldak o Dalton, Lance Bailey o Bethesda, and Andrew

Goehler o Bryan. Photo by Frances Whted

Sprng 2009


12/16

alumni

Spring Game Tailgate Set or April 25Alumni Board update

As ths ssue o Contn arrves at your home, fina pans are beng

made or the Sprng Game CFAES Tagate to be hed on Apr 25. The

tagate w begn two hours beore c-o, expected to be 1:00 p.m.

Tcets or the game are $5. Tcets or the tagate and game are $15.

i you woud e to attend the game and or tagate, pease contact

Amber Pasterna at [email protected] or ca her at (614) 247-2745.

The ABSOlUTE fina deadne or reservatons s Apr 20.

Mae checs payabe to The Oho State Unversty and ma to:

Ray Miller

Room 100 Ag Admi

2120 ye Road

Columbus, OH 43210

The CFAES Aumn Board has new oficers!

Past PresdentRchard lessPresdentAnn Ba

Presdent EectJames leonard

SecretaryTmothy Osborn

TreasurerMessa Sanders

Are you nterested n get tng more nvoved

wth your aumn socety? We currenty

have openngs on the board and can aways

use some extra hep on our commttees.

Contact Ray Mer at (614) 247-2745 or

[email protected] or more normaton.

Alumni Society Basket Sale:Scholarship Fundraiser

Logaberger Tall TissueBasket with Lid

Scarletandgraytrim

Smallfootballdetailsontrim

6"long,6"wide,6"high

Cost: $71.00 wth $18.00 rom each sae bene tng the CFAES

Aumn Schoarshp Endowment Fund

Longabergerand the other basket and collecton naes are the property oThe LongabergerCopany. Ths ndraser s n no way connected wth orsponsored by The LongabergerCopany.

Name:

Address:

Cty/State/zp:

Phone Number:

E-ma:

Mae checs payabe to

Jeannie Anders (the socetys

independent longaberger

Home Consutant)

To pace an order, compete

ths orm and ma t and your

payment by Apr 28, 2009, to:

Sady Kuh

11607 Parkiew Dr.

Stoutsille, OH 43154

Collectors o Logaberger Baskets: Do ot miss this

opportuity to add to your collectio ad help raise uds

or the CAES Alumi Society Udergraduate Scholarship

Edowmet. Jeaie Aders, a alum ad Logaberger

Associate, is doatig $18 o eery basket sold toward

the edowmet.

Buckeye baskets make great

graduation gits.Pease aow

eght wees or devery.

Baskets st be pcked p nColbs or Sprngfeld nlessyo ake arrangeents orshppng ($12.00 n-state or$

17.00 ot-o-state nsredshppng and handlng). ContactSandy Khn at 740-477-8702or [email protected] wthqestons.

FallFest scheduled For sept. 12, 2009Alumni from the College of Food, Agrcutura, and Envron-

menta Scences (CFAES) ncudng a ag, envronment and

natura resources, and ATi graduates w be nvted to

partcpate n Fafest 2009 when the Buceyes w pay ther

second game of the season aganst the Unversty of Southern

Caforna Trojans. Game tme has been announced as 8:00 p.m.

We w meet n the French Fed House three hours before

game tme for dnner, the annua sent aucton for the CFAES

Aumn Socety Schoarshp Endowment, fine feowshp wth

frends from years gone by, and of course the Buceyes vs.

Trojans contest n the stadum. We are partcpatng agan ths

year wth the unversty-wde Reunon Weeend. Watch for the

detas n the summer ssue of Continuum comng to you n

eary summer.

Game tcets w ony be avaabe to those aumn who are

graduates of the Coege of Food, Agrcutura, and Envronmen-

ta Scences and are dues-payng members of The Oho State

Unversty Aumn Assocaton, inc. Tcets must be purchased

wth our tagate event. You are mted to two tcets per

househod, not per membershp. it s our desre to maxmzethe number of aumn who can attend Reunon Weeend. The

person purchasng the tcets must be the person who uses

the tcets. Anyone caught reseng ther tcets may ose

future rghts to purchase footba tcets through the Aumn

Assocaton and our socety.

Aumn who receve season tcets va Presdents Cub,

Buceye Cub, Facuty/Staff, Varsty O Men footba, the Aumn

Assocatons ottery, or ong-tme season tcet purchase hod-

ers Will NOT be egbe to receve tcets through the Socety

Reunon Weeend, but we hope you w jon us for the tagate.

