A message from the Director:
Greetings! In this first edition of Pioneer Junction for the academic year 2018-19, you will read about several happenings in the School of Agriculture. We are proud of our students, faculty and staff's many accomplishments. Classes are in session and the hallways of Russell are buzzing with students and professors.
During the summer, many of the SOA faculty were engaged in research, summer and pre-college camps and visiting interning students at various sites. We are proud of our students and thankful to the internship employers that support the SOA, a record number of students (~165) did their internships over this summer.
With renewed energy, the Fall-2018 term started with new people on board. Dr. Julie Van Der Wilt joined as the assistant professor in agribusiness program. She brings rich talent and business acumen with a PhD in business to teach many of the agribusiness courses. In addition, we also welcomed a few adjunct faculty. We are currently engaged in another faculty search process to fill an assistant professor position in the agribusiness program. This will fill the vacancy created by the leaving of Dr. Annie Kinwa-Muzinga to another university.
