COLLEGE STATION–Dr. John M. Sweeten has been named the new Resident Director for The Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Amarillo. A nationally-recognized agricultural engineer, Sweeten is currently a professor and associate head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. As an engineer with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service,…
COLLEGE STATION–The Texas Agricultural Extension Service has named Dr. B.L. Harris as the associate director for agricultural sciences, effective Oct. 1. Harris currently serves as professor and soils specialist with the Extension Service. He joined the Texas Agricultural Extension Service in 1974 after serving as an Extension soils and land use specialist in Oregon for…
VICTORIA — “Forces of Change: Shaping the Future of Texas Agriculture” will be State Comptroller John Sharp’s topic Oct. 4 as the keynote speaker at the 1995 South Texas Farm & Ranch Show opening day luncheon. State Sen. Ken Armbrister, D-Victoria, will headline the Oct. 5 luncheon with a discussion of legislative issues affecting agriculture….
EL PASO — About 100 leading scientists from the United States and Mexico will meet June 12-14 to begin collaborating in efforts to resolve environmental problems along the border. The Agriculture and Water Quality Conference will be held at the Lucerna Hotel in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. “Environmental protection along the river which forms the boundary…
TEMPLE — Rural health care sometimes faces a bumpy road in Texas, but information critical to improving such care could soon have its own electronic superhighway. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Scott and White Hospital in Temple and the Texas Department of Health are developing a system that makes health information data available to anyone…
AUSTIN — Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. of Uvalde, recognized for his lifetime of public service and leadership in the agriculture community, has received the Texas A&M University Distinguished Texan in Agriculture Award. Briscoe was honored with the award at an Austin banquet March 8. He was cited for numerous achievements, among them his leadership…
PRAIRIE VIEW — Hoover Carden will retire on June 30 as administrator of the Cooperative Extension Service at Prairie View A&M University. “The thing that is most fascinating to me about Extension work is that it is about helping people who have the greatest need,” Carden said. “We were able to provide information that many…
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Charles A. DeYoung, dean of agriculture and human sciences at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has been named assistant vice chancellor for agriculture and life sciences for the A&M System. This appointment is in addition to his current responsibilities as dean. DeYoung now will serve as a direct link between the A&M System…
COLLEGE STATION — A tradition has been broken at Texas A&M University, but the school’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences couldn’t be more pleased. For the first time, women in the entering freshman class of agriculture majors outnumber men. The class of 493 students includes 276 women, or 56 percent. “It is very exciting…
