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USDA Secondary Ag Ed Challenge Grants Program
We are now in the third year
of the USDA Secondary Ag Ed Challenge Grants Program. This competitive
grant program supports projects to strengthen agriscience and
agribusiness education in our Nations secondary schools (grades
9-12). The program is administered by the USDA Office of Higher
Education Programs. The funding is appropriated for the program by the
United States Congress.
Refer to the NAAE website at www.naae.org
for the latest information about the program, including links to
previously funded projects and to the current application guidelines.
The deadline for submitting proposals this year is March 19, 2001. All
NAAE members should have received a postcard mailing from USDA
announcing the program for this year.
Please keep in mind that the
funding for this program comes from the U.S. Congress. NAAE advocates
for increased funding for this program. But, the people who can really
influence Members of Congress are the voters in the respective
Congressional districts and the states -- thats you!
Please visit the legislative
advocacy section of the NAAE website often and please communicate with
your Members of Congress about this program. They will support the
programs their constituents ask them to support!
If you want to become more
personally involved with NAAEs legislative advocacy efforts, please
contact the NAAE office by calling (800) 772-0939 or sending
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2000-01
NAAE Board of Directors and Alternate Vice Presidents
(Seated
left to right) Earl Williams, Region I Alt VP, OR; Benny Bell, Region
II Alt VP, LA; Bryan Gause, President Elect, IN; Paul Jaure,
President, TX; Paul Larson, Region III Alt VP, WI; and Terry Hughes,
Region VI Alt VP, NY. (Standing left to right) Sue Poland, Region I
VP, ID; Larry Long, Region II VP, OK; Chuck Stranberg, Region III VP,
MN; Jeff Maierhofer, Region IV VP, IL; Roger Teeple, Region V VP, NC;
and Sarah Osborn Welty, Region VI VP, MD. Not pictured are Harold
Eckler, Region IV Alt VP, MO; and Lee James, Region V Alt VP, MS.
Dr.
Kevin Bacon, formerly the Secondary Ag Ed Challenge Grant program
manager at USDA, was awarded the Honorary American FFA Degree at the
2000 National FFA Convention. NAAE was pleased to nominate Dr. Bacon
for this honor. Dr. Bacon is now teaching agricultural economics at
Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri. |
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Dates & Events
PAS Annual Meeting Bismarck, North Dakota
March 14-16, 2001
National Ag Week March 18-24, 2001 National
Ag Day March 20, 2001
NAAE Region I Leadership Conference Carmel,
California April 25-28, 2001
Upper Division Scholarship Applications Postmark Due Date
May 15, 2001
NAAE Award Applications Postmark Due Date May 15,
2001
(the above refers to Outstanding Young Member,
Outstanding Teacher, Outstanding Program, and Postsecondary All-Star
Team)
NFRBMEA Annual Conference Breckenridge, Colorado
June 10-14, 2001
NAAE Region II Leadership Conference Hot Springs,
Arkansas June 17-20, 2001
NAAE Region III Leadership Conference Chamberlain,
South Dakota June 19-21, 2001
NAAE Region V Leadership Conference Haines City,
Florida June 24-27, 2001
NAAE Region IV Leadership Conference Grand Rapids,
Michigan June 26-28, 2001
NAAE Region VI Leadership Conference Baltimore,
Maryland July 6-9, 2001
National FFA Convention Louisville, Kentucky
October 25-27, 2001
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2001 NAAE
Convention - New Orleans, Louisiana - December 11-15 |
ACTE Convention New
Orleans, Louisiana December 13-16, 2001
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