2003-05 Archive
Congratulations to the following faculty and staff members of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service on their accomplishments!
Well Done archives, 1999-2002

March 2005
A publication edited by June Lioret of Communication Services, "Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Management: A Pesticide Applicator Certification Manual for the Carolinas and Georgia," has won the Southern Region -- American Society for Horticultural Science's 2005 Extension Communication Award for Publications. Lioret edited this 160-page publication for Wayne Buhler, a faculty member in the Department of Horticultural Science.

A number of Cooperative Extension employees were recognized for achievements at State Extension Conference held Feb. 28-March 2. Awards, winners and their departments or county centers are listed here. Ada B. Dalla-Pozza Professional Development Award, Ivy Reid, Craven County; Carol M. Birckhead Award for Outstanding County Extension Director, Ed Emory, Duplin County; Chet and Lucy Black 4-H Professional Development Scholarship, Natalie Rountree, Hertford County; Edgar J. and Ethel B. Boone Adult Education Award, Melissa Hight, New Hanover County; Charles M. Brickhouse Development Award, Melissa Hight, New Hanover County; Lois G. Britt Outstanding Extension Agent Award, Gary Pierce, Harnett County; Billy and Wilma Caldwell Extension Leadership Award for County Extension Directors, Stan Dixon, Greene County; Victoria Jean Cope North Carolina 4-H Professional Development Award, Rebecca Liverman, Washington County; George and Virginia Hyatt Extension Scholarship Award, Mary Helen Jones, Vance County; Lathan F. Smith Jr. Award of Excellence in 4-H, Tanya Heath, Wilson County; Research Friend of Extension Award, Thomas Ranney, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center.

These individuals and teams received 2004 North Carolina Cooperative Extension Foundation Search for Excellence Awards, sponsored by the N.C. State Grange. They are listed by category, name and county or department. Secretaries, Janet Mabry and Starla Harwood, Stanly County team; Community and Rural Development and Natural Resources, Smithfield-Selma Senior High School Wetland, Kenneth Bateman, Johnston County; William Lord, Franklin County; William Hunt, Biological and Agricultural Engineering; 4-H and Youth Development, Tanya Heath, Wilson County; Family and Consumer Sciences, Saving Lives Through Cancer Education and Prevention, Donna Edsel, Wilkes County; Carmen Long, Surry County; Carolyn Shepherd, Ashe County; Sue Counts, Watauga County; Agriculture, West North Carolina Agricultural Tourism and Crop Diversification Program, Robert Hawk, Haywood County; Erin Jasin and Kenneth Reeves, Bumcombe County; Administration and Leadership, Stan Dixon and Ed Emory, Greene and Duplin counties; Resource Development, Agriculture, Travis Burke, Pasquotank County; Family and Consumer Sciences, Sandy Zaslow and Carolyn Dunn, FCS, and Nancy Abasiekong, Cleveland County; 4-H, George Autry, Cumberland County.

Dec. 2004
The Xi Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi honor society presented awards to a number of Cooperative Extension employees and partners at its annual meeting in Sanford last month. Awards, winners and their departments or county centers are listed here.
International Award, David Barkley, Brunswick County
Team Award, Douglas Sanders, Horticultural Science; Donn Ward, Food Science; and Dennis Osborne, Horticultural Science
Diversity Award, Dee Furlough, Tyrrell County
Early-Career Awards, Diane Ashburn, Henderson County; David Jordan, Crop Science
Mid-Career Award, Susan Garkalns, Randolph County
Administrative Leadership Award, Jon Ort, Extension Administration
Visionary Leadership, Sue Counts, Watauga County
Meritorious Support Award, Gloria Artis, Greene County
Distinguished Service Award, Ed Emory, Duplin County
Retiree Service Award, Larry Bass, emeritus, Horticultural Science
Friend of Extension, C. Ron Aycock, executive director, N.C. Association of County Commissioners
Dr. Bernadette G. Watts Professional Improvement Scholarship, Crystal Smith, Franklin County
County Performance Awards (by district):
West District, Henderson County
Southeast District, New Hanover County
Southwest District, Alexander County
South Central District, Harnett County
North Central District, Franklin County
Northwest District, Ashe County
Northeast District, Beaufort County

Nov. 2004
The Successful Family Learning Center at the Southern Women's Show in Greensboro won first place in the Educational Booths Competition. The booth was a regional marketing effort to increase visibility of Extension's family and consumer sciences' programs. At the interactive booth, visitors could spin the Food Safety Wheel and win a prize for correct answers; sign up for a free subscription to the Successful Family newsletter and enter a raffle to win Extension's Women Living Healthy, Women Living Well interactive CD; try on a 20-pound fat vest to see what it feels like to be 20 pounds overweight; view a 3-D Food Guide Pyramid; and view the amount of fat in several foods like taco salad, a fast-food hamburger, french fries, whole milk and more. About 14,500 women attended the show at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, and 350 women signed up to recieve the Successful Family newsletter. A variety of Extension publictions was available for consumers to pick up in Extension's Successful Family Learning Center. Agents from the area manned the booth and conducted presentations and demonstrations on the Spotlight and Cooking stages.

