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Welcome to this issue of our bi-weekly CSU Land-Grant e-News. We keep you in the know of happenings in the CSU 1890 Land-Grant Program, Extension, and Agricultural Research and Development (ARD). Each issue brings you new and engaging content. Enjoy!

Photo courtesy of Extension Today newsletter

Shafiqur Rahman, Ph.D., (3rd in back row, in glasses), associate research director for CSU Agricultural Research and Development Program (ARDP), and Sakthi Kumaran, Ph.D., (3rd from left, front row, also in glasses), research associate professor, listen to Manjit Misra, Ph.D., (standing), director of the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), who gave updates on funding and 1890 programs at the recently concluded "2024 Association of Extension Administrators (AEA) and Association of Research Directors (ARD) Joint Winter Business Meeting," Jan. 24-26 in Nashville, Tenn.

2023 CSU 1890 Land-Grant in Pictures

Saving the Environment

Photo courtesy of L.A. Compost

Turn your food scraps and yard trim into compost and help transform our waste streams into beneficial, value-added soil that could save the environment. Composting is a resourceful way to recycle and manage society’s waste more sustainably, according to the experts. An updated composting handout from CSU Extension Educator Denise Natoli Brooks will help. Read more.

PART 2: (L-r) Research Connection Podcast host Cyril Ibe, Ph.D., interviews CSU research professors, Pratibha Gupta, Ph.D., Ibrahim Katampe, Ph.D., Hongmei Li-Byarlay, Ph.D., and Sakthi Kumaran, Ph.D. about the scope and nature of research on campus since CSU was granted an 1890 Land-Grant status in 2014. Listen on Soundcloud..

FEATURED VIDEO (below):

KEEPING IT REAL DIABETES CONFERENCE

Gorgui Ndao has been promoted to the position of Director of Student Success and Experiential Learning (DSEL). Read more.

Shafiqur (Shafi) Rahman, Ph.D., is the new Associate Research Director for the Agricultural Research and Development Program (ARDP). Read more.

CSU Land-Grant e-News is published on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Feel free to share the newsletter with your work colleagues, friends, and family members.

Land-Grant Communications Team

Lena Fields-Arnold

Communications Coordinator

Cyril Ibe, Ph.D.

Media Relations Specialist/Editor

Crystal Duckett

Media Relations Specialist

Alfred Robertson

Videographer & App Developer

Jesse Montgomery

Videographer & App Developer

Research and Economic Development & 1890 Land-Grant Programs

Morakinyo A.O. Kuti, Ph.D.

Vice President for Research and Economic Development & Director, 1890 Land-Grant Programs

Extension

Cindy (Alcinda) Folck, Ph.D.

Interim Associate Director of Extension

Agricultural Research and Development Program (ARDP)

Sakthi S. Kumaran, Ph.D.

Interim Associate Director of Research & Research Associate Professor

Contact:

937.376.6276

landgrantcommunications@centralstate.edu

YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US

CSU Extension has offices in five regions in Ohio, covering 66 counties. You can contact Alcinda Folck, Ph.D., interim associate director of Extension, at (937) 376-6101, or via email: afolck@centralstate.edu.

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