Wooster Campus

Associate Dean Search Update

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Earlier this year, the college embarked on a national search to fill the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education position.  By all accounts, there was tremendous interest in this position and great excitement within the college as evidenced by the nearly 60 nominations submitted by our faculty and staff.

After conversation with our executive search firm, the search committee has recommended that we pause the search for this position.  While we had hoped to fill this critical position in the near future, pausing the search during the leadership transitions of the college will allow for a more stable and clearer picture for everyone. I’m sure there will be discussion about the most appropriate path forward for this position once those transitions have taken place.

My sincere thanks to Terry Niblack and each member of the search committee for their hard work and thoughtful input.

In the very near future, we will share additional information about how we will continue to support research and graduate education in the college.

Kind Regards,

Ron

Ronald Hendrick, PhD

Acting Dean and VP for Agricultural Administration

College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

The Ohio State University

100 Agricultural Administration Bldg.

2120 Fyffe Rd

Columbus, OH 43210

614-292-4218

hendrick.15@osu.edu

Ohio State ATI Reception – CFAES Alumni Award Recipients

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Please join us on Friday, March 4, 4-6 p.m. in the Skou Hall student lounge on the Ohio State ATI campus for a reception honoring our CFAES Alumni Achievement Award recipients:

Young Professional Achievement Award

Ryan Saxe

Ryan Saxe has distinguished himself as an education professional in a relatively short amount of time. Since graduating from Ohio State ATI with an Associate of Science degree in 2003, Ryan has gone on to earn a B.S. in agricultural and environmental education from West Virginia University, an M.A. in leadership studies from Marshall University and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from Liberty University. Along the way, he has garnered numerous teaching awards and his creativity has been exemplified by his being highly successful in both granstmanship and scholarship. Ryan is currently Director of the Office of Professional Learning for Manatee County Schools in Bradenton, Florida.

Distinguished Alumni Award

John Douglass

John Douglass is a dynamic, progressive dairy producer that contributes in many ways to sustaining the Ohio dairy industry. He presently owns about 5700 cows that are managed on three dairy operations -Catalpadale and Bristol Dairies located in Marshallville, Ohio and the Coral Hill Dairy located near Glasgow, Kentucky. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in dairy science in 1984. The Douglas dairy operations thrived during some very challenging and tumultuous fiscal times. John has been very active in state and national dairy activities, the Ohio Farm Bureau as a member of the Dairy Advisory Committee, president of the Wayne County Farm Bureau and is very active in Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District activities. He is a charter member of the Ohio Dairy Producers Association. He has always been a willing guest lecturer in various dairy management classes and is an advisory board member at Ohio State ATI.

International Alumni Award

Milton Gorocica

Dr. Milton Gorocica has made astounding advances in his career endeavors with the food producing animal pharmaceutical industries since the time he graduated with a Ph.D. degree in 2006. Following graduation, he joined Cargill Meat Solutions as a national technical services leader for dairy. In a very short period of time, Milton had the opportunity to move back to Mexico in an area close to his childhood home with Elanco Animal Health, in a position that focused on the beef cattle finishing feedlot sector. In 2013, Milton joined Phibro Animal Health, where he is presently Global Cattle Marketing Director responsible for planning, generating and implementing marketing plans to support technical sales staff for the Northern Hemisphere – USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, China, Russia, Israel, Turkey and other sectors of the Middle East.

Meritorious Service Award

Ken Cochran

Ken Cochran joined the faculty of Ohio State ATI in 1978, where he coordinated the nursery management program. He gained a tremendous reputation for training students in technical and business skills that prepared them to be “job ready” in the landscape industry. He used the Secrest Arboretum as a learning laboratory, and relationships he had with industry clientele from his earlier career endeavors helped students in obtaining leading positions in the landscape industry. Ken took on the role as Secrest Arboretum program director in 1999. He retired in December 2014 after 36 years of service on the Wooster campus.

RSVP online by Feb. 29.

Wooster Campus Blood Drive

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American Red Cross Blood Drive at

Fisher Auditorium.
Friday, February 19, 2016

9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

 Making an appointment is easy.

Click on the link below. Once you get to the website enter your email address and date of birth.  Fill out the form with some basic information that the Red Cross will need.  This is a onetime set up.

Then click the “Continue and View Blood Drives” button. You will see our blood drive, if not, enter Wooster in the sponsor code. Click the circle to the left of the day you would like your appointment.  This also allows you to choose a regular appt or double red appt at the top of the page.   On the next page, pick a time. Then you will receive an email confirming your appointment.  Let me know if you have any problems with this. 

Make your appointment now!  You are going to save a life!  http://www.redcrossblood.org/

Walk-ins are also welcome.
https://www.givelife.org/index.cfm?Sponsor=Wooster

Wooster Campus Leadership

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Many of you have seen the announcement below from Acting Dean Ron Hendrick announcing the leadership changes for OARDC and ATI on the Wooster Campus.  We look forward to working with all of you to continue to make OARDC and ATI excellent and exemplary organizations within the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.  During this time of transition, there will likely be continued changes with our organizations and the College, but we will work closely with College leadership to maintain a transparent and communicative organization.

Contact information:

David Benfield
Associate Vice President for Agricultural Administration
Director, Wooster Campus
College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center/Agricultural Technical Institute
209 Research Services
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster OH 44691
330-263-3703 – office
330-263-3688 – fax

AND

106 Agricultural Administration Building
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus OH 43210
614-292-3897 – office
614-292-3263 – fax

Loren Harper is David Benfield’s Office Associate.
330-263-3703
Harper.202@osu.edu

Rhonda Billman
Assistant Director, Wooster Campus
College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center/Agricultural Technical Institute
209 Research Services
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster OH 44691
330-263-3660 – office
330-263-3688 – fax
Billman.36@osu.edu

Shelley Whitworth is Rhonda Billman’s Office Associate.
330-263-3701
Whitworth.2@osu.edu

 Thanks,
Dave Benfield, Associate Vice President and Director, Wooster Campus
Rhonda Billman, Assistant Director, Wooster Campus