A appcatons w be doube-checed wth unversty databas-

es to ensure compance wth ths pocy. We expect the demand

for ths game to exceed our suppy and thus a ottery w be hed

to determne the tcet aocaton. More detas w be announced

as we confirm a nformaton for Reunon Weeend 09.

in the meantme, reserve your Sept. 11-13 weeend now, and

pan to be wth us for Reunon Weeend and CFAES Fafest.

GO BUCkS!



13/16

The Coege o Food, Agrcutura, and Envronmenta Scences Aumn Socety recogned 15 aumn

and rends o the coege at ts annua aumn awards uncheon on March 7, 2009, hed at the

Fawcett Center. A new Outstandng Servce to the Socety Award was estabshed ths year n addton

to the our ongstandng award categores. Congratuatons to a o our recpents!

CFAes Alumni sOCieTy pResenTs 15 wiTh AwARDs

Distiguished Alumi Award

in ront, rom the et, Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser wth

award recpents Chares V. Morr, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Dary Technoogy;

Ted Fcnger, Ph.D., Agrcutura Educaton; Dae F. Runnon, B.S., Anma

Scence; and n bac, rom the et, Bur A. Dehorty, Ph.D., Agrcutura

Bochemstry; Banne E. Bowen, Ph.D., Agrcutura Educaton; Ben J.

lamp, B.S., M.S., Agrcutura Engneerng; and Russe Smmonds, B.S.,

Agrcutura Economcs.

Outstadig Serice to the Society

Ths new award was estabshed by the CFAES Aumn Socety to honor

ndvduas who have gone beyond expectatons n provdng servce to the

socety. Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser, et, wth award recpent

Rod Bauer, kOVA o Oho, and Ray M er, CFAES Aumn Coordnator. Rod

was seected or hs unsefish contrbutons to Ag Faest and the CFAES

Aumn Undergraduate Schoarshp Endowment Fund.

Meritorious Serice Award

Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser, et, wth award recpents

Staney W. Joehn, B.S., Agrcutura Engneerng; and Berne Erven,

B.S., Agrcutura Educaton, and M.S., Agrcutura Economcs.

Iteratioal Award

Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser wth award recpent

Seung i Na, Ph.D., Agrcutura Educaton.

Youg Proessioal Achieemet Award

Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser, et, wth award recpents

kenya N. Nchoson, B.S., Food Scence and Technoogy; lndsay

H, B.S., Agrcutura Communcaton; Jane Fe, B.S., Ph.D., Food,

Agrcutura, and Boogca Engneerng; and Jenner lehesa, B.S.,

Anma Scence.

Sprng 2009


14/16

Charles Scholleberger has made ar-

rangements or The Oho State Unversty

through a trust to contrbute unds to

The Oho State Unversty Foundaton.

The gt sha create the Chares Scho-

enberger Arboretum Vstors Center

Boogca lab Endowment. The annua

dstrbuton rom ths endowment sha

be used to provde unds or program-

mng and the purchase o boogca ab

eupment or suppes n the Boogca

lab at the Arboretum Vstors Center at

the Oho Agrcutura Research and

Deveopment Center (OARDC) n Wooster,

Oho. Funds can aso be used or undng

or the Chares J. Schoenberger Famy

Day to be hed annuay or bannuay.

Chares grandather, Chares J. Scho-

enberger, joned the sta o the Oho

Agrcutura Expermenta Staton n 1910

and spent 47 years as an agronomst

beore retrng n 1958. He overcame

deaness as a chd to earn a bacheors

degree n chemstry rom The Oho State

Unversty n 1925. Hs es wor as a

research poneer ed hm to tae nown

so addtves, such as mestone and

manure, and determne how much was

needed to enhance agrcutura produc-

ton. Between 1949 and 1957 Chares

J. Schoenberger was assocated wth

the U.S. Department o Agrcuture So

Conservaton Servce where he promoted

eorts to save topso.

Schoenbergers son, Chares S. Scho-

enberger, began a dstngushed career

n chemstry as a chd when hs ather

et hm perorm smpe experments

n hs aboratory at the Oho Agrcu-

tura Experment Staton n Wooster. He

went on to major n chemstry at the Co-

ege o Wooster and earned a doctorate

at Corne Unversty. Hred by the B.F.

