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FallFeSinormion

Student Ambassadorsa source for collegeknowledge

F

or aimal scieces major Reee Starkey, teres

oti more reardi ta etti potetial

studets or icomi resme excited about te

collee experiece.

I wanted to tell the story o Ohio State and the College o Food,

Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences the way that it had been

told to me, said the graduating senior rom Spokane, Washington.

I wanted to help students nd a passion and get excited about what

the college has to oer.

Starkey is a CFAES Ambassador, part o a small group o

undergraduates whose eorts teach others what the College o

Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences is all about.

Students chosen or the Ambassador team each year represent

the college or recruitment and industry relations purposes. Since

1999, Ambassadors have worked with college aculty and sta,represented the college at national conerences, met prospective

students, and provided tours o the college campus to incoming

reshmen and transer students.

Jill yson, College o Food, Agricultural, and Environmental

Sciences coordinator o prospective student services and

Ambassador team advisor, said that being an Ambassador helps

students gain leadership, team building, communication, and

networking skills; develop riendships; and be a point o contact or

those not amiliar with the campus.

For potential Ohio State University students or incoming

reshmen, Ambassadors are their rst contact, said yson.

Tey represent the image and the reputation o our college.An Ambassador is the source or learning what our college is all

about.

About two dozen new Ambassadors are selected each year, and

come rom a variety o majors including animal sciences; agricultural

communication; ood, agricultural, and biological engineering;

ood science; and agricultural education. Ambassadors generally

(See Ambassadors on page 2)

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Also Iside: OARDC p. 4 Extesio p. 7 ATI p. 10 Deelopmet p. 12 Alumi p. 14

Buckeye spirit, academic drive, community leadership, lasting riendships.

Students such as Renee Starkey show those new to the college experience whats

possible in the College o Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.


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serve or one year, although they can reapply

once their term is up.

yson said that the work Ambassadors

conduct is strictly on a volunteer basis

and the application process to become anAmbassador is very competitive. However

those who are selected as Ambassadors

nd the experience quite rewarding.

Being a part o the College o Food

Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Ambassador team has been one o the mos

rewarding and inuential experiences

have had in my college career, said Lynn

Wischmeyer, a ood science and technology

major who is in her second year on the

Ambassador team. I have gained more

condence in mysel, worked with and meamazing people, gained knowledge abou

the world we live in and the goals we need

to achieve, and developed a passion or

agriculture.

Te eorts o the CFAES Ambassadors

giving to the college while learning more

about themselves, is gaining nationa

recognition. Over the past two years

Ambassadors have received awards during

the National Agricultural Ambassador

Conerence in both recruitment and

retention and excellence in servicetherst time the program has been recognized

nationally.

Tis year, the experiences o the CFAES

Ambassadors will expand to college

alumni through a mentoring program

between Ambassadors and alumni board

members.

For me, becoming an Ambassador

was about reaching out. I saw it as an

opportunity to share the great experiences

I have had at Ohio State and help

prospective students make the right choiceor their uture while allowing mysel

to grow as a leader, said Kayla Weaver

a junior in agricultural communication

and a newly selected Ambassador. Being

an Ambassador gives me a chance to give

back to the college and have an impact on

its uture.

o learn more about the colleges

Ambassador program, see its web site a

http://caes.osu.edu/ambassadors.

CANDACE POLLOCK

Te Collee o Food, Aricultural, ad Eirometal Scieces obtaied boto te rats aarded by Oio State Uiersitys Oice o Tecoloy Eaced

Leari ad Researc (TELR) i Marc or deelopi e-leari deree

prorams.

he departments o Human and Community Resource Development and Plant Pa-

thology submitted successul proposals to the Distance and Open Education Innova-

tion Funds, which ELR provides each year with the goal o nurturing degree programs

that enable any place/any time learning through innovative uses o technology.

One o the grants ($12,369) will be used to determine the need and support or the

development o an online masters degree in agricultural and Extension education

(AEE), said Emily Rhoades, an assistant proessor o agricultural communications and

leader o the proposal.

he proposed program would be designed to target part-time, nontraditional stu-

dents with ull-time employment as practitioners in the AEE ieldsuch as secondary

agricultural teachers, Extension educators, and agricultural communicators. Because it

would rely on distance-education technology or its delivery, the program would also

be available to students beyond Ohio and traditional AEE graduate students who preer

an online ormat.

he second grant ($15,000) will help cover the costs o planning a masters degreein plant protection, said Mike Boehm, proessor and chair o the Department o Plant

Pathology. he 18-month, non-thesis, executive MBA-style degree will cover a variety

o topics, including basic and applied science, management, and communications.

his program will be designed or busy proessionals such as certiied crop advi-

sors, Extension-type specialists, and others in private companies that deal with crop

production, Boehm explained. It will take advantage o e-learning and oer weekend

courses.

For more inormation about ELR services and unding opportunities, visit http://

telr.osu.edu.MAuriCiO ESPiNOzA

College dominates TELRsdistance-education fund competition (Ambassadors contned om page 1)

CFAES has employed e-learning methods to deliver credit

and noncredit courses. Now, the college is looking to oer

two graduate degrees or working proessionals delivered

via innovative distance education technology.

academic programs

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More uderraduate studets i Oio State Uiersitys Collee o Food, Aricultural,

ad Eirometal Scieces are seeki a educatioal experiece beyod U.S.

borders.

Patcpaton n std aboad pogams s nceasng, wth neal 20 pecent moe college stdents

enollng n college-based and nvest-wde pogams ths ea than n 2008. The gowth s delagel to the ceaton o shot-tem pogams that allow stdents to ean academc cedts bt

ee less tme awa om home, sad Kell Koen, the colleges std aboad decto.

The tadtonal std aboad pogams last sx weeks and stdents eceve a ates woth o

cedts. The shot-tem pogams sall take place between ates10 das gve o take, sad

Koen. The shot-tem pogams make t moe easble om a tme and mone pespectve, stll

gvng stdents the sel-condence to tavel whle not eng them to be awa om home o ve

long.

