Lori Gallimore, Extension Specialist The 2019 in-service listing and registration links are now available on the 4-H website. A variety of topics are offered. You may access this information by…
2019 4-H Inservice Listing and Registration Now Available
It’s Basketball Time In Tennessee
Dwight Loveday, Interim Assistant Dean & Department Head College basketball preparation kicked off a couple of weeks ago. This week we have seen a lot of news on collegiate basketball,…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ronnie Cowan
Carrie Ann Stephens, Graduate Coordinator As a faculty member and graduate advisor, I have the privilege of working with many outstanding Extension agents across Tennessee. Each graduate student works extremely…
Fall is Full of 4-H Activities
Another busy and exciting week in Tennessee 4-H! 4-H agents are meeting clubs, volunteers teaching “Next Chapter” lessons, preparations being made for shooting sports, planning National 4-H Congress, conducting 4-H agent in service, our Tennessee 4-H Council President flying with the Commissioner of Agriculture to the Sunbelt Ag Expo and Elizabeth Sanders (former TN 4- Her, current extension agent) speaking to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Wow!
Professional Development Energizes 4-H Agents
Dwight Loveday, Interim Assistant Dean & Department Head I had the opportunity to spend most of the week with 4-H professionals from all over the country at the 2018 National…
State 4-H Leadership Retreat
Dwight Loveday, Interim Assistant Dean & Department Head This week the state and regional 4-H staff met in Murfreesboro for a leadership retreat. This retreat is focused on identifying the…
National 4-H Week: A History Lesson
“My name is Jimmy Stewart, and I live in Hollywood, California, and I like 4-H Clubs. I admire 4-H-ers more every time I see these alert young people applying head,…
Retention in a 4-H Program
Dr. Dwight Loveday Although our Tennessee 4-H enrollment data has been relatively steady, USDA data indicates a declining enrollment in many states. A study involving mostly western states explored some…
It’s Football Time in Tennessee
For most of you reading this, you are anticipating the 2018 season opening kickoff or have started another work week knowing the outcome of the UT-West Virginia game. UT football fans (and most Southeastern Conference fans) are very passionate about their football. On the sports radio show one fan was so anxious that he said he already had his “mouth piece” in and was “rarin” to go!
Our TN 4-H Program
Dr. Dwight LOveday The past couple of weeks I have traveled a good deal in regard to the 4-H program. The first was the Tennessee Extension Advisory committee and then…