Goodrch Co. rght out o graduate

schoo by noted poyvny chorde nven

tor Dr. Wado Semon, Chuc heped open

Goodrchs new research center n Brecs

ve, Oho, n 1948. Over 10 years o

patent research pad o n 1959 when

Chuc proudy added hs contrbuton

to Goodrchs ong st o firsts n

rubber, the deveopment o Estane,

the words first thermopastc poyure

thane.SHAWN ClEVElAND

Thousads o alumi hae supported the Coege o Food,

Agrcutura, and Envronmenta Scences by mang gts to

the Vce Presdents Exceence Fund. The coeges annua

und provdes dscretonary mones or eorts ncudng out-

reach, aumn reatons, students co-currcuar actvtes, and

undergraduate research. in short, these gts provde undng

or projects that woud not be possbe wthout rends o thecoege.

CFAES aumn cte varyng reasons or supportng the

coege wth annua gts, but they a had one man motvator

n common: the mportance o hepng students.

For exampe, 1985 graduate Jua Geren zoda was a

schoarshp recpent and sad she gave to the und to support

uture students. Joanne Captan Jones, who earned her B.S. n

Ag Econ n 1975, echoed zodas sentments. i gve because

im an aum and i want to hep support the schoo whenever i

can, Jones sad, i et e gvng because i attended Oho State

and to try to hep. i ee t s mportant to support the students.

in addton to the desre to hep students, career paths

ed some CFAES graduates to support the Vce Presdents

Exceence Fund. Ths was the case or Steven Wade Johnson,

who sad, i just e to support the coege i went to and i thn

educaton s mportant. Havng been a teacher or 34 years,

i e to support educaton as much as i can. i e the wor

Oho State does.

Johnson, who earned hs M.S. n Ag Educaton n 1979, aso

spoe o hs parents nfuence on hs phanthropy. My parents

aways supported schoos. My ather was on the board o

Ashand Coege, whch s now Ashand Unversty, and aways

donated even though he wasnt a coege grad. My parents

were a bg nfuence on my gvng. its mportant to me to

support my coege.

For Bob Age, a 1980 Anma Scences graduate, happy

memores o hs tme as a student and beongng to a amy

o Oho State aumn made hm want to gve. Age reguarysupports the lvestoc Judgng Team n addton to the Vce

Presdents Exceence Fund. i normay gve to the lvestoc

Judgng Team because i was on t. its mportant to eep tha

gong because i ee extracurrcuars are what coege s a

about. Academcs are needed but i was aso n the marchng

band and on the judgng team and i got a ot out o t. Those

are the thngs you remember 30 years ater. i now

extracurrcuars are the nd o thng that gets phased ou

A ot o coeges had vestoc judgng teams and dont have

them now. Both o my daughters went to Oho State and go

a ot out o t. One daughter s n charge o bee promoton o

the Cattemens Assocaton. My we was n nursng and

supports t. Were a bg Buceye supporters.

Support o the Coege o Food, Agrcutura, and Envron

menta Scences Vce Presdents Exceence Fund s more

mportant than ever beore. As extracurrcuar actvty costs

soar and students aready strugge just to und tuton, boos

and room and board, t s vta to support the coeges annua

und. For uestons on gvng to ths und, or to any CFAES

und, contact the Ofice o Deveopment at (614) 292-0473

AMY MCkENziE

development

Schollenberger creates und or Arboretum Lab

The work o agronomist Charles J.

Schollenberger, let, and his son, chemist

Charles S. Schollenberger, right, is being

honored by their grandson and son, Charles

Schollenberger, with the establishment

o the Charles Schollenberger Arboretum

Visitors Center Biological Lab Endowment.

Vice Presidents Excellence Fund ocuses on students



15/16

Dairymaster gitbenefts ATI DairyLab, studentsDairymaster USA Ic. o Cncnnat

Oho, s contrbutng a new 10 Unt

Entry leve Swtfo Dary Paror to

The Oho State Unversty Agrcutura

Technca insttute (ATi) n Wooster

The gt o $231,405 conssts o gts

n-nd ncudng consutng, dary

eupment desgn, ayout, specfica

tons, and eupment.

The ATi Dary laboratory was de

sgned to gve students n the two-yeaDary Catte Producton and Manage

ment Technoogy program practca

experence n the management tass

encountered on many o todays dary

arms. Students are reured

to wor and to assst n

the management o the

aboratory on a day

bass as part o

ther practcum

course. The ab-

oratory s asoused extensvey

or nstructon n

other courses such as dary catte

producton, genetcs, nutrton, repro

ducton, heath, judgng, and presen

taton. The herd conssts o Hostens

Jerseys, and Brown Swss, wth 125

mature cows and 100 young stoc. it

s a ree-sta barn wth tota mxed

raton eedng.

