Fort Valley State University

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, poor housing conditions in the United States have been linked to childhood lead poisoning, asthma and other adverse health effects.

Fort Valley State University’s Cooperative Extension Program housing specialist, Keishon Thomas, noted this fact and decided to focus the seventh Annual Under One Roof Housing Conference on the topic of Transitioning to Healthy Homes.

Although the College of Agriculture, Home Economics and Allied Programs at Fort Valley State University will remain consistent about providing a stellar education, it is making a major change. A new college name will be revealed at 10 a.m. on March 23 in the university’s Pettigrew Center.

The name change is a result of administrators wanting the college to be even more marketable to potential students and citizens across the nation.

Terri Denison will serve as plenary speaker at the 3rd Annual Small Business Financial Expo. Fort Valley State University’s Rural Business Outreach Institute will host the event 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10 at the C.W. Pettigrew Farm and Community Life Center.

Submitted by the FVSU Agricultural Communications Department

No family should have to choose between affordable and healthy housing. Maintaining “healthy homes” is a century-old concept that promotes safe, decent and sanitary housing as a means for preventing disease and injury. The seventh annual Under One Roof Housing Conference at Fort Valley State University is approaching and this year’s conference goal is to provide participants with the needed resources to promote a healthier home environment, a more prosperous economy and a higher quality of life in the Southeast.

December 18, 2009 - Submitted by the Agricultural Communications Department

Dec. 14, 2009 - On Dec. 1, Drs. Agnes M. Rimando and Fabricio Medina-Bolivar visited the Agricultural Research Station at Fort Valley State University to evaluate research progress on Scutellaria (medicinal plant) biology. FVSU scientists and the visiting scientists have completed the first year of a project funded by an 1890/U.S. Department of Agriculture Capacity Building Grant. Dr. Nirmal Joshee, an assistant professor of plant science at FVSU, is the principal investigator of the project.

Dec. 14, 2009 - Submitted by the Agricultural Communications Department

Six Fort Valley State University agricultural economics students traveled to Tuskegee to attend the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference held Dec. 6-8.

On the first day of the conference, seniors Ghangela Jones and Tiffany Campbell, captured the audience’s attention as they gave presentations on “Ethanol Production in the U.S. and the Impacts on Food Costs in Lesser Developed Countries” and “Will Muslim Consumers Pay More for the Halal Attribute? A Survey Analysis,” respectively.

More than 100 students from Dougherty Comprehensive High School, and Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, participated in technology workshops inside Fort Valley State University’s Mobile Information Technology Center Tuesday and Wednesday.

The center is a high-tech computer classroom housed in a 72-foot semi-trailer. It holds twenty individual training stations and an on-board 35kw generator.

Charlie Grace, FVSU’s Dougherty County extension agent, coordinated the visit with Dougherty County School System officials.

Sara Dzimianski, a Fort Valley State University second year animal science graduate student, faced a dilemma. She wanted to find hay for her goats that was affordable yet had the nutritional value necessary for her goats to produce a large volume of quality milk. After months of researching, she decided to look into the matter herself because she couldnt find the answers she needed to address her situation. Dzimianski said she wants her research to not only be beneficial for her goats, but to goat owners worldwide.

The Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development, located at Fort Valley State University, recently held a four-hour workshop Nov. 5 to inform and assist individuals who are in, or about to delve into, the realm of aquaculture. Attendees, some of whom are Fort Valley State agricultural extension agents, left with a better understanding of the field and picked up information that could prove to be vital in making aquaculture production more efficient.

The only SAFE - State Animal Facility for Emergencies - Center in Georgia is being built at Fort Valley State University.

Nov. 6, 2009 - Nowadays information travels fast through technology, but sometimes getting knowledge the old fashion way is highly effective.

As an institution with a College of Agriculture, Home Economics and Allied Programs, Fort Valley State University saw several benefits to parking an agricultural exhibit in a prime location on campus visible by students. Since Wednesday, not too far from the school’s dorm compound, the Monsanto Mobile Technology Unit has been showcasing various aspects of agriculture.

Nov. 6, 2009 - Students who want to major in programs within the Fort Valley State University College of Agriculture, Home Economics and Allied Programs will soon have a new source for funding their college education.

October 30, 2009 -
By Russell Boone Jr., public information editor/writer
Agricultural Communications Department

The Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development, located at Fort Valley State University, will hold a workshop on Nov. 5 at the C.W. Pettigrew Farm and Community Life Center in room 102. It is from 1 to 5 p.m. Registration is $5 per individual.

October 30, 2009 -
By Russell Boone Jr., public information editor/writer
Agricultural Communications Department