Fo new shot-tem std aboad pogams ae beng oeed to stdents ths ea: CFAES

Feshmen Expeence n Mexco, whch gves eshmen a st-hand expeence wth Mexcan clte,

the global econom, and labo sses; Chle Ago-Ecosstems, whch ntodces stdents to the

man acets o the agcltal phenomena that has tansomed Chles place n the global maket;

iceland Envonment and Natal resoces Scholas, whch exposes stdents to the conts

ne and dvese envonmental advantages, as well as poblems; and ieland Hman and Anmal

inteactons, whch ocses on the ole o anmals n socet.

The College o Food, Agcltal, and Envonmental Scences Std Aboad oce oes 16

deent pogams, both shot-tem and long-tem, to sch locatons as Astala, Bal, Chna,

Cech repblc, Soth Aca, England, Ghana, Costa rca, and Nethelands.

The goal o the academc oppotntes s to lll the colleges stategc plan o havng at least 50

pecent o the ndegadate stdent bod come awa wth some tpe o ntenatonal expeence,

whethe ts thogh ntenshps, eseach, volnteesm, o academcs.

Fo moe nomaton on the std aboad pogams, log on to http://caes.os.ed/stdaboad.

CANDACE POLLOCK

did

you

know?

The College ofFood, Agricultural,

and Environmental

Sciences had 134

students study

abroad in 23

different countries

this year.

More CFAES students studying abroad

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Sciniss hop o bring orgnic hrd whnd hmis, bkris, jobs, nd incom h woud spring upround io Ohio

Brd wh rising?

Deb Stinner sees bread wheat gowng

whee t hasnt been: n Oho.

He wok cold boost ncome o the

states oganc ames, ceate new jobs

at new mlls and new bakees, and gve

people moe good, esh, local bead.

Stnne and he colleagesMa

Gtte and Cla Snelle o Oho State

and Ed Soa o the u.S. Depatment

o Agclteae evalatng had

wnte wheat n Oho. Thee lookng

o vaetes that ae genetcall sted to

gowng heespeccall, nde oganc

podcton.

i the nd themthe thnk the

wllthell detemne the best was

to gow them ogancall. Sol etlt

and amendments, dsease contol and

esstance, bakng alt, and moe, pls

how the all nteconnect, wll be stded.

A new oganc gan mll n Hen

Cont (wantng moe local gan), at

least two Oho-based bakees (dtto), and

a nmbe o oganc ames ae actvel

nteested.

its mpotant to keep a small gan

(sch as wheat) n an oganc otaton,

sad Stnne, admnstatve coodnato

o Oho States Oganc Food and

Famng Edcaton and reseach (OFFEr)

Pogam. Bt ts also the pat that gets

the least economc etn. A tpcal o-

ea oganc otaton has con, sobeans,

wheat, and ed clove n t.

i was lookng o somethng that cold

ncease the vale o (the small-gan)

pat o a good sold oganc otaton, she

explaned. i got nteested n had wheat

becase i knew t was valable, and also

becase i lke good bead.

Whle Oho ames alead gow

wheatsome 1 mllon aces woth jst

ths eamost o ts sot wnte wheat

good o cakes and cookes. it eans

aond $4 a bshel conventonall

gown and abot doble that oganc

Had wheathgh n poten, needed

o alt bead, and mostl shpped n

om elsewheeeans abot $5 a bshe

conventonal and p to $20 a bshe

oganc.KurT KNEBuSCH

Deb Stinner with Glen Grumbling o Woosters Broken

Rocks Cae & Bakery. Skilled in European-style artisan

breads, Grumbling works with Stinners team to bakewith and evaluate Ohio-grown hard winter wheat.

oardc



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Grn gns? Ro h vidoJo Fiers aimatiosso plat tissuesroi, eesexpressi, tis Ieeer see beore

A scientist at Te Ohio State University has

developed a way to see weeks worth o plant

genes at work in just seconds.Te systemthrough striking time-lapse

animations o plant tissues growingshows

when genes turn on, turn o, or do neither.

With it researchers can watch the process

unold, can spot changes the moment they

happen, and can quantiy what goes on.

John Finer, a biotechnologist with the Ohio

Agricultural Research and Development

Center and the systems inventor, said it

will shed new light on how gene promoters

unction and will lead to a toolbox o proven

promoters or use in genetic engineeringin this case, o soybeans. Te promoter part

o a gene dictates when and where the gene

turns on.

A promoter shown to work well in root

tissue, or example, could be included in a

soybean line to activate genes or resistance to

the root-eeding soybean cyst nematode.

Ive been studying some o these processes

over the past 20 years o my career, Finer

said, and I can see things now that Ive never

seen beore.

Until now, studying gene expression in plant tissue took weeks

and oen subtle changes were completely missed.

Te new system, Finer said, takes long-term experiments and

condenses them into a presentable orm.

It uses a digital camera; custom robotics platorm; special Petri

dishes that dont og upanother Finer invention; and, in the tissue

samples, a marker gene called green uorescent protein that glows

when activei the promoter being tested has turned it on.

Te camera captures images over days or weeks. Finer and

colleagues collect them, create animations, and analyze the results:

Which promoters turned genes on? Where? How long? How

strong?

It opens your eyes, Finer said, to little things.

See samples o Finers animations at http://www.oardc.ohio-

state.edu/PlantranSlab/Robotics.htm (click on digital time-lapse

animations).KurT KNEBuSCH

This invention and others earned Finer OARDCs

2009 Directors Innovator of the Year Award. He

moves discoveries closer to the marketplace,

OARDC Director Steve Slack said in announcing

the award at OARDCs Annual Research

Conference in April.

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Rsrch hps boos bc rproducion fcincy

Animal scientists with the Ohio Agricultural Research and

Development Center have pioneered a new protocol or increasingpregnancy rates in bee cattle, which is expected to lead to higher

production efciency and cost and time savings or armers in

Ohio and throughout the nation.

Te new xed-time articial insemination (AI) protocol

known as 5-day CO-Synch + CIDRrepresents an important

advancement in eorts to better synchronize a bee cows estrus

(heat) cycle so that AI can be administered to the largest number

o cattle possible at the same time.

