Updated 03/15/20 As we continue to monitor COVID-19 in Florida, I wanted to take a moment to update our UF/IFAS Extension community about our current status, best practices and next steps. Please call your local UF/IFAS Extension office… Read More
Mid-Florida Research and Education Center student Yuvraj Khamare was recently awarded third place in the International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) Southern Region Charlie Parkerson Student Research Competition at the 2019 IPPS Southern Region show. “This competition gives graduate… Read More
The UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center’s (MREC) researchers and graduate students had strong attendance at this year’s American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual international conference. The MREC team participated in panel sessions, gave presentations and presented… Read More
This week, we would like to spotlight Travis Marois, a plant science and University of Florida alumni from the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center in Apopka. Travis transferred into the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and LIfe Sciences to… Read More
Recently, MREC’s Liz Felter attended the 2019 Extension Leadership Conference in San Antonio. Felter presented at the conference with colleagues Hannah Wooten, sustainable agriculture & food systems Extension agent in Seminole County, and Richard Tyson, director of UF/IFAS… Read More
This past year, Roger Kjelgren, MREC’s center director, was awarded an American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Leshner Fellowship. We had a chance to chat with Kjegren about his experience as an AAAS Leshner Fellow so… Read More
Earlier this month at the joint meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Agricultural Media Summit in Phoenix, Arizona I was selected to give a presentation on academic storytelling, faculty… Read More
Over the past 10 weeks, I have had the best experience interning with the Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) in Apopka. Last spring in my sophomore year at UF, I decided I would try to develop a… Read More
Every semester, MREC offers internship opportunities to students interested in different horticultural aspects. Finishing up her summer internship is Nereida Gabriel, a current biomedical student at UCF. Since middle school, Nereida has wanted to become a doctor…. Read More
When thinking of the University of Florida, many associate it with the main campus in Gainesville, Florida. However, throughout the state, there are 12 UF/IFAS research and education centers offering undergraduate degrees in addition to Extension resources. At… Read More
