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Agriculture building

Aug. 25, 2020

CAFNR Welcomes New Faculty
Cheryl Recker

Aug. 14, 2020

Q&A With Cheryl Recker
Darcy Wells, second from the left, poses with her CAFNR Office of Advancement team during the 2019 CAFNR Column Award banquet. Wells is retiring as the CAFNR senior executive director for advancement after a 30-plus-year career in higher education. Her final day was July 3.

July 22, 2020

A Lifelong Learner
Teresa Davis

June 11, 2020

Q&A With Teresa Davis
Robert Sites demonstrates his famous juggling of elephant dung during the Thailand Study Abroad program. Sites has led the program for 14 straight years, and was one of two Mizzou professors to earn the inaugural MU Study Abroad Teaching Excellence Award in 2020.

June 8, 2020

An Educational Experience
Samniqueka Halsey has been named the first CAFNR Faculty Fellow for Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity. The CAFNR Faculty Fellow position is a part-time role. Halsey will meet regularly with Daubert and the CAFNR administrative core team, with a focus on establishing benchmarks and strategies to increase recruitment, employment and retention of under-represented populations; ensuring communications reflect CAFNR’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity; introducing diversity and inclusivity experiences into curricula with the objective of personal growth and development; and providing opportunities for faculty and staff to engage in cultural events and professional development opportunities that foster interactions between students, faculty and staff, which include topics on inclusivity and equity.

Feb. 28, 2020

Becoming a More Inclusive College
Two United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grants, totaling almost $900,000, will allow Henry Nguyen to build on his research focus related to abiotic stress tolerance and disease resistance in plants, primarily soybeans. The grants will help Nguyen and his team tackle important issues related to soybeans, including waterlogging tolerance and soybean cyst nematodes (SCN). Flooding and SCN cause billions of dollars worth of damages every year.

Dec. 19, 2019

Studying Soybeans
Peter Sutovsky was recently named a2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Nov. 27, 2019

‘The Pinnacle of My Career’
Students who are part of the Greater Ozark Center for Advance Professional Studies (GO CAPS) program in Monett are getting a first-hand look at the educational opportunities at the Southwest Research Center. GO CAPS Monett, a program dedicated to giving high school students hands-on learning experiences, introduced an agri-business/food systems strand to its curriculum last year. The group has used the Southwest Research Center as its classroom since it began. Photo courtesy of Kailee Mallory.

Nov. 8, 2019

Test Driving Their Careers
Agriculture sign

Oct. 24, 2019

CAFNR Welcomes New Faculty