We have been working on this protocol during the past ve

years, modiying what has been done in the eld in the past,

said Mike Day, an animal sciences proessor responsible or the

breakthrough. We managed to shorten the duration o standardestrus synchronization programs to increase the opportunity or

cows to be at optimum ertility when AI is done.

Te protocol, which has now become a recommended practice

within the bee cattle industry, increases pregnancy rates o cows by

11 percent. It has been tested on more than 1,200 cows in Virginia

and Ohio (including at OARDCs Eastern and Jackson agricultura

research stations and at the OSU Bee Center in Columbus)

resulting in 68 percent o cows getting pregnant within one day.

More inormation about bee reproduction research and outreach

eorts can be ound at http://bee.osu.edu.MAuriCiO ESPiNOzA

Getting as many cows as possible pregnant at the same time through artifcial insemination

helps bee cattle armers save time and money and boost profts. Mike Day and ellow animal

scientists have developed a program that increases pregnancy rates by 11 percent.



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Inspiring the next generation of scientistsFormer student continues tradition at Stone Lab

T

irty years ao, Jo haema stepped oto a Lake Erie boat as part o is i scool Stoe Laboratory feld

trip, ad e as ooked. Te momet I pulled up a et ull o fs, I ke sciece as at I ated to do, said

haema. no te leader o te same proram tat sparked is o iterest as a i scool studet, Sea gratExtesios haema bris sciece to lie or more ta 7,000 rade scool ad i scool studets eery year.

Stone Laboatos aatc wokshop

pogam stated n 1973 wth the dea

that kds lean scence bette and etan

nomaton longe the can patcpate

n hands-on actvtes. We saw eal on

that stdents ae wadng n Lake Ee

wate wth nets n the hands and catchng

sh and nvetebates, thee gong to

emembe what the leaned mch bette

than n a classoom, explaned Hageman.

Located on Oho State unvests slandcamps on Lake Ee, Stone Laboato

ses the lake as a lvng laboato to

povde stdent gops om all ove the

cont wth one-o-a-knd, nteactve

scence expeences.

Fom the kds pespectve, thee Lake

Ee scentsts o the da. The vente

ot onto Stone Lab eseach vessels to

take wate samples and head back to the

lab to anale what the capted. The

dssect sh om a tawl the plled

eale n the da and sco the sland

o natve bd, plant, and eptle speces.

Fom the teaches pespectve, Stone

Lab s applng scence concepts that the

stdents cold neve ll ndestand

the wee anwhee else.

Hageman ponts ot that o man o hs

stdents, the wokshop pogam s the st

tme the have eve had the oppotnt to

see Lake Ee, Ohos most valable natalesoce. When the see sthand all

the le that Lake Ee holds, ts had not

to want to peseve and potect t, sad

Hageman.

And that ma be wh so man o the

100,000+ stdents who have gone thogh

the wokshop pogam ove the eas end

p etnng late n college to take one o

Stone Labs 30 smme coses. Stone

Lab nctes leanng all aond.

Thee s nothng bette than seeng

a stdent get excted abot the scence

thee leanng, sad Hageman. And

that exctement can lead to spakng the

next Lake Ee scentst, lke t dd o me

thats all the bette.

Fo moe abot Oho States Stone

Laboato Pogam, call (614) 292-8949

o go to http://stonelab.os.ed. JiL

JENTES BANiCKi

The Ohio Sea Grant and Stone

Laboratory Program was selected

as Ohio State Universitys nominee

for National Association of State

Universities and Land Grant Colleges

2009 C. Peter Magrath Engagemen

Award, an award honoring the

nations top university outreach and

engagement projects.

extensio

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OSU exnsion: Rsrucuring or 2009 nd byondIn May 2008, Ohio State University Extension launched what

promised to be an exciting venture: a strategic plan to guide

the organization through 2014.Less than a ea late, Extenson has tned tme and agan

to that plan to gde the oganaton thogh a ock ecesson

and the deep bdget edctons that have eslted, ncldng a

4.75 pecent state ndng escsson n Octobe 2008 and a 5.75escsson n Jana 2009.

Lookng ahead to the next bennm, ts nclea what the

te holds. Bt the govenos poposed state bdget wold

mean 24 pecent less o Extenson n scal ea 2011 than n

2008.

We know ths loss o ncome n no wa efects the vale

we oe, sad Keth Smth, decto o OSu Extenson and

assocate vce pesdent o agcltal admnstaton. No othe

oganaton povdes the delve sstem o lelong leanng

that Extenson does. O eoganaton plan s desgned to

allow s to contne, even n a gm econom, and wll allow s

to bonce back ckl as economc condtons mpove.redced ndng has led to a swte estctng than

antcpated. A ke tactc allows Extenson edcatos to specale

moe n the aeas o expetse and to shae the knowledge

acoss cont lnes, n clstes o nne to twelve contes called

Extenson Edcaton and reseach Aeas.

Sch a change makes sense, sad Teva

Wllams, who was named n Apl as one

o the new aea leades.

Ths stateg s gong to allow

Extenson edcatos and sppot sta to become moe

specaled, Wllams sad. The wll be able to ocs on the

stengths and the nteests, and eall be allowed to shne.in Extensons tadtonal stcte, edcatos oten needed

to be an expet on evethng, Wllams sad. Now, estons

abot gaden tomatoes, o example, can be dected to an

edcato n a neab cont who specales n consme

hotclte nstead o elng on the expetse o an edcato

who mght know moe abot gan. Smlal, sppot sta

who pee wokng wth nmbes wll be able to ocs on scal

mattes acoss contes, whle those who ae best at pdatng

web pages and edtng newslettes can concentate on that.

As alwas, cont ndng s essental, Smth sad, and

contes that povde moe ndng wll eceve moe om OSu

Extenson. Sevces wll ollow dollasthats onl a, Smthsad. Bt o plan s to contne to have some tpe o Extenson

pesence n eve cont n Oho.