Marilyn Y. Gore, family and consumer sciences agent in Gaston County, began a one-year term as president of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) meeting Oct. 6 in Nashville. NEAFCS is a professional association of more than 3,000 members in various disciplines within extension family and consumer sciences, including consumer and family education, financial literacy, food and nutrition, food safety and other extension specialties. Gore has worked with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service since March 1995. Her more than 29 years of extension work began in Washington, D.C., in 1976 at the University of the District of Columbia Extension Service (UDC-CES). In Gaston County, she oversees the Very Important Parenting (VIP) Program and provides financial management programs in the community. She has previously served as vice president for member resources, secretary and president-elect of NEAFCS. Marilyn received her bachelor's and master's degrees in home economics from Bennett College and Howard University, respectively. She also received a master's degree in counseling from the University of the District of Columbia.

The North Carolina Association of Cooperative Extension Secretaries honored members during its recent annual meeting. Award winners and their county or department are listed by award category.
Secretary Award for Excellence, Technology Utlilization and Implementation
Tracy Brown, Extension Administration, campus; Betsy Paul, Person County; Shelia Ange, Martin; Victoria Moore, Ashe; Debra West, Wayne; Deidra Hicks, Cleveland; Melissa Vaughn, Swain.
Secretary Award for Excellence, Special Leadership
Maryann Lofgren, POD, campus; Marion Jay, Person; Melanie Chevalier, Hertford; Sandra Smith-Hopkins, Rowan; Leeann Crump, Richmond; Jo Strobush, New Hanover; Isabelle Cable, Swain.
The following association members were honored for their years of service.
Five years:
Christine Austin, Union; Karen Ball, Haywood; Joyce Dorsey, Lincoln; Linda Duncan, Columbus; Linda Eure, Gates; Pamela Fitzgerald, Wake; Karla Frizzelle, campus; Wendy Garner, Pitt; Rhonda Gaster, Lee; Deborah Gibson, Moore; Tamara Hagie, Avery; Starla Harwood, Stanly; Joan Hobbes, Craven; Susan Martin, campus; Sue Nichols, Wilson; Donna Smith, Robeson; JoAnn Strobush, New Hanover; Edna Williams, Gates.
Ten years:
Roseanne Clapp, campus; Peggy Elliott, Cumberland; Debra Goforth, Madison; Maryann Lofgren, campus; Vicki Pettit, campus; Teresa Story, Perquimans; Lynn Weeks, Pasquotank; Nancy Worley, McDowell.
15 years:
Pamela Allen, Beaufort; Dana Braswell, Union; Risha Foreman, Perquimans; Mary Jane Hearon, campus; Linda Kuhn, Wayne; Felicia Mashburn, Macon; Gail Saye, Bumcombe; Cindy Vann, Harnett; Nancy Wilson, Granville.
20 years:
Faye Black, Wake; Frances Bunn, Green; Dorothy Duke, campus; Linda Dunn, Forsyth; Lisa Gordon, campus; Deanna Jordan, Buncombe; Ann Klimstra, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center; Nancy Miller, Catawba; Gloria Morning, Edgecombe; Patricia Presnell, Mitchell (15-year certificate and 20-year service award); Rhonda Thrower, campus.
25 years:
Patricia Burch, Sampson; Carolyn Hodges, Cumberland; Sandra Kanupp, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center; Carla McKinney, campus; Frankie Waters, Sampson; Virginia Williams, Hyde; Jenny Wilson, Alamance; MarySue Wright-Baker, Currituck.
30 years:
Janet Hardison, Washington; Carol Koontz, Davidson; Lorene Poole, McDowell; Miranda Pope, Catawba.
35 years:
Wanda Williams, Washington (35-year service award and 25-year Extension certificate)

Oct. 2004
Michael Bratcher of Agricultural Communications and Technology at N.C. A&T State University has been elected 1890 representative to Cooperative Extension's Southern Region Program Leadership Network's communication and information technology committee. He was elected at a September meeting that brought together members of all eight program committees in Biloxi, Miss. The Southern Region Program Leadership Network was established by the Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (primarily Southeastern 1862 land-grants) and the Association of Extension Administrators (1890 land-grants) to strengthen multi-state and issue-oriented Extension programs and activities.

