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The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Board of Trustees will hold its scheduled committee and full board meetings Sept. 10-11 on its main campus in Tallahassee.
The meetings will be held at the FAMU Grand Ballroom in the H. Manning Efferson Building, 1628 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The committee meetings will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 10 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST.
The full board meeting will be held on Sept. 11 from 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST.
Standing committees and the full board will meet to discuss matters pertaining to the university.
To view this month’s agenda and/or minutes from prior meetings, visit: http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?BOT&AgendasandMinutes.
The public may access the meetings via FAMCast by logging onto http://www.famu.edu/famcast/ and selecting “WANM 90.5” or listen live via radio broadcast by tuning into WANM 90.5-FM.
It’s “A New Season for Agricultural Research” at Florida A&M University! The College of Agriculture and Food Sciences will host a Research Forum on Tuesday, March 31, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at FAMU’s Perry-Paige Auditorium. Come hear about FAMU’s first-ever gene cloning of the muscadine grape. Learn how plants can protect vegetables from insect pests, and discover how organic matter can improve our drinking water. You don’t want to miss this year’s CAFS Research Forum! For details, call 412-5188.
The Executive Director Search Committee has interviews scheduled for
May 28 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
May 29 at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m.
4th International Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science and Engineering provides a perfect symposium for scientists, engineers, directors of companies and students in the field of Materials Science and Nanotechnology to meet and share their knowledge. The scientific program paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations to put forward many thought provoking strategies. The program will focus on current research and advancements in materials research, synthesis, and fabrication.
Learn about careers and jobs in Agriculture and Food Sciences in the private sector, federal and state government.
Audience: college students, community/junior college students, and high school students
Dr. Deepayan Debnath is an international market and policy analyst in the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at University of Missouri.
This seminar is titled: “Complement or substitute: Ethanol’s uncertain relationship with gasoline under alternative petroleum price and policy scenarios.”
Topics Include: Agri-Business Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Community Development, Trades, Skills, Career Development and Investment opportunities.
This seminar is titled: “Agricultural Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Analysis of Climatic Effects, Convergence and Forecast.”
Dr. Michée Lachaud is a research economist at the University of Florida
This lecture series is titled: “Local Food, Superfoods, Paleo Food – Food Trends as a Guide for New Product Development”
Dr. Rainer Haas is an associate professor at the Institute of Marketing and Innovation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria
This seminar is titled: “An Economic Analysis of Shellfish Harvest Regulations for Food Safety: The Case of Oyster Fishing in Apalachicola, FL.”