OSu Extensons Stategc Plan (2008) and reoganaton

Model (Mach 2009) both ae avalable at http://extenson.os.

ed.MArTHA FiLiPiC

Grow your own scarlet buckeyeand whyBuy nd pn hs Signur trsnd you, your yrd, nd your communiy wi b grnr or i

Oho State unvest Pesdent Godon Gee planted a scalet

bckee n Mach n Wooste, the st n a oest o Sgnate

Tees that wll soon gace Oho commntes.

Oho States new Sgnate Tees poject has gown 1,700

ong scalet bckees, slve lndens, and pagoda dogwoods

and wll stat to sell them late ths ea. its an oshoot o OSu

Extensons Wh Tees Matte Sgnate Pogam.

The dea s to ase mone to sppot Oho States long-tem

tee eseachn patcla, n Secest Aboetm and n the

Tee reseach Evalaton and Extenson (TrEE) plot, both at the

nvests Oho Agcltal reseach and Development Cente

n Wooste.

its also abot connectng people to the envonmental se-

vces tees povde and to the mpotance o sstanable ban

oests, sad Jm Chateld, an OSu Extenson hotclte ed-

cato and a co-leade o Wh Tees Matte.

Tees, he tells people n hs talks, pa s back.

A Wh Tees Matte std of 1,804 steet tees i Xeia, fo

example, showed an aveage contbton o $102 pe tee pe

ea n cleane a, eneg consevaton, cabon seestaton,

stomwate emedaton, and hghe popet vales.

Ohios gee idst geeates $10 biio i ecoomic imac

a ea and povdes moe than 180,000 jobs.

Some 7,000 jobs aoe ae with The Dave Tee Exet Com-

pan o Kent, Oho, the natons bggest tee-cae compan and

a patne n the Sgnate Tee wok.

Thee wll be sales o tees to ndvdals, sales at pblc

events sch as Fam Scence revew, and ceemonal plantngs

on Gees man vsts to Oho contes.

The oveall am, Chateld sad, s to ocs on the knds o

thngs Oho State s dong to sppot tee eseach, ban o-

ests, and the geen ndst.

The shape o the tees labels? Natall, lke Gees own sgna-

te bowte.

Fo moe nomaton, log on to http://teesmatte.os.ed and

http://secest.os.ed.KurT KNEBuSCH



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Clarifying

climate change:

A new university

partnership helpsOhioans grasp issue

As news reports about climate change

continue to ood our airways, just understanding

the basics about climate change and how it

will aect Ohio can be overwhelming. A new

university partnership launched earlier this year

could make deciphering that inormation a lot

easier.

Led by Ohio State University Extension

researchers, the Climate Change Project is a

collaborative eort among several Ohio State

University departments, OSU Extension, and the

Ohio Sea Grant College Program to get climate

change inormation out to the general public.

As people hear about climate change, weve

ound that many dont really know how it will

aect things here at homeOhios agriculture,

plants and animals, Lake Erie, said Brent

Sohngen, CFAES researcher and partner on the

project. We realized, with the great resources

we have across the university, we could help

localize the climate change issue and ll in those

inormational gaps.Proposed projects or the group include a web

site with resource links, act sheets, and a web-

based seminar series on how climate change could

aect issues like water quality, Ohio industry, and

state and ederal policies.

Our hope is that anyone can nd the

inormation they may need to make an inormed

decision about climate change, said Sohngen.

For more about the project, go to http://

ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/climate. JiLL JENTES

BANiCKi

Pn hd o ndFrm Scinc RviwPopular farm show Sept. 2224, 2009

Pn hd o ndFrm Scinc RviwPopular farm show Sept. 2224, 2009

Stay on the cutting edge inagriculture by planning ahead,

and bale out o the challeng-

ing times by attending this years

Farm Science Review.

Te Ohio State University-

sponsored arm show is heading

into its 47th year o being the

venue or whats new in terms o

equipment, technology, research,

and services. Tis years theme is

Your 2009 Bale Out.

Agricultures positive positionamid the economic downturn

has producers, agribusinesses,

and national arm show exhibi-

tors in a good mood, said Chuck

Gamble, Farm Science Review

manager. He hopes that upbeat

attitude carries over to Farm Sci-

ence Review.

Farmers are looking at their

operations with guarded opti-

mism, said Gamble. But even

when times are rough, they arestill planning ahead or uture

purchases.

Farm Science Review will be held Sept. 2224 at the Molly Caren Agricul-

tural Center in London, Ohio. One o the nations top arm shows, Farm Sci-

ence Review is unique in that it draws upon both industry collaboration and

university-driven research and education to support Ohio agriculture.

Visitors have access to over 80 acres o exhibit space, showcasing 4,000 prod-

uct lines rom 600 commercial exhibitors. Within that exhibit area sits OSU

Central, an area o university-based research, outreach, and education in ag-

riculture, 4-H, horticulture, amily and consumer sciences, and nutrition and

health. Tere are also demonstration elds, where the latest in arm equipment

and technology is showcased, as well as the Gwynne Conservation Area or all

the latest in natural resources and the environment.

It is the gem o our college and a hidden treasure or those who attend,

said Gamble. Once armers discover the show, they really like the venue and

keep coming back, said Gamble. We provide a nice experience and what

attendees are looking or in terms o equipment, exhibitors, ood, and inra-

structure.

For more inormation, log on to http://sr.osu.edu.

Farm Science Review is sponsored by the College o Food, Agricultural, and

Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, and the Ohio Agri-

cultural Research and Development Center.CANDACE POLLOCK

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Hwks Ns: atIs 18-ho cssroom

g

ol pro Cris McCormack ist te oly perso teaci

at haks nest gol Course tese days. ATI is taki

adatae o its eest acquisitio by usi te

course as a leari laboratory or a ariety o classes.

The 193-ace pblc cose was gven n 2007 to ATi b Eal

and Bett Hawkns o Wooste, who blt the cose n 1993. The

gt, valed at $4.6 mllon, was the lagest n ATis hsto.