Aug. 2004
The National Association of County Agricultural Agents recently recognized Debbie Roos, Cooperative Extension agricultural agent for Chatham County for The Growing Small Farms Web site, which she developed. The site, with more than 200 linked pages focusing on sustainable and organic production, was a national finalist for a communication award at the national conference in Orlando. The Web site, also named a state and southern region winner, is available at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/index.html .

July 2004
North Carolina State University food scientist Dr. Kevin Keener received the Emerging Food Engineer Award from the International Association of Food Industry Suppliers and the Food and Process Engineering Institute. Keener is an associate professor and Cooperative Extension specialist in the N.C. State Food Science Department. He provides technical support to the food industry through his extension, research, and teaching programs. His food engineering program has trained more than 1,000 professionals in food safety, FDA and USDA processing requirements. Keener also will receive the American Egg Board Award during the Poultry Science Association banquet in St. Louis July 28. The award is presented annually to recognize innovative research in egg science technology or marketing that has an impact on egg or spent hen utilization.

The "Be Healthy -- Grow What You Eat" publication developed by a team of Extension professionals has been recognized by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The publication, which describes the benefits of eating produce from a home garden, won a Communication Award on the state level and was a regional finalist as well. Team members who developed the publication were horticulture agents Amy-Lynn Albertson, Davidson County; Karen Neill, Guilford County; and Emily Revels, Mecklenburg County; along with Leah Chester-Davis, communication specialist, N.C. State University's Communication Services.

Dr. Tom Vukina, professor and Extension specialist in N.C. State's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, will receive theAmerican Agricultural Economics Association's Best Journal Article Award for 2003 in Denver in August. His article, "A Relationship between Contracting and Livestock Waste Pollution" in Review of Agricultural Economics was selected by the journal's editorial staff and council.

June 2004
Charlotte Simpson, administrative services assistant in Communication Services, was one of five N.C.State University employees to receive 2004 University Awards of Excellence. The winners each received $250, a commemorative plaque and eight hours paid leave. Simpson was one of six employees from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to receive college Awards of Excellence. Other college employees recognized were: Rosa Andrews, Extension associate, 4-H Youth Development; Mary Lorscheider, agricultural research technician, Horticultural Science; Mona Rodgers, retired, 4-H Youth Development; Dwayne Tate, agricultural research technician III, Soil Science, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Fletcher; and Melinda White, administrative services assistant V, Vernon James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth.

May 2004
Four individuals from N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and North Carolina Cooperative Extension received Outstanding Extension Service Awards last month. They are Ed Emory, Duplin County Extension director; Mike Gray, retired head, Communication Services Department; Jackie McClelland, specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences Department; and Ross Young, Madison County Extension director. In addition, Emory, McClelland and Young were inducted into the university's Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension.

Devona Beard, secretary in the Bladen County office of Cooperative Extension, received $500 in professional development funds from the Pride of the Wolfpack Awards Program. Beard's name was selected from 20 names drawn from the 2003 winners, who received tier-two awards, their choice of a college shirt. These winners were recognized as a part of the College Awards Luncheon held on April 7 at the University Club.

Members of Durham Women-In-Action recognized Bernadette Watts, retired state Cooperative Extension training and development leader from N.C. State University, as a recipient of the 2004 Silver Medallion Award. Watts was recognized for her leadership in the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and for introducing the chapter to work in the AIDS community. While serving as president of the chapter, Watts pushed for volunteer outreach, leadership development, economic empowerment, women's international enhancement and collaboration grantsmanship with other groups, including the Central Carolina Black Nurses' Council, the National Black Child Development Institute's Durham Affiliate and the Durham Academy of Pharmacy.

April 2004
Elizabeth "Dee" Furlough, Tyrrell County Extension agent, is the 2004 Professional of the Year for North Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Furlough focuses much of her programming on the Spanish-speaking population in her county. She initiated the Tyrrell County Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council.

The following Cooperative Extension employees received special scholarships and awards during District Conferences held March 17-April 2.
Ada B. Dalla-Pozza Professional Development Award, Deborah Cox, agent, Caldwell County; Rosie Patton, agent, Dare County;
Charles M. Brickhouse Development Award, Travis Burke, county Extension director, Pasquotank County; Rose Massey, county Extension director, Northampton County; Chet & Lucy Black 4-H Professional Development Scholarship, Tanya Meads Heath, agent, Wilson County;
Edgar J. & Ethel B. Boone Adult Education Award, Martha Mobley, agent, Franklin County; team: Spring Williams, county Extension director, Burke County; Peggie Lewis, agent, Rockingham County; and Robbie Furr, agent, Mecklenburg County;
Extension Leadership Award, Sandy Wiggins, Extension associate, Family and Consumer Sciences Department, N.C. State;
George & Virginia Hyatt Extension Scholarship Award, Craven Hudson, agent, Gaston County;
Lathan F. Smith Jr. Award of Excellence in 4-H, team: Spring Williams, Peggie Lewis and Robbie Furr; Lois G. Britt Outstanding Extension Agent Award, Bryant Spivey, agent, Duplin County;
Roy R. & Alice Barber Bennett Scholarship, Bill Skelton, county Extension director, Haywood County;
Victoria Jean Cope North Carolina 4-H Professional Development Award, Peggie Lewis.

