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NOVEMBER 2021

Message from the CAFNR Alumni President
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.

CAFNR Alumni,

 

During this season of gratitude, I wanted to send a note of thanks to CAFNR’s alumni and friends. This past year our alumni board has worked diligently to maintain a focus on our strategic plan mission: “Enhancing lives at CAFNR and the communities it serves, while enabling CAFNR alumni to impact the world around them.”

 

We faced many obstacles during this past year and our alumni rose to the challenge.

Thank you for your continued support of our CAFNR fundraising and alumni events. Your support improves student development through distribution of scholarships and grants to student organizations. This year we will have the opportunity to award over $25,000 in student organizational grants and provide 30 scholarships valued at $60,000. Thank you.

 

In April of 1994, a group of CAFNR alumni board members set out to establish an endowment within our organization that would provide a solid foundation of support for CAFNR students for the long term. I am excited to announce that on November 6, 2021, our latest contribution to the endowment grew our balance to $2 million! This is a significant milestone for the CAFNR Alumni Association, and your support was essential. We are grateful to know we can always count on you.

 

As you enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends and loved ones, take time to cherish the good things you have in your life. Be thankful for the opportunities that have been provided and look forward to what is ahead.

 

It’s a great honor and privilege to serve as President of your CAFNR Alumni Association and represent the best alumni organization at the University of Missouri. Your support and dedication to the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources sets a standard across our great university. Thank you.

 

All the best,

Dustin Johansen
President, Mizzou CAFNR Alumni Association

Features
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
Lowell Mohler (BS Ag ’58) was recently honored with the 66th Annual Distinguished Service Award from the Mizzou Alumni Association. He is pictured here with his wife, JoAnn.

A Legacy of Service

CAFNR alumnus Lowell Mohler honored with MAA’s Distinguished Service Award Read more
 
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
CAFNR Column Awards in Columbia, MO on Saturday, November 6, 2021.

CAFNR Honors Exceptional Alumni

Six of the college’s outstanding alumni recognized at the 2021 Column Awards ceremony Read more

Faculty & Staff
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
With its land-grant mission, the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) is focused on research, teaching and Extension in an effort to improve the lives of Missourians. The Division of Animal Sciences will soon take that philosophy on the road with help from the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA). Next year, CAFNR will send two mobile meat processing training centers throughout the state, as part of a pilot program, to address the labor shortages within the meat processing industry. Funding for the program is being provided by MDA.

Building Staying Power

Mobile meat processing training centers will address labor shortages within meat processing industry Read more
Andrew Thomas, research assistant professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, received a Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) grant. The project is titled Moving American Elderberry into Mainstream Production and Processing. The award is for $5,345,255 over a four-year period. Photo by Kate Preston

A Big Plan for a Small Berry
Andrew Thomas, research assistant professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, has received a Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) grant Read more
photo of Ahmed Balboula

Ahmed Balboula Receives Outstanding Investigator Award
Ahmed Balboula receives grant through the National Institute of General Medicine Read more

With Gratitude
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
The University of Missouri (MU) School of Natural Resources (SNR) announced today a new position, Landowner Engagement Specialist, through the Woodland Steward Program. The creation of this new position will help engage and encourage woodland owners to become active stewards of the land. This position will work closely with the larger multi-state White Oak Initiative which the Independent Stave Company supports.

Expanding Forestry Efforts

CAFNR announces gift to create landowner engagement position in forestry Read more

Alumni Corner
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
Jerry Hitzhusen, an associate professor emeritus in the School of Natural Resources, is a national and international advocate for disabled athletes and was committed to recreation therapy for veterans and advocacy for minority aging populations. Hitzhusen was recently inducted into the Missouri Recreation and Parks Hall of Fame.

A Commitment to Those in Need

Jerry Hitzhusen is a national and international advocate for individuals with disabilities Read more
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
In Memoriam

Charles Eugene Campbell BS Agriculture '52 (Nov. 9, 1931 - Oct. 12, 2021) was born the son of John Clark Alexander Campbell and Jewell Tipton Campbell on November 9, 1931 in Fristoe, MO. He grew up on the family’s dairy farm, and though they didn’t have much, the family made ice cream every week – solidifying early a love language Charles shared with others throughout his life.

 

Charles graduated from Warsaw High School at just 16, and through a $75 Sears-Roebuck scholarship was able to attend the University of Missouri. In Columbia, he lived rent‐free in an unheated outbuilding on a chicken farm (on land that is now a University parking lot). He gathered eggs in the chicken coop for 30 cents an hour. Every week, he sent his laundry and a letter home to his mother. Read more
 

William "Bill" Hires MS Agricultural Education '75; BS Agricultural Education '53 (Aug. 12, 1930 - Aug. 10, 2021) was born August 12, 1930, in Catlin, Illinois. In 1950, Bill married former wife Mary L. Jenkins in Mountain View, Missouri. Together they had five children: Nancy (Allen) McReynolds, Susan (Lewis) Vermillion; Steven (Charlotte) Hires; Joe (Julie) Hires; and Jeffrey (Channa) Hires.

 

Education was an integral aspect of Bill’s life. In 1953 he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education from The University of Missouri; in 1975 a Master of Agricultural Education from MU; in 1977 a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from MU. Read more

Student Spotlight
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.
Gentry Hall

Succeeding in a Team Setting

Team and Organizational Leadership course offers service learning opportunities Read more
Numerous students attended the Graves-Chapple Research Center Career Exploration Day. The event allows high school students to get a glimpse of the possible careers in agriculture and natural resources. Featured here are students talking with Andrew Slater about Torq' N Tigers. Photo courtesy of Jim Crawford.

Exploring Careers in Agriculture
Several Research Centers throughout the state hosted high school students Read more
Columns at the University of Missouri

Celebrating the First-Generation College Student Experience
CAFNR faculty and staff share their experiences as first-generation college students Read more
Four CAFNR students were selected as recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction.

Mark Your Calendar!

January 1 - February 25: CAFNR Alumni Awards Applications Open

February 26: CAFNR Unlimited will be held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City, Mo.

Ways to Engage: Join, Give, Roar!

Join

•Join the Mizzou Alumni Association, or renew your membership today! (Use “UAH” as the appeal code for CAFNR Alumni Association, and “UNR” for the SNR Alumni Association.)


Give

•Contribute to CAFNR. Give now!


Roar

•Tell a friend, a corporate recruiter or your local legislator about the great things CAFNR does for students and Missouri farmers!
•Do you know a high school student who wants to be part of the CAFNR Experience? Refer them today!

Stay connected to CAFNR.

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Questions? Contact cafnralumni@missouri.edu

CAFNR Alumni Association

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