One o the bggest advantages Hawks Nest oes ove teach-

ng tgass coses on ATis gonds s the shee nmbe o

oppotntes o stdents to gan hands-on expeence. Beoe

Hawks Nest, stdents n a t pactcm class mght each get to

take one pass ove a geen wth a mowe. When o onl have

one geen, thees onl so mch that can be done, sad Te

Lanke, cha o ATis hotcltal technologes dvson, n ee-

ence to the gol laboato aclt on ATis camps. Thee ae

plent o geens at Hawks Nest o stdents to wok on.

Stdents have ndetaken a nmbe o sgncant pojects

at Hawks Nest as pat o the cosewok. The have econ-

stcted one o the geens to mpove the gade, nstalled new

danage n a bnke, eplaced pat o the gaton sstem at the

clb hose, and ae n the pocess o establshng a sod nse.

Ths ea, stdents wll ceate beds aond each o the tee sgns

to make mowng ease o the gonds cew and nstall new

landscapng nea the cose estoom acltes.

Tgass stdents ollow an nsal schedle dng spng

ate, wth ve weeks o classes beng ollowed b the st

ve weeks o a 15-week ntenshp. B sng Hawks Nest as

a teachng locaton, ATi has been able to ceate a package o

ve-week coses that allow the stdents to spend the ente

da at the gol cose and make ve ecent se o the tme.Coses oeed ths spng wee t pactces, gaton and

danng, gol cose oganaton and management, pactcm,

and oal commncatons.

A weless netwok has been nstalled n the clb hose to

allow stdents to make se o laptopsthe own o ones ATi

makes avalable o them to boowdng beaks between

classes.

Whle classes n the tgass management cclm ae an

obvos t o Hawks Nest, a nmbe o othe pogams ae also

makng se o the gol cose. Faclt membes have condcted

labs and classes n constcton, sols, plant iD, plant patholog,

and envonmental scences. ATi also oeed a nvest phs-

cal edcaton class, Gol 2, at Hawks Nest.

The acston o Hawks Nest has a exceeded o expecta

tons om both a nancal pespectve and n tems o ts mpact

on o academc pogams, sad rhonda Bllman, ATi assstant

decto. Enollment n the tgass management pogam has

expeenced a 47 pecent ncease om 2007 to 2009.

Also o note: Golf Dgests Places to Playhas awaded Hawks

Nest a atng o 4.5 ot o 5 stas each ea snce 2004, placng t

among Noth Amecas 201 best pblc-access coses. Onl 16

coses, ncldng legenda coses sch as Pebble Beach and

Pnehst #2, have acheved all 5 stas. FrANCES WHiTED

ati



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For the third year in a row, Ohio State

AI hosted Embracing Our Dierences

Ohio, an outdoor art display that cel-

ebrates the positive nature o diversity.Te display comprised 39 bil lboard-sized

pieces o artwork created by members o

the Wooster community.

Te concept o Embracing Our Dier-

ences originated in Sarasota, Florida, in

2004. Some Wooster residents vacationing

in Sarasota saw the exhibit and were so

moved by it, they became determined to

undertake a similar project in Wooster.

ATI hosts art exhibition ocusing on diversityIn 2006, AI and the other educational

institutions in Wayne County were asked

to provide promotional support or the

exhibition, but AIs involvement soonbecame much greater.

Te steering committee initially ap-

proached the City o Wooster about hosting

the exhibition in one o the city parks, but

the city was unable to accommodate them.

Stephen Nameth, AI director, stepped up

to the plate and oered AIs large ront

lawn as the exhibition site. He also enlisted

the help o students in AIs construction

management program in building the large

steel rames on which the 16-by-12-oot

pieces o art were displayed.

It was really exciting to watch the rontlawn being transormed as the artwork was

installed, Nameth said. Te exhibition

has turned out to be a very positive and

enjoyable event as well as good exposure

or AI. Its one way we can give back to

the Wooster community.

Te 2009 Embracing Our Dierences

Ohio exhibition ran rom May 3 through

June 17. FrANCES WHiTED

ATI students take in the 2 009 Embracing Our Dierences exhibi

BTES helps businessesretool for tough times

raining in these so-called so skills can yield concrete gains

For one BES client, supervisory training brought about reduc-

tions in waste and employee turnover that contributed to almost

$250,000 in annual savings.

Lean process improvement is another training program that

has attracted new clients. Although this management approach

was developed in large manuacturing environments, it can be

eective or any size or type o business, said Kim Sayers, directoro BES. Following lean training, one BES client realized more

than $75,000 in annual savings. Eliminating waste in just one

part o their shipping process accounted or more than hal o

that savings.

Other new clients include a saety apparel manuacturer, a

nancial management soware company, a plastics rm, and two

metal abricators. Garcia, who joined BES in September, has

been working hard at getting the word out about what BES can

provide. A lot o people are surprised to nd out that we can be a

training and consulting resource or just about every type o busi-

ness or industry, not just agriculture. FrANCES WHiTED

When economic times are tough, businesses oen need to seek

out every possible efciency in order to remain protable. Busi-

nesses in northeast Ohio have lately been turning more and more

to AIs Business raining and Educational Services (BES) ofce

or help in improving their bottom line.

BES recently completed nine new contract training programs

or clients in a variety o businesses and industries. wo o the

most popular training programs have been supervisory training

and Lean/Six Sigma Process Improvement.

wo o our new clients have promoted some o their employ-

ees to supervisory positions, said Melanie Garcia, BES accountexecutive. Many o these people came to their new positions with

little or no experience managing other employees. raining or

new supervisors ocuses on such areas as eective leadership and

communication, how to provide job perormance eedback, and

managing and resolving conict.

Te latter presented some special challenges or one new cli-

ent, a Holmes County company with a largely Amish workorce.

Garcia explained, Amish culture eschews conrontation, so new

supervisors had a tendency to overlook perormance issues rather

than deal with them. Te training they received ocused on using

non-conrontational supervisory techniques.

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Ohio States commitment: Students First, Students Now

From the let, Dean Bobby Moser, OARDC Director Steve Slack, ATI Director Steve Nameth, and Ohio State

President E. Gordon Gee show that they believe in Ohio State by orming O-H- I-O at the Campus Campaignkicko event in Wooster in March.