The following Extension employees received North Carolina State Grange Search for Excellence Awards in the categories listed.
Individual awards: Advancement Extension Resource Development, George Autry, county Extension director, Cumberland County;
Family and Consumer Education, Karen Wicker, agent, Montgomery and Moore counties;
Agriculture, Claude Deyton, agricultural technician, Yancey County;
Program Assistant/Associate/Technician, Douglas Hundley, integrated pest management technician, Avery County;
Secretaries, Charlotte Simpson, administrative services assistant, Communication Services, N.C. State.
Team awards: 4-H Youth Development, Northeast District 4-H Biotechnology Camp Planning Team: Bettina Odom, agent, Bertie County; Jennifer Harris, program assistant, Chowan County; Ann Ward, county Extension director, Dare County; Natalie Rountree, agent, Hertford County; Danny Butler, agent, Martin County; Suzanne van Rijn, nutrition programs supervisor, Halifax County; Cameron Lowe, agent, Pasquotank County; Danelle Barco, assistant agent, Tyrrell County; Rebecca Liverman, agent, Washington County; Louise Hinsley, agent, Beaufort County; Ellen Owens, agent, Currituck County; Reba Green-Holley, county Extension director, Gates County; Laurie Lewis, assistant agent, Hyde County; Juanita Bailey, agent, Perquimans County;
Specialists, Turf Integrated Pest Management Team: Fred Yelverton, specialist, Crop Science; Rick Brandenburg, specialist, Entomology; Lane Tredway, assistant professor, Plant Pathology, N.C. State;
CRD and Natural Resources, Tiffany Harrelson, associate agent, Johnston County, and Gary Pierce, agent, Harnett County;
Administration and Leadership, Carolyn Dunn, associate state program leader, and Karen DeBord, department Extension leader, Family and Consumer Sciences, N.C. State;
Outstanding Program Initiative, Extension's Successful Gardener Team, Amy-Lynn Albertson, assistant agent, Davidson County; Diane Ashburn, agent, Henderson County; David Barkley, agent, Brunswick County; Darrell Blackwelder, agent, Rowan County; Toby Bost, agent, Forsyth County; Donald Breedlove, agent, Iredell County; Leah Chester-Davis, marketing/media relations specialist, Communication Services; Ben Dungan, agent, Gaston County; David Goforth, agent, Cabarrus County; Royce Hardin, agent, Orange County; Bob Lyons, director, JC Raulston Arboretum; Carl Matyac, agent, Wake County; Paul McKenzie, assistant agent, Durham County; Fred Miller, county Extension director, Catawba County; Karen Neill, agent, Guilford County; Emily Revels, agent, Mecklenburg County; Kevin Starr, county Extension director, Lincoln County; Donna Teasley, agent, Burke County; Mike Wilder, agent, Nash County; Willie Earl Wilson, agent, Union County.

March 2004
Dr. Greg Cope, associate professor and Extension leader in the Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Department, received an award for the best platform presentation at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.

Cope, who is also a member of the Fisheries and Wildlife Program faculty, won the W. Don Baker Memorial Award. The meeting was Feb. 4-5 in Asheville. Cope's presentation was titled "Assessing the Presence of Estrogenic Chemicals with Sentinel Fish." It was co-authored by Dr. Gerald LeBlanc, professor of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Larry McMillan of the Raleigh Public Utilities Department and Scott L. Van Horn of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Dr. M. Ray McKinnie, associate dean and administrator for the Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina A&T State University, was elected to a one-year term as secretary for the Association of 1890 Extension Administrators at the group's winter meeting. McKinnie will follow his term as secretary with a one-year term as vice chair, and then a two-year term as chair of the organization. The Association of 1890 Extension Administrators' summer meeting will be in Greensboro, July 6-9.

January 2004
Dr. Carolyn Dunn, associate state program leader and nutrition specialist, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, was appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to serve on the North Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force.

Three professionals with North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Burke, Rockingham and Rowan counties have been awarded the Bernadette Watts Professional Development Scholarship to study youth development programs in Europe. Scholarship winners are Spring Williams, Burke County Extension director; Peggie Lewis, 4-H agent in Rockingham County; and Robert Furr, 4-H agent in Rowan County. The three will participate in a European study tour of non-formal youth development organizations and develop a detailed thesis paper outlining their findings. The Bernadette Watts Scholarships are awarded through the Xi Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi. The scholarship was established by Watts, who worked in professional development for North Carolina Cooperative Extension prior to her retirement.

