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NFREC Faculty Win Awards
September 16, 2009
Early Career Award
Professor G. Clifford Lamb, Professor of Animal Science at NFREC Marianna, was honored with the “Early Career Achievement Award” presented by the American Society of Animal Science Convention” on July 12, 2009 in Montreal, Canada.
The Early Career Award was created to recognize outstanding research by young animal scientists the first ten years of their professional career. The winner must have demonstrated outstanding research in an animal science field withinfive years immediately prior to the year of the award, had original research work published, and been a member of the ASAS for at least five successive years.
Cliff Lamb is a native of Zimbabwe, Africa, where he was reared on a livestock operation devoted to cattle. He received his BS degree from Middle Tennessee State University and has graduate degrees from Kansas State University. Lamb is a professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Florida, located at the North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna. His primary research efforts focus on applied reproductive physiology in cattle, emphasizing efficient management systems for beef heifers and cows. He is author of more than 40 refereed journal articles, 2 chapters in texts, and more than 100 presentations and articles in other scientific and popular press. He is married to Margo Lynn Lamb, and they have three children.
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Ag Adventures Awards
Ann Blount-Forage Specialist, Holly Ober-Wildlife Ecology Specialist, Steve Olson-Vegetable Specialist, John Allen Smith-Farm Manager, and David Wright-Small Grain Specialist, along with five North West District faculty, were recognized by the Florida association of Extension 4-H Agents for Excellence in Teamwork on the Ag Adventures program.
During the “Extension Professional Association of Florida” meeting held in Orlando, Florida from August 31 through September 3, 2009, the Extension Professionals recognized their peers for scholarly work performed throughout the year.
Extension Specialists and Agents surrounding the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) implemented an Ag Adventures Program designed to teach 4th-6th grade students in the North West District of Florida about local agriculture through in-class, in-field, and hands-on learning.
Local teachers prepared their students with in-class experiences before Ag Adventures Day, a field trip to NFREC where they would be exposed to seven target topics at five different stations. Each station involved a short discussion about its theme, and culminated in a hands on experience and take home sample.
Teachers and students alike were excited to return to their schools from Ag Adventures Day with the promise that they would be able to continue their inquiry. Indeed the investigations continued, and as a result local teachers and students are more aware of agriculture and our team of specialists and agents have an annual event on their hands!
Team Members also included the following agents; Monica Brinkley, Liberty County Family and Consumer Science and 4-H Agent, Yolanda Goode, Gadsden County 4-H Agent, John Lilly, Jefferson County 4-H Agent, Whitney Cherry, Calhoun County 4-H Agent, Judy Ludlow, Calhoun County, County Extension Director, Roy Carter, Gulf County, County Extension Director, and Sherri Hood, Wakulla County 4-H Agent.