Campus CampaignSpecal thanks to the aclt and sta o the College o

Food, Agcltal, and Envonmental Scences and ATi o

contbtng $237,836.36 to the 20092010 Camps Campagn!

Camps Campagn s Oho States annal i Beleve n

Oho State ndasng eot o aclt and sta. Snce ts

begnnngs n 1985, Camps Campagn has evolved nto one o

the most sccessl aclt and sta campagns n the naton.

B sppotng the aeas o the nvest that mean the most

to them, aclt and sta make a sgncant mpact on man

o the pojects, pogams, eseach, and scholashp that make

Oho State sch a geat place to wok, lean, and gow.

Ohio State Universitys top priority is students. And during

these tough economic times, the university is

dedicated to helping students enter

and stay in school.

in Decembe 2008, Oho State, led b

Pesdent E. Godon Gee, ntodced

Stdents Fst. Ths nvest-wde

ntatve enses that stdents have

contned access to edcaton, and lets

K12 stdents and the paents know that

hghe edcaton emans open to them even when

the economc stan on amles pessts.

As pat o ths a-eachng commtment, a two-ea ndas-

ng ntatve called Stdents Fst, Stdents Now began on

Jana 1, 2009. Fnds ased thogh ths eot enable Oho

State to espond ckl to stdents who need mmed-

ate nancal help b povdng scholashps,

loans, and emegenc nds.

O poond commtment s topovdng access to Oho States excel-

lent edcatonal oppotntes, sad

Pesdent E. Godon Gee. Now moe

than eve, we mst asse that ong

people ae able to pse the deams, ean

a degee, and se the talents to enhance o

econom, o state, and o wold.

To make a gt to the Stdents Fst, Stdents Now cam-

pagn, vst http://www.gveto.os.ed.

development



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Elizabeth Shaw Long Scholarship Fund: A history of giving

In 1980, the late Harry Long, Jr. began giving to Te Ohio

State University. According to his daughters, Janice Long,

Rebecca Long, and Nancy Hamilton, this one unselsh act

started a storied history o giving, highlighted by the Eliza-

beth Shaw Long Scholarship Fund.

Mr. Long set up the und to honor his mother, Elizabeth ShawLong, or her contribution to his happy and successul lie. She was

also a strong gure in his education. My

mother never went on to higher education

but always encouraged us to seek some,

Mr. Long once said. In helping us with

our homework, she learned algebra,

language, and science. She was a terric

learner. We elt it appropriate to honor

her in a permanent way beyond our

longevity.

For more than 20 years, the income

rom the und has provided a need-based scholarship or a worthy student

in the School o Environment and

Natural Resources, Division o Forestry.

It was important to Mr. Long that he

contributed to the assistance o others,

just as he was helped as a student. He

oen said, Te und also provided an

opportunity to return to the university

and the lumber industry some o the

benets they gave me and my amily.

Te 20082009 scholarship winners are

Benjamin Gombash and Michael Hall. Both are honors students in

Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlie.

Mr. Long also provided his time to students, oen meeting them

or coee. His daughter Janice explained how it gave him so much

joy to read the thank-you notes rom the scholarship recipients. Fo

instance, one student wrote, I am currently spending the summeghting orest res in Montana with the Gallatin National Fores

Initial Attack Crew, but I look orward

to returning to school in the all. And

look orward to my career serving the

land and its resources. Again, thank you

very much.

Aer retirement Mr. Long continued

to give back to his community. He wa

involved in a group called the Service

Corps o Retired Executives (SCORE

through which he counseled smal

businesses. He loved to discuss thelumber industry and business in genera

with these groups.

Many o Mr. Longs close riends and

amily members have contributed to

the Elizabeth Shaw Long Scholarship

Fund since its establishment, honoring

his tradition o giving and helping to

ensure that students will be helped by thi

scholarship or years to come. SArAH

GrAFNEr

CortesyofOlanMills

Mr. Harry Long and his wie, Evie Long, in the late 1990 s.

Ohio Ss frs grn buiding now ofciTe Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center is now ofcially

the rst LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

certied green building on Te Ohio State University campus.

Te medallion issued by the U.S. Green Building Council

was unveiled at a ceremony preceding the Patterson Lecture on

April 24. Attending were Jim and Nancy Patterson, who served

on the steering committee or the center; Jack Fisher, University

rustee and Executive Vice President o the Ohio Farm Bureau;

Karen Blickley, Nationwide Foundation representative; Joe

Alutto, University Provost; om Archer, State 4-H Leader; andBobby Moser, Dean o the College o Food, Agricultural, and

Environmental Sciences.

Te 46,000-square-oot center, the rst o its kind on a

university campus, eatures a geothermal heating and cooling

system, plumbing xtures designed to use 52 percent less water

than conventional xtures, extensive use o natural lighting and

recycled materials, and highly reective roong materials. In its

rst ull year o operation, the center has used 25 percent less

energy to operate than a conventional building.BiLL MCCLEEry

Celebrating the Nationwide and Ohio Farm

Bureau 4-H Centers ofcial LEED certifcation

are, rom the let, Jim and Nancy Patterson;

Bobby Moser; Karen Blickley; Joe Alutto;

Jack Fisher; and Tom Archer.

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Fs nd Univrsiy RunionWknd Rgisrion Form

College o Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Name _________________________________________________________________

Gadaton yea _______________________________________________________

OSu Almn Assocaton Membe Nmbe _____________________________

Gest Name(s) _________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Addess _______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Ct ___________________________________________________________________

State _______________________ zp Code ________________________________

Da Phone ( ) _____ - __________ Nght Phone ( ) _____ - ___________

E-mal _________________________________________________________________

Friday Events (Reunion Weekend)To egste o o moe nomaton please vst

http://www.ohostatealmn.og/enons o call 1-800-762-5646

Tos (Choose one onl)

Bs To o Camps No Chage

Wllam Oxle Thompson Lba No Chage

Saturday EventsAG FALLFEST and GAME

Football Tckets ($67) Lmt o two pe hosehold

and FALLFEST ($19) _____ # Attendng @ $86 each $ ___________

FALLFEST Meal Onl _____ # Attendng @ $19 each $ ___________

ADDiTiONAL SCHOLArSHiP DONATiON $ ___________

Sunday Event (Reunion Weekend)

To egste o o moe nomaton please vst

http://www.ohostatealmn.og/enons o 1-800-762-5646

renon/Almn Bnch @ Longabege Hose $25 pe peson $ __________

TOTAL DUE $ ___________

(Check Payable to The Oho State Uversty)

___ i have a slent acton tem to donate. Please contact me.

___ i am avalable to assst wth set-p on Satda, Sept. 12, at 9 a.m.

Please contact me.