December 2003
The Xi Chapter of Espilon Sigma Phi extension honor society presented the following awards during the organization's annual meeting Nov. 21. To read more about award recipients, visit the Web site http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/assn/esp/awards2003/index.shtml
Visionary Leadership Award: David Monks, department Extension leader, Horticultural Science Department
Team Award: Beaufort County Farm Safety Day Camp: Ann Darkow, Rod Gurganus, Gaylon Ambrose, Louise Linsley, Susan Chase, Pam Allen, Gladys Barnes, Barbara Campbell, Teresa Taylor, Angie Best, Jennifer Everette, Laurel MacKenzie
State Meritorious Support Award: Sandy Kanupp, administrative secretary, Southwest District, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
Linda Kimbrough, customer services coordinator, Communication Services Department
Carol Norden, youth horticulture, Wake County center
State Early Career Award: Wayne Buhler, pesticide education specialist, Horticultural Science Department
Matthew Martin, turfgrass area specialized agent, Brunswick County center
Karee Teague, 4-H agent, Watauga County center
State Mid-Career Award: Carolyn Dunn, specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences Department
Dee Furlough, family and consumer sciences agent, Tyrrell County center
Sue Counts, county Extension director, Wataugua County center
International Award: Columbus County agriculture and natural resources/community and rural development team: Jacqueline Roseboro, Michael Shaw, Dalton Dockery, Milton Parker, Larry Wright, Phyllis Creech Friend of Extension: J. Paul Murphy, professor, Crop Science Department
County Performance Awards, by district:
West District, Yancey County
North Central District, Granville County
Northeast District, Northampton County
Southwest District, Burke County
Northwest District, Davidson County
South Central District, Lee County
Southeast District, Greene County

October 2003
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Secretaries Association recognized a number of individuals for excellence at its annual meeting Sept. 25-26 in High Point. Those receiving the Secretary Award for Excellence for Technology Utilization and Implementation, along with the unit they represent are: Angie Thomas, 4-H and Youth Development, campus; Catherine Waddell, Surry County, Northwest District; Denese Prevatte, Robeson County, South Central District; Jo Strobush, New Hanover County, Southeast District; Gail Lail, Burke County, Southwest District; and Norma Chrisawn, Yancey County, West District. Denese Prevatte was the state winner.

The following individuals received Secretary Awards for Excellence in Special Leadership: Donna Warren, Extension Administration, campus; Susan Brame, Vance County, North Central District; Melinda White, Vernon James Research and Extension Center, Northeast District; Ginger McGhee, Yadkin County, Northwest District; Nanetta Rackley, Columbus County, South Central District; Cynthia Potter, Duplin County, Southeast District; Christine Barrier, Cabarrus County, Southwest District; and Norma Taylor, Jackson County, West District. Donna Warren was the state winner.

The following individuals received recognition for years of service to Cooperative Extension and the university. Those recognized for 25 years service were Susan Brame, Vance County; Janice Dotson, district directors; Patsy Mancha, Caswell County; Cynthia Potter, Duplin County; Brenda Saye, Buncombe County; Barbara Stone, Madison County; Kathy Walters, Brunswick County; and Kay Ward, Johnston County. Those recognized for 30 years service were Nancy Faulk, Alexander County; Gail Lail, Burke County; and Kathy Thomas, Moore County. Two individuals – Virginia Ashley of Chowan County and Pearl Blount of Anson County were recognized for 35 years service.

Marilyn Y. Gore has been elected to a one-year term as president-elect of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. She was elected this month by NEAFCS delegates at the recent Extension Galaxy II conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. NEAFCS is an association of community educators with Cooperative Extension and the land-grant university system in all 50 states. Gore has been employed with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service since March 1995. Her more than 28 years of Extension work began in Washington, D.C., at the University of the District of Columbia Extension Service. She provides leadership to Extension parenting education in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. Gore earned her bachelor of science degree in home economics from Bennett College and her master of science degree in home economics from Howard University. She also received a masters of arts degree in counseling from UDC.

