Penn State Ag Sciences College Needs More From State
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ering 400 students, making it the
largest scholarship program in the
University.
In Extension Starling also dis
cussed the many different collabo
rations occuring among different
land-grant universities with their
respective Extension programs.
As one example, he said that
Penn Slate Extension has collabor
ated with university Extension
programs in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, and New Jersey,
and with the USDA to create a reg
ional fruit tree research and edcua
tional working group for research
and extension.
It is supported by a regional
council of fruit producers.
Other examples of collabora
tions with agricultural colleges and
Extension programs include Penn
State and Virginia with poultry
(especially turkey), and New
York’s Cornell University and
Penn State for grape research.
Starling has served for 10 years
in the dean’s office before accept
ing the interim deanship.
“In the put 10 year-period we
made a lot of progress in impto-
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ving facilities,” he said
But he said that similar to the
saying recently popularized by
First Lady Hillary Clinton’s
book “It takes a village to raise
a child” “It takes a state to
have a strong college of agricul
ture.” he said
That type of consideration is
also apparently reversible and
expandable —it takes a strong
educational system to have a
strong state.
Though University President
Spanier was not present during
Starling’s update on die college,
when Spanier arrived for his pre
sentation, he was introduced as
having said that it was his goal at
the 16th president of the Penn State
University, to be the top university
in the integration of research, com
munity service and education.
He said the Extension model is
an excellent model to expand into
other colleges within the
University.
After taking office last fall. Spa*
nier has embarked on a statewide
lour to visis all 23 branch cam
puses and 67 extension offices and
local businesses and high schools.
Well aware of the economic and
Robert Davis (Cargill), Kathy St. John, John St. John.
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rebuilding effort needed in the
state, in effect he said that it should
be the role of a land-grant universi
ty to serve the state by being direct
ly involved in the rebuilding effort
Noting the globalization of the
economy, the shifting of environ
mental oversight from federal to
state priority, and reductions of
federal spending on agriculture
and rural communities, along with
more specific state initiatives to
build upon some of the state’s out
standing natural resources (which
were neglected or destroyed dur
ing the state’s heavily industrial
ized periods) to serve as a base for
economic regrowth, etc., Spanier
said that the university should be
expected to help the stale’s resi
dents achieve their efforts to
improve their quality of lives.
He said he is seeking a higher
increase in state funding for the
College of Agricultural Sciences
than for the University as a whole,
because of the College’s impor
tance to the state and its rural and
urban communities.
He said that it is his intention to
have more of the University’s
other colleges work with the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 1996-A3l
Extension system through the Col
lege of Agricultural Sciences to
provide even better technical and
cutting edge technological
expertise.
It is the responsibility of the uni
versity to help the state grow, he
said.
Spanier said that in traveling
around the state and visiting with
Extension and College of Ag Sci
ences people, he has found most
people in good spirit despite the
hardships from the cutbacks.
“We cannot sustain continued
cuts like this,” Spanier told the
group. “I’m pushing very hard.”
He said, “No educational deliv
ery system has ever done more
(than Extension).” He also cau
tioned that, “We’re at an era where
it can go rate way or the other. We
can build on the model and build
Extension, or we can sit back an let
funding continue to decrease.”
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Fann, Cream Ridge, NJ.. 10
a.m.-4 p.m.
National Wildlife Week, thni
14-Hour Course On Tractor and
Farm Machinery, Octorara
High School, also April 23,29.
and 30,6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Final
written and driving tests May 4,
Lebanor^ountypoM
Lebanon Valley Ag Center, 7
p.m.-9 p.m.
Ephrata Young Fanners Ladies
Night Out, Cloister Restaurant,
6:30 p.m.
Beef Evaluation Program, Live
Evaluation. Leesport Fanner’s
Market, Leesport. 7:30 p.m.
Carcass evaluation Peters
Bros., Lenhartsville. April 2S.
p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m.
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Spanier also outlined a proposal
to restructure and combine some of
the regional campuses and make it
possible for students to achieve
four-year degrees at branch
campuses.
In other business, recognitions
were made during the meeting.
Those members leaving the
board of directors received Nittany
Lion statues.
Marie Schoen, who served as
chairperson for this year’s annual
meeting, received a statue and also
a certificate of appreciation; David
Quick, who served as chairperson
for the PCCEA’s Legislative Day
activity, received a statue; Betty
Woodruff, board vice president for
four years, received a statue; Anna
Peters, secretary for four years,
received a statue and a certificate
of appreciation; and Judy Diebold,
received a certificate of apprecia-
Octorara Watershed Association
annual dinner meeting. Black
Rock Retreat, QuarryviUe, 6:30
p.m.
Effective Futures Programmed!
County Md. Extension Service,
Cliff England Farm, Calvert, 6
p.m.
Beef Evaluation Program, Carcass
Frederick, M<L, 7 p.m.
Maine-New England Beef Expo,
Fryebuig, Maine, thru April 28.
Pa. State Guernsey Breeders Asso
' The Arcr
Sale, Frederick Fairgrounds,
Frederick, Md., 10:30 a.m.
17th Annual Pa. Bide Halter Sale,
Bedford, 1 p.m.
71st Annual Agriculture Day, U.
of Md. College Park, 9 a.m.-4
P.m.
—Jeff Moore
Centreville, MD
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