___ i am avalable to help wth Fallest on Satda, Sept. 12.

Rgisrion orm nd chck mus b

posmrkd by aug. 7 nd mid o:

ra Mlle, Almn Coodnato

room 100 Ag Admn Bldng

2120 Fe road

Colmbs, OH 43210

What a weekend and what a game! University o Southern

Caliornia Trojans vs. Ohio State Buckeyes! Sept. 12, 8 p.m. in

the Shoe! This is University Reunion Weekend as well as Ag

Fallest, and we are certain you dont want to miss the great

ood, ellowship with riends, and the game. So, mark your

calendars and hold the datesSept. 11, 12, and 13, 2009.

University Reunion WeekendTe University Reunion Weekend committee has planned

events or alums returning to campus. o register or a Friday tour

o the campus or the newly renovated William Oxley Tompson

Memorial Library, or or the Alumni Brunch on Sunday at

Longaberger Alumni House, contact the University Alumn

Association directly at http://www.ohiostatealumni.org/reunions

CFAES Fallfest

Te CFAES Alumni Society has planned a great Fallest or

Saturday, Sept. 12, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Nationwide and

Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, due to a last-minute decision to

renovate French Field House. More inormation will be posted

on the Alumni web site, http://caes.osu.edu/alumni-and-donors

alumni/.

Since this game is a high-prole evening game, our game ticke

allocation has been reduced signicantly, and a lottery will be

necessary.

Several restrictions have been placed on who can apply or

game tickets, so read the Lottery Application Guidelines careully

beore submitting. All Fallest applications must be postmarked

by midnight, Aug. 7, to qualiy or the lottery drawing to be

conducted on Aug. 11.

Notication o lottery winners and non-winners will be

completed by e-mail unless you do not have an e-mail addressso make certain your e-mail address is legibly listed on your

application. Tis process will be completed by Aug. 18 at the latest

Non-winners will also be notied and checks will be shredded

unless you speciy they be returned to you.

Silent AuctionAs always, the Society will be conducting the annual silent

auction to benet the FAES Alumni Society Undergraduate

Scholarship Endowment Fund, which supports one or two

students each year with nancial assistance. I you have an item to

donate, please check the box on the application, and our auction

committee will be in touch with you or details. Unique Buckeyeitems seem to draw the best activity on auction day. I you cannot

attend this year but want to support the scholarship und, you can

contribute an item to the silent auction, or the Society will gladly

accept any size cash tax-deductible donation you might want to

make to the und. Checks should be made payable to Te Ohio

State University or any cash donation to the scholarship und.

Again, join us or reunion weekend Sept. 1113 or the tours on

Friday, Saturdays Fallest, and the Alumni Brunch on Sunday at

Longaberger Alumni House. It will be a great time!

Clip and send this registration

orm with check payable to

The Ohio State University

postmarked by Aug. 7, 2009.

Confrmation will be by e-mail,

i provided, as soon as possible,

but within the week.

Fallfest Sept. 1Register by Aug. 7

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When you are visiting the Farm Science

Review Sept. 2224 at the Molly Caren Ag

Center near London, Ohio, plan to stop

by the CFAES Alumni Society hospitality

center and rest your weary eet a ew

minutes.

Tis year, we will be located near the

center o the grounds near the intersection

o Kottman and Friday and close to the

Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers Asso-

ciation display.

You can get a long, cool drink o water,

check up on what is happening with the

Alumni Society, meet other alums who

may be resting with us, or just stop by to

say hello.

Ray Miller, CFAES Alumni Coordinator,

will be around the tent and several other

society ofcers and other alums will be

helping out or the three days. We might

even have an O-H-I-O cheer practice or

modiy it to a more difcult cheer, like

OHIO.

Admission tickets to the Review are

available or $5 in advance rom your

county ofce o OSU Extension or can be

purchased at the gate or $8. Check out

Farm Science Review and its programs or

2009 at http://sr.osu.edu. Its more than

just or armers!

GO BUCKS! See you at the Review

rAy MiLLEr

Nomin ousnding CFaeS umni or 2010 wrdWe ae lookng o 14 top-fght CFAES almn to ecogne at the 2010 CFAES Alm

Socet Awads lncheon to be held on Satda, Mach 6, 2010, at the Fawcett Cente

The Oho State unvest camps.We seek o assstance n nomnatng o ends, colleages, and ellow almn

a wde vaet o occpatons and caees o Metoos Sevce, Dstngshed Almn

intenatonal Almn, and yong Poessonal Achevement Awads.

Wth ove 34,000 lvng almn o the college who lve and wok aond the globe, do

all sots o geat thngs n the poessons and commntes, we know o can help

dent a lage pool o canddates om whch the commttee can select the best o the be

o 2010.

We ae lookng o a pool o canddates that cleal epesents the boad aa

caees and sevce sectos, both pot and non-pot, o almn ae nvolved n, and th

cleal epesents the contbtons o women and men have made to the poesson

ndst, and commntes, sad Ann Ball, pesdent o the CFAES Almn Socet. Th

ncldes bsness, podcton aeas, edcaton, eseach, govenment, natal esoce

commnt sevce, and man moe. So take a ew mntes to thnk abot o assocat

and ends om o Oho State das and nomnate a peson woth o ecognton as

otstandng CFAES alm.