Staff members of the Cooperative Extension Program at N.C. A&T State University were honored for developing programs that make communities safer and more productive, during a national conference in Atlanta this summer. Five of 18 Innovative Program Awards presented during the Association of Extension Administrators’ National Conference went to A&T specialists and program assistants.
The A&T winners are: Dr. Claudette L. Smith (two awards), for developing Share Yourself, a program that recruits and trains community volunteers to mentor job-seeking welfare recipients. Smith also won for N.C. Saves, developed to help people adopt financially-sound household management practices.
Dr. Shirley McNeill, for using the nationally-developed Mini-Society program to teach youth in public-housing communities about government, law, ethics, economics and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Robert D. Williamson and Dr. Ellen P. Smoak for developing a tool kit to better educate adults with low-literacy skills about water quality. The program is called Water: Assessing The Everyday Risks Just Use Good Sense or WATER JUGS.
Dr. Daniel D. Lyons, Dr. Francis Walson and Ms. Marcie Joyner for a program that bridges the digital divide for farm families, through Farmers Adopting Computer Training (FACT).
The Association of Extension Administrators comprises 18 land-grant universities in 16 states, that spread from Oklahoma and Texas in the Southwest, down through the Deep South, and up the Eastern Seaboard through Delaware.

September 2003
Ken Anderson, professor and Extension specialist in N.C. State's Poultry Science Department, received the Phibro Poultry Science Extension Award, sponsored by Phibro Animal Health, at the Poultry Science Association meeting in July. The award is presented for an outstanding program, conducted by a member of the Poultry Science Association, in the area of poultry extension during a five-year period. In addition, J.B. Tharrington, Anderson and K.M. Keener received the American Egg Board Award at the same meeting for the article, "Effects of Cryogenic Cooling of Shell Eggs on Egg Quality." Tharrington and Keener are in N.C. State's Food Science Department. Others recognized as co-authors of the article were D.R. Jones, former graduate student, F.T. Jones, formerly of the Poultry Science Department, and P.A. Curtis, formerly of the Food Science Department

Ken Swartzel, head of N.C. State's Food Science Department and William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, received the American Society of Agricultural Engineers fellow award in July for outstanding contributions to food engineering in the areas of kinetic theory and thermal food processing.

Horace Johnson and Josh Bledsoe, leaders in North Carolina's FFA program and faculty members in North Carolina State University's Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, will receive the Honorary American FFA Degree. Johnson is the agricultural education coordinator for FFA in North Carolina's Central Region, a position he has held for three years. Bledsoe has served as state FFA coordinator for three years. The two will receive their honorary degrees at the 2003 National FFA Convention, held in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 29 through Nov. 1.

Aggie Rogers, Marie Andrews and Barbara Byers received awards during the North Carolina Association of Extension Program Assistants, Associates and Technicians' annual meeting, held Aug. 25-27 in Raleigh. Rogers, a 4-H program association in Robeson County, received the association's highest award, the Dr. Bernadette G. Watts Award of Excellence. Byers, a 4-H program associate in Wayne County, won the Outstanding Service Award. Andrews, a nutrition program assistant in Wayne County, received the Early Career Award.

August 2003
Richard "Dick" Bir received the 2003 Tom Dodd Jr. Award of Excellence presented by the Cullowhee Conference on Native Plants, held at Western Carolina University. Bir has been a gardener and a professional horticulturist for about 40 years. After earning degrees in plant and soil sciences, studying at Longwood Gardens and living in the Great Dismal Swamp on the North Carolina-Virginia border, Bir worked as an Extension horticulturist in Florida. In 1979, he moved back to North Carolina, as a specialist in ornamental and commercial production at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Fletcher. As faculty in the horticulture department at N.C. State University, Bir's primary responsibilities are working with county agents and nurserymen to grow better plants for the landscape. The Tom Dodd Jr. Award, first given in 1988, recognizes those who have contributed to the native plant movement in North America.

July 2003
Dr. John Rushing, professor and department Extension leader in Food Science, was recently honored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for his work on the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments HACCP Committee Pilot Plant Evaluation Team. On June 13, Rushing and his team received the FDA's Group Recognition Award "for exceptional teamwork across FDA organizations and our stakeholders in evaluation of an NCIMS HACCP pilot as a voluntary alternative to assure the safety of Grade A milk products."

June 2003
The Southeastern Food Processors Association has established an endowed scholarship at North Carolina State University in honor of Dr. John Rushing, professor and department Extension leader in the Food Science Department. Rushing is executive director of the association and has worked through the association to provide food science scholarships for students in Southeastern land-grant universities. The scholarship honoring Rushing will be awarded to students annually.

Barry Nash, seafood technology and marketing specialist at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, has received three awards for service to North Carolina's seafood industry. He received the 2003 Outstanding Extension Service Award and induction into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension, the 2003 Human Resources Award for Excellence from the Vice Chancellor's Office for Research and Graduate Studies. Nash also was one of four Extension employees who receive the 2003 Alumni Outstanding Extension and Outreach Award from the N.C. State Alumni Association. (See Well Done archive, April 2003)

May 2003
Two gardening publications associated with N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have won top prizes in a national competition. Extension's Successful Gardener, a full-color newsletter published by North Carolina Cooperative Extension, and a special edition of the Friends of the JC Raulston Arboretum newsletter won 2003 Garden Globe Awards of Achievement in the newsletter, bulletin and brochure category. The annual awards are presented by the Garden Writers Association, an international organization of more than 1,800 professional communicators in the lawn and garden industry.