Ths s an outstandng opportunty

and ths reatonshp between the

unversty and ndustry needs to

contnue to hep our students wor

wth the atest technoogy, sad

Steve Nameth, drector o ATi.

Operatng snce 1968 rom ts

head ofice n Causeway, County

kerry, ireand, Darymaster s one

o the words eadng dary arm

eupment manuacturers. Ths yea

aso mars the tenth year Darymaste

has operated n the Unted States

SHAWN ClEVElAND

new sChOlARshIP suPPORTs uRBAn gARDenIng sTuDenTs

The Albert A. Churella Urban Gardenng

Schoarshp s one o two unds at the

unversty that Dr. Churea has created

to honor those most mportant n her

e. The Anne Prochaa Endowment

Fund or Oncoogy Nursng Educaton

pays trbute to her aunt who was a

nurse specang n nant parayss.

Through her estate, Dr. Churea aso

pans to support cancer research, human

nutrton research and schoarshps,

and research n boogca scences at

The Oho State Unversty.

Dr. Churea s a three-tme graduate

o Oho State, havng receved her

undergraduate degree n bochems-

try through what was then named the

Coege o Agrcuture. She went on to

receve her masters degree n bochem-

stry and her doctorate n human nutr-

ton. She had a dstngushed 37-year

career wth Ross Products Dvson o

Abbott laboratores. She specaed n

pedatrc nutrton research and deveop-

ment, whch ed to patents or her wor

n provdng seenum n a nutrtona

product and or her nutrtona product

or nants wth chronc ung dsease.

The Coege o Food, Agrcutura, and

Envronmenta Scences s grateu or

Dr. Chureas generosty and s peased

to be a part o the Chureas egacy at

Oho State and n gardenng.

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ssues. Ths pubcaton s dstrbuted through cou

Extenson ofices and at Oho State events. i you

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Scences and ts academc and research departme

ncudng Oho Agrcutura Research and Deveop

Center (OARDC), Agrcutura Technca insttute (AT

and Oho State Unversty Extenson embrace hum

dversty and are commtted to ensurng that a

research and reated educatona programs are ava

to centee on a nondscrmnatory bass wthout re

to race, coor, regon, sex, age, natona or gn, sex

orentaton, gender dentty or expresson, dsabt

or veteran status. Ths statement s n accordance w

Unted States Cv Rghts laws and the USDA.

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Adnstratonand Dean, Collegeo Food, Agrcltral,and EnvronentalScences

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As youll see illustrated throughout this publication, theCollege o Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences(CFAES) is ocusing its eforts on three Signature Areas o

key importance to Ohio and the world:ood Security, Productio, ad Huma Health Every day more than

860 mon peope go hungry wordwde. Manutrton s at crtca eves

n deveopng countres, whe obesty pagues deveoped natons.

The saety o our ood, threatened by dsease or contamnaton outbreas,

s a concern. As a resut, CFAES ocuses on mproved agrcutura

producton that ensures an adeuate and aordabe ood suppy;

saeguardng our ood suppy; and promotng the bascs o nutrtona

heath or a growng popuaton.

Eirometal Quality ad Sustaiability Sustanng popuaton and

economc growth must be baanced wth preservaton o natura resources

and envronmenta assets. lned hand n hand wth envronmenta

sustanabty s an urgent need or the deveopment o ecoogcay

bengn resources or economc actvty. in ths Sgnature Area, CFAES

wors to understand, protect, and remedate the envronment andecosystems to ensure ong-term sustanabty.

Adaced Bioeergy ad Biobased Products Wth goba oss ue prces

at record eves and concerns regardng carbon emssons, the race s on

to deveop renewabe energy sources wth nomna envronmenta

mpacts. The countrys desre to mt ts dependence on overseas o

sources aso ues the deveopment o aternatve sources or the pastcs,

chemcas, and rubber ndustres. As such, CFAES w ocus on deveopng

bomass-based advanced energy technooges and vaue-added bobased

products such as ues, specaty chemcas, and fiber products.

We believe that ocusing on these issues puts our colleges bestand brightest to work on key issues aecting our world. As always,I appreciate your eedback: [email protected]

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