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Agricultural and Human Sciences

AHS Welcomes, Awards, Recognitions and Farewells

September 9, 2021

We are thankful for our AHS family! Today we would like to express proper gratitude by acknowledging the many achievements made by our phenomenally hardworking faculty and staff. We would also like to send proper goodbyes to our AHS colleagues, whose time has come close. We wish them all the best and can’t wait to see what they accomplish next.

Welcomes

  • In May, Sarah Williams joined the Agricultural Education/FFA Team as the new FFA program associate. Williams assists with career development event registration, camp registration, state convention, and NC FFA Center reservations. She also maintains the NC FFA website and social media channels. 
  • Jessica Williams joined AHS as our new graduate certificate coordinator and communications specialist. She is a graduate of our Family Life and Youth Development master’s program (the inaugural class!) and has over 12 years of experience in youth, family and community programming. Williams will oversee the YFCS certificate programs, manage the department’s communications and work with our graduate studies committee to enhance and expand our YFCS internship class.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Congratulations to Sarah Kirby for receiving the Outstanding Graduate Instructor award for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for 2021.
  • Congratulations to Katherine McKee, who received the Association of Leadership Educators Rising Star Award this summer for early-career achievement.
  • Mohammed Golam Farouque of Bangladesh Agricultural University is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in AHS. Farouque recently won an essay contest for Fulbright participants on Corporate Governance sponsored by the One To World Foundation. His essay won first place among 42 entries! Farouque received a monetary award from the Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust. 
  • Thank you to Richard Bonanno for serving as our acting department head in the transition period as the university searched for a new leader for AHS. We appreciate your dedication and leadership during the transition phase.
  • Congratulations to Ben Chapman for being named interim department head for AHS. Chapman is a professor and food safety Extension specialist in the department. He is looking forward to working together and strengthening our department by supporting our community and advocating for resources for our academic, extension, and research programs.

Farewells

  • Lorelei Jones retired in June after 24 years of working with the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. Best wishes to Lorelei in her retirement, and we thank her for her years of service and leadership.