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Grantee News
FSPE grantees' videos highlight the diversity of their projects: The FSPE Initiative was created to promote significant, positive change in university-based education. This initiative was originally based out of the colleges of agriculture, but as the various projects took shape, this initiative spilled over into other disciplines as well. These project videos highlight the diversity of projects nurtured under the FSPE program and provide a model of engagement and collaboration for other schools looking to expand their community outreach.
Conference of the American Society of Horticultural Sciences centers around adaptation: Theodore R. Alter and Elise A. Gurgevich speak at 2000 conference on looking toward the future and and the responsiveness of extension. They offer an overview and insight into the six Kellogg Commission reports.
Changes and Trends in Colleges of Agriculture: Sam Smith, former President of Washington State University, a Land Grant Institution, and current chairman of the Board of Directors of NASULCG, discusses in a July 11, 2000 speech the three serious changes or trends occurring relative to Colleges of Agriculture, within the Land Grant University System.
Nebraska Network 21 Promotes New Approach to Ag Education: Educators throughout rural America are looking for ways to open their students' eyes to future job opportunities in their home communities. School administrators and teachers in Mead, Nebraska; think they've found a way to make a difference in the way they prepare students for thiese new innovative ag careers. To learn more, listen or read here.
Iowa Entrepreneurs Get Early Start : Neighborhood lemonade stands in Iowa may not have lines of credit, but you can bet the young entrepreneurs who run them are on the fast track to success. That success stems from access to a relatively new youth development program in Iowa that allows lemonade stand managers -- and other young CEOs -- to explore entrepreneurial opportunities.
Wisconsin Food System Partnership
Accentuates Outreach:Universities have so
much to offer beyond just research. At least that’s
one of the messages being delivered to University
of Wisconsin- Madison (UW) faculty, staff and
students as part of the Wisconsin Food System
Partnership(WFSP).See Past News Stories about FSPE Projects
Listen to Audio Tapes about FSPE Projects:
What's Right With Wild Rice?
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