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Wednesday Wire: July 31, 2019

  1. John Wanzer Professional Development Funds to support two ATI staffers

    Submitted by Kris Boone, boone.3@osu.edu

    Cate Hunko and Denise Rotavera-Krain are the recipients of grants from the John Wanzer Professional Development Fund from the OSU Office of Academic Affairs. The fund provides grants each year for continuing education that will enable advisors to become better informed about the latest research in student success, including technologies, evidence-based interventions, and data-informed decision-making. Cate and Denise will be using the funds to attend a conference in Louisville, KY.

  2. Display Garden Day Thursday, Aug. 1

    Submitted by Terry Lanker, lanker.2@osu.edu

    Display Garden day

  3. Welcome, Mitchel Gissinger

    Submitted by Shelley Whitworth, whitworth.2@osu.edu

    Please join us in welcoming Mitchel Gissinger as the new Equine Agricultural Technician 1, who started July 22. Mitchel is a 2017 ATI graduate in Equine Science and former employee at the Equine Center while attending classes. In 2017, he completed an internship at the Kentucky Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Center and most recently has been working as a vet technician to a sport horse veterinarian. We are excited to have him as part of the Grace Drake Agricultural Laboratory staff. 

  4. Uttara Samarakoon participating in USDA grant

    Submitted by Kris Boone, boone.3@osu.edu

    Dr. Uttara Samarakoon is Principal Investigator for a $200,000 USDA grant to support research to address existing production issues in hydroponic leafy greens via nutrient management. The project will be conducted using the nutrient film technique and focus on the production of arugula, watercress, mustard green, kale, sorrel, spinach, bokchoy, and Chinese cabbage.

     

  5. Landscape Industry Certified Technician Test set for Aug. 7-8

    Submitted by Kim Sayers, sayers.1@osu.edu

    Ohio's 20th (and final) full offering of the national Landscape Industry Certified Technician test is set for next Wednesday and Thursday, August 7-8, 2019. Our campus will be host to 100+ representatives from across Ohio's landscape industry, many of whom are ATI alumni! 
        
    Please note, the Skou parking lot will be closed both Wednesday and Thursday. Thank you for your patience with this interruption of your normal traffic patterns! 
     

  6. Wooster Campus receives Farm-to-School USDA grant

    Faculty and students from ATI will be participating in a project that recently received $99,347 in grant funds from the US Department of Agriculture.

    “Growing a Farm to School Community in Wayne County” is a unique collaboration between the non-profit A Whole Community, Inc., Northwestern Local Schools, Wooster City Schools, and The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center, and Wayne County Extension. Using a multi-faceted approach that will increase local produce on school menus and create a flourishing Farm to School culture in the school and community, this project will: expand the supply chain partnerships to offer a diverse array of local produce for schools to purchase, implement an Individualized Farm to School Plan for each school to identify barriers and create solutions, including providing food service staff with training, menus, recipes, and kitchen supplies, and implement