The arboretum was honored for a special edition published in conjunction with its 25th anniversary. Christopher Todd Glenn, the arboretum's program and education coordinator, edited the newsletter, with contributions from the arboretum's staff and volunteers. Bob Lyons, the arboretum's director, contributed to both the arboretum newsletter and to Extension's Successful Gardener.

The Extension newsletter provides timely, research-based horticultural information tailored to North Carolina. Published 10 times per year, it is part of a statewide horticultural program designed to help North Carolinians increase their knowledge of gardening, manage their landscape investment and protect the environment. Garden centers across the state distribute the newsletter, and it is available by subscription. For information, call 704.336.2561 or visit the Web site http://www.successfulgardener.org.

Leah Chester-Davis, an Extension specialist in N.C. State University's Department of Communication Services, is editor and project coordinator. Extension professionals in 19 counties contribute: Brunswick, David Barkley; Buncombe, Linda Blue; Burke, Donna Teasley; Cabarrus, David Goforth; Catawba, Fred Miller; Davidson, Amy-Lynn Bartel; Durham, Paul McKenzie; Gaston, Ben Dungan; Guilford, Karen Neill; Henderson, Diane Ashburn; Iredell, Donald Breedlove; Lincoln, Kevin Starr; Mecklenburg, Emily Revels; Nash, Mike Wilder; Northampton, Heather Lifsey; Orange, Royce Hardin; Rowan, Darrell Blackwelder; Union, Willie Earl Wilson; and Wake, Carl Matyac.

The North Carolina Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists presented its 2003 Education Awards during its May 2 meeting: Dr. Robert Bardon, of Extension forestry, was honored for his forestry issues series; Dr. Karen DeBord, of Family and Consumer Sciences, for professional development for North Carolina child care providers; and Dr. Carolyn Dunn and Leslie Pegram, also of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Cathy Thomas, of the state health department, for Color Me Healthy, a pre-school fitness and nutrition education program.

April 2003
Four faculty members associated with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service were honored April 21 during N.C. State University's first university extension and engagement awards dinner.

Receiving Outstanding Extension Service Awards were:
Dr. Rick Brandenburg, a peanut and turfgrass entomology specialist;
Dr. Jean Marie Luginbuhl, a crop and animal science specialist whose work focuses on meat goats;
M. Rodney Sawyer, Currituck County's Extension director; and
John Barry Nash, a food science associate based at the Center for Marine Science and Technology in Morehead City. Nash was nominated for his work as a seafood technology specialist with the North Carolina Sea Grant College Program.

Brandenburg, Sawyer and Nash were also among eight faculty members inducted into N.C. State's Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension. The academy, the only one of its kind in the nation, promotes and recognizes excellence in extension and outreach.

March 2003
Awards from State Extension Conference
The following individuals were recognized at State Extension Conference for their years of service to N.C. Cooperative Extension Service:
Year 2000 Extension Service certificates
10 years, Kenneth Anderson, Sarah Bunton, Joyce M. Counihan, Patricia C. Dunn, Evelyn M. Kindley, John M. Rice, Susan E. Ruiz-Evans, Skip L. Thompson, Ann M. Votaw, Curtis R. Young
20 years, Roger N. Cobb, Jeff Copeland, Mario Deluca, Harvey M. Fouts, David Jenkins, Stephen Lilley, Cheryl Lloyd, Karen McAdams, James H. Monroe, Katharine B. Perry, Edward B. Poling, Billy E. Privette, Suzanne N. Rhinehart, Charles D. Safley, Lewis W. Smith Jr., Karen M. Wicker
30 years, Alton R. Harris, Melinda M. Houser, James M. Pitman, Douglas Sanders, Kenneth A. Sorensen

2001 Extension Service certificates
10 years, Dee Furlough, Daniel E. Line, Nancy J. Ostergaard, Marjorie L. Rayburn, Mitchell A. Renkow, Jeanette D. Schuszler
20 years, David V. Barkley, Scheila Dalcoe, Everett Davis, Derek S. Day, S. Edward Emory, Reba Green-Holley, William R. Hardin, Jack L. Loudermilk, Daniel M. Lyons, N. Fred Miller, Robert A. Mowery, W. David Smith
30 years, John W. Van Duyn