The Almn Awad pogam s a pnnacle moment n the lves o the almn ecogn

each ea, and s a hghlght o m actvtes each ea, sad Vce Pesdent and Dea

Bobb Mose. Help anothe alm have a pnnacle moment b downloadng the nomnato

om om the college web ste at http://caes.os.ed/almn-and-donos/almn/alm

awads-pogam/ o contact Ambe Pastenak at (614) 247-2745 o [email protected]

Ctea o each o the o categoes o awads, as well as a lst o po ecpen

n each, ae located on the college web ste. All nomnees mst be lvng at the tme

selecton o the awads o 2010. Nomnaton deadlne s Octobe 1, 2009. ra Mlle

Lottery application

guidelinesWe expect the demand o ths game

to exceed o sppl and ths a lotte

wll be held to detemne the tcketallocaton. Tckets wll onl be avalable

to those almn who ae gadates o

the College o Food, Agcltal, and

Envonmental Scences and des-pang

membes o The Oho State unvest

Almn Assocaton, inc. Tckets mst be

pchased wth o talgate event. yo

ae lmted to two tckets pe hosehold,

not pe membeshp. it s o dese to

maxme the nmbe o almn who can

attend renon Weekend. The peson

pchasng the tckets mst be the pesonwho ses the tckets. Anone caght

esellng the tckets ma lose te

ghts to pchase ootball tckets thogh

the Almn Assocaton and o Socet.

Almn who eceve season tckets va

Pesdents Clb, Bckee Clb, Faclt/

Sta, Vast O Men ootball o long-tme

season tcket pchase holdes WiLL

NOT be elgble to eceve tckets thogh

Socet renon Weekend, bt we hope

o wll jon s o the talgate. Almn

who eceve tckets to the uSC game

thogh the Almn Assocatons lotte

wll not be elgble to eceve tckets

thogh renon Weekend and agan

we hope o wll jon s o the talgate.

All applcatons wll be doble-checked

wth nvest databases to ense

complance to ths polc.

i o have an estons, please wte

to [email protected] o pastenak.6@

os.ed. Thank o, and we look owad

to seeng o n Septembe!

CFaeS umni o hos hospiiy n FSR

and Reunion Weekend, Sept. 1113New location for 2009 at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

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Volume 1 Issue 3

he Oho State unvest Almn Assocaton, inc.

ollege o Food, Agcltal, and Envonmental ScencesAlmn Socet

00 Agcltal Admnstaton Bldng120 Fe road

olmbs, OH 43210-1010

ADDrESS SErViCE rEquESTED

nEwS FROM ThE COLLEgE OF FOOD, AgRICULTURAL, AnD EnvIROnMEnTAL SCIEnCES

Smme 2009

Cotuu s podced b the College o Food,

Agcltal, and Envonmental Scences at The Oh

State unvest.

Section o Communications and Technology

Managing Editor: Matha FlpcContent Editor: Sanne SteelEditor: Km Wntngham

Contributing Writers: Jll Jentes Banck,Maco Espnoa, Matha Flpc, Saah Gane,Kt Knebsch, Bll McClee, ra Mlle,Candace Pollock, Fances Whted

Graphic Design: Laen Fa

Photographer: Ken Chambelan

Cotuu s podced thee tmes a ea b Oho

State unvests College o Food, Agcltal, an

Envonmental Scences, ts Oho Agcltal res

and Development Cente, and OSu Extenson. yo

the adencepeople nteested n agclte an

sses. Ths pblcaton s dstbted thogh co

Extenson oces and at Oho State events. i o

have estons o comments, wte to: Cotuu

216 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coe road, Colmbs, O

43210-1044 o [email protected]. Fo addess

changes, contact Ambe Pastenak at (614) 247-274

[email protected].

The College o Food, Agcltal, and Envonmen

Scences and ts academc and eseach depatme

ncldng Oho Agcltal reseach and Develop

Cente (OArDC), Agcltal Techncal insttte (AT

and Oho State unvest Extenson embace hm

dvest and ae commtted to ensng that all

eseach and elated edcatonal pogams ae ava

to clentele on a nondscmnato bass wthot e

to ace, colo, elgon, sex, age, natonal o gn, sex

oentaton, gende dentt o expesson, dsablt

o vetean stats. Ths statement s n accodance w

unted States Cvl rghts Laws and the uSDA.

Bobb Mose Ph D Vce Pesdent o Agclta

2021 Coe roadColmbs, OH 43210

(614) 292-2011

203 reseach Sevces BWooste, OH 44691

(330) 263-3780

Bobby D. Moser

Vce Presdetfor Agrcultural

Adstratoad Dea, Collegeof Food, Agrcultural,

ad EvroetalSceces

nTinUUm S B O

More studets are turi to te Collee o Food,Aricultural, ad Eirometal Scieces or teireducatio, ad ere ot surprised.

The wod s speadng abot the hands-on oppotntes ths collegeoes, thogh ndegadate eseach, ntenatonal expeence, and

leadeshp tanng.

O annal undegadate reseach Fom spng ate hghlghted

35 ndegadate eseach pojects n anmal and le scences; ntton;

ood and meat scence; envonmental and plant scences; and socal

scences.

As oll see on page 3 o ths sse, 134 CFAES stdents stded aboad

n the last academc ea, n 23 deent contes. Ths oppo tnt s now

open to eshmen thogh the CFAES Feshmen Expeence n Mexco,

gvng st-ea stdents expeence wth the Mexcan clte, the global

econom, and labo sses.

And o can hea dectl om renee Stake on page 1. Ths 2009

gadate dscsses he expeences as a CFAES Ambassado, jst one o

man leadeshp oppotntes avalable to CFAES stdents.

All o these postves o the college ae manestng nto an antcpated

ncease n ncomng eshmen o atmn ate 2009. Wee seeng a 9

pecent ncease n the nmbe o applcants admtted nto o college and

an mpessve 20 pecent ncease n the nmbe who have pad admttance

ees. Ths s neal doble the nvests pad admttance nmbes.

Wee seeng gowth n majos acoss the eld, bt especall n the

envonmental scences, anmal scences, and ood scences.

Agan, wee not spsed. Man o the hottest sses acng socet

toda have the soltons n o college. Cleal, o ncomng stdents

ae a pat o that solton

continuum summer 2009

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