2017-18 Fall / Winter Newsletter

  A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN...

Greetings! We are halfway through our 2017-2018 academic year and we just welcomed our students back to campus on January 16. We’ve have had a busy fall so students and faculty earned their winter break this year. One of the challenges we have had for the past couple of years is having more students than we can accommodate. I know, that sounds like a good thing, especially for the future of agriculture. However, when it becomes difficult for students to get a full load of classes and the classes they need, it isn’t such a good thing.   READ MORE

 

RESEARCH

Mastering the Perfect Mustard 
The Gibson Farm Market is utilizing customers to product-test a new mustard product thanks to a collaboration by senior culinology student Adam Joppen and professor Dr. Dennis Ferris.  VIDEO

 

SCHOLARSHIP

Mark Vucovich scholarship endowment created 
Thanks to a donation by Fresno Equipment Company, ag students will now be able to carry on the tradition of the former owner/CEO.  READ MORE

 

COMPETITION

4 national titles, 6 years: Another Plant Science Club win  
Fresno State topped many of the nation's top ag universities at the national club speech contest focusing on community outreach & sponsored by the Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences organization.  READ MORE /  PHOTOS

 

CAREER

Carrying on the sixth-generation tradition  
Through his campus farm job, summer internship in Washington D.C. and campus club activities, ag business junior Steven Pozzi has gained vital experience to help carry on the tradition of his Petaluma-area family cattle and sheep ranch.  VIDEO 

 

OUTREACH

USDA Ag Discovery Camp attracts students from across nation 
Fresno State faculty and staff welcomed 16 high school students last summer to an intensive and rewarding two-week Central Valley tour that emphasized campus farm units and utilized university ag faculty & staff to teach how all parts of the food chain are connected.  VIDEO /  PHOTOS /  INFO 

  

CURRICULUM

Smart farm technology leads to university partnership 
Industrial Technology department faculty and industry contacts are showcasing precision agriculture innovations to Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara faculty and students through a National Science Foundation Cyber SEES Smart Farm project. READ MORE / PHOTOS

 

FACILITIES

Here's how faculty are using the new Jordan Agricultural Research Center  
Agriculture, engineering, mathematics and science faculty shared their current research projects to encourage further collaboration across departments and disciplines. VIDEOS

 

ALUMNI

Ashbeck honored as Jordan College's Top Dog 
Home economics and nutrition graduate Lynne Ashbeck was recognized as the Jordan College's Top Dog recipient for her 40 years of leadership in the area hospitals, organizations and Clovis city government.  READ MORE  /  VIDEO / PHOTOS

 

PARTNERSHIP

New ag lab renovations thanks to the Moller family  
New welding equipment and workspaces, a CNC plasma cutter, new paint, and gas line manifolds were unveiled as the first stage of updates made possible by a $250,000 gift by Dr. James Moller and his wife, Carol.  READ MORE / PHOTOS 

 

PRIDE

Respected winemaker returns to his roots 
Fresno State alumnus Tom Montgomery was drawn back to campus as the newcampus winemaker to share his knowledge with viticulture and enology students from his nearly 40-year career in Napa, Sonoma and Central California. READ MORE / PHOTOS

TRADITION

State ag secretary Karen Ross keynotes annual agribusiness conference 
The 36th annual Agribusiness Management Conference offered in-depth analysis of key domestic & international topics that affect the Central Valley ag industry.  READ MORE /  VIDEO /  EVENT INFO /  PHOTOS

 

CLUBS

Students go for the gold 
The 'Chicken and Steak' team won a tightly-contested 'Ag Olympics' that encouraged +30 students to cheer on their classmates while competing in wheel barrow racing, hay bucking, calf roping and potato sack racing. PREVIEW VIDEO /  PHOTOS

 

AG ONE

Your gift to the  Ag One Foundation matters because the quality of a Fresno State education and the College’s commitment to educational opportunity depend on it. Fresno State could not be the institution it is today without generous gifts like yours.  GIVE NOW

EVENTS

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