CSU LAND-GRANT e-NEWS

Extension * Teaching * Research

Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, readers! 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. This is the last issue of the newsletter for 2023. Enjoy!

Winter Illumination at the CSU Botanical Garden

Central State University's Seed to Bloom Botanical and Community Garden held its annual "Winter Illumination" ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 28 (the third since the Garden opened in 2020). CSU Interim President Alex Johnson, Ph.D., welcomed everyone and two members of a student jazz band performed, despite the freezing temperatures in late November. The students: Kamille Austine and Marvin Harshaw are both junior music majors. View photo gallery. Watch a companion video. Photos by: Brian Kampman, Lena Fields-Arnold and Cyril Ibe.

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EXTENSION NOTES

Fighting Discrimination in U.S. Farm Programs

An unidentified attendee asks a question at the Dec. 15 Discrimination Financial Assistance Program workshop sponsored by Central State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The workshop was aimed at farmers or ranchers who had experienced discrimination by the USDA farm programs prior to January 2021. R ead more/Plus Resources . View photo gallery.

Photos by: Crystal Duckett

LAND-GRANT PODCASTS

Extension Central podcast resumed Aug. 11 with a focus on "Rural Grocery Stores," presented as part of Extension's community and economic development program addressing stakeholders' needs where they live. Listen on SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcast.

Research Connection Podcast focuses on research activities and projects that are occupying the attention of CSU research faculty and students. You can listen on SoundCloud or on wcsufm.org.

(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.

Six Questions for the Researchers

CSU research professor, Marcus Nagle, Ph.D., (r), Ebony Murrell,Ph.D., of the Land Institute in Salina, Kan., and a team of researchers from both institutions completed planting silflower on a plot in Beavercreek Township in early September. They are testing integrating the perennial crop for increased production and honey yield. Read more . View a photo gallery.

CSU: AN 1890 LAND-GRANT INSTITUTION

PEOPLE

Renita Porter is the new CSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Program Leader effective Dec. 1. Her duties and responsibilities will include FCS program implementation throughout Ohio, plus managing a team of FCS and EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) educators and nutrition coordinators. Renita has been with CSU Extension since 2017 and has held the following positions: FCS Educator and Interim FCS Program Leader.

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Autumn Swanson has joined the CSU Extension Northwest Region as Regional Program Assistant. Autumn has a background in nonprofit administration and community organizing. She is an alumna of both Bowling Green State University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, earning a master's degree in public administration from the latter. A Fremont, Ohio, native, Autumn is past president and current board member of the Lima Allen County Neighborhoods in Partnership (LACNIP). CSU Extension's Northwest region encompasses 24 counties anchored by Toledo, Mansfield and Lima.

EVENTS CALENDAR

January Mobile Food Market Community Marketplace

Jan. 9, 2024

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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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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