2002 Extension Service Certificates
10 years, Arthur Bradley Jr., Tracy Carter, Albert Cooke, Stephen Duckett, Keith Edmisten, Michael Frinsko, Lanny Hass, Lynn Hoggard, Stanley Holloway, Jimo Ibrahim, Mary Mafuyai-Ekanem, D. Wayne Matthews, Vernon McHam, Arthur Purcell, Jeffery Vance, Katherine Williams, Frank Winslow
20 years, Travis Burke, Thomas Campbell, Agnes Evans, Joan Gosper, Ronald Hughes, Norman Whitford Jones, Richard Melton, John Rushing, Jeffrey Seiler, Byron Simonds, Wanda Sykes, Deborah Taylor, John Vining, Deborah Womack, Lou Woodard
30 years, Daniel Bailey, Judy Groff, Lynne Qualls
40 years, Kenneth Vaughn

Special scholarships and awards: Awards are listed, followed by the winners for 2001 and 2002.
Roy R. and Alice Barber Bennett Extension Scholarship, Charlie Tyson, 2001; David Nash and Bill Skelton, 2002;
Carol M. Birckhead Award for Outstanding County Extension Director, Cheryl Lloyd, 2001; Patricia McNeill, 2002;
Chet and Lucy Black 4-H Professional Development Scholarship, DeRonnie Harrison, 2001; Kimberly Ballard, 2002;
Edgar J. and Ethel B. Boone Adult Education Award, Amy Chilcote, 2001; Donna Mull, Mike Regans, 2002;
Charles M. Brickhouse Development Award, Arthur Bradley, Curtis Fountain, Norman Harrell, Bryant Spivey, 2001; Karen DeBord, 2002;
Lois G. Britt Outstanding Extension Agent Award, Mark Tucker, 2002;|
Billy and Wilma Caldwell Extension Leadership Award for County Extension Directors, Maurene Minton, 2002;
Victoria Jean Cope North Carolina 4-H Professional Development Award, Barbara Swanson, 2001; Crystal Smith, 2002;
Ada B. Dalla-Pozza Professional Development Award, Marna Holland, 2001; Susan Condlin, 2002;
George and Virginia Hyatt Extension Scholarship Award, Alice Pettitt, 2001; Sue Counts, Jacqueline Roseboro, 2002;
R.E. Jones Program Award (N.C. A&T), Bobby Edwards, 2002;
Lathan F. Smith Jr. Award of Excellence in 4-H, Katherine Williams, 2001; April Dillon, 2002;
Extension Leadership Award, Richard Liles, 2002;
Research Friend of Extension, Paul Nelson, 2001 and 2002;
N.C. State Alumni Outstanding Extension Service Award, Judy Mock, 2001;
N.C. State Outstanding Extension Service Award, Sue Counts, Carolyn Dunn, Peter Ferket, Mark Dearmon, 2001; Nancy Creamer, Dalton Dockery, Judy Mock, 2002;

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Foundation, N.C. State Grange Search for Excellence Awards
Awards are followed by winners and years.
2001 Individual awards
Agriculture, Ralph Blalock Jr.; Family and Consumer Sciences, Connie Sherrill; Secretaries, Susan Bennett, 2001; Director’s Award for Resource Development, Bob Edwards
2001 Team, Awards
Family and Consumer Education Team, Beaufort County: Pam Allen, Gaylon Ambrose, Gladys Barnes, Barbara Campbell, Susan Chase, Ann Darkow, Rod Gurganus, Louis Hinsley
4-H Youth Development Team, Wilson County: Regina Elmore, Janice Latour, Cyndi Lauderdale, Tanya Meads, Candy Murray, Debbie Skinner
Secretary Team, Wilson County: Connie Bailey, Linda Creech, Sue Nichols

2002 Individual awards
Family and Consumer Sciences, Debbie Stroud; Secretaries, Karen Whitley; Community and Rural Development and Natural Resources, Martha Mobley; 4-H and Youth Development, Lesa Walton; Administrative and Leadership, Tom Monaco; Director’s Award for Resource Development, Wanda Sykes, Rob Moul and Tom Morgan; County and Regional/Statewide Extension Resource Development Award, Maurene Minton
2002 Team awards
Agriculture, Tri-County Horticulture Team: Lewis Howe, Cyndi Lauderdale, Danny Lauderdale;
Specialists, Children’s Environmental Health Institute Team: Mary Wiggins, Barbara Garland, Susan Pope, Bob Williamson, Ellen Smoak, Jean Baldwin;
Program Assistants and Technicians, Columbus County EFNEP Team: Shirley Carmichael, Rebekah Thompson, Teresa Thompson, Marcia Ward

Editor's Note: Extension faculty and staff members are encouraged to submit notices of state and national honors, awards, and other recognitions to Editor, Extension On-Line News, Box 7603, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695-7603, or via e-mail to natalie_hampton@ncsu.edu.