In 2018, the Coalition of Florida Extension for Latino Communities (CAFÉ Latino) was built and designed by UF/IFAS Extension faculty to assist Extension Agents in Florida in better serving the needs of the state’s growing Latinx population. ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Being raised in Plant City, Florida, Alicia Price always knew being a teacher was her goal. When she joined her first agriculture class in middle school, her agriculture teacher became her role model, leading her to pursue a career in agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Attending National FFA Convention his freshman year of high school with six friends hooked Jason Dossett into the FFA, but it was the continued impact of his agriculture teachers, Jon Waters and Mark Dowlen at Heritage FFA in Maryville, Tennessee ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Angie Rivera-Benavides was raised in Miami, Florida surrounded by the urban south-Florida city. When she entered high school and joined an agriculture class and the FFA, Angie’s interest in agricultural education was sparked. She’s always ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
In the spring, faculty from across UF/IFAS CALS gather for the CALS Mentor Academy after being nominated and selected. Through this program, faculty from CALS focus on their ability to improve their graduate student mentoring skills. This past ... READ MORE
Category: Events
Growing up on a small, diversified livestock farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia, Ed Osborne enjoyed both the responsibilities of agricultural production and the potential provided by education. Early in his high school experience ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Agricultural educator Jonathan Heavner is a 2017 graduate of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication. He is currently working at Braden River High School. What brought you to CALS and your department? What first sparked ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & LifeUniversity of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumna Valerie (McKee) Sledd earned her undergraduate degree from the Agricultural Education and Communication (AEC) Department in 2014 and her Ph.D. from the Department in 2019. ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
After enrolling in an agriculture course her freshman year of high school, Heather Yoder saw her teacher, Mrs. Everett, as a role model and the reason she majored in an agricultural education and communication at the University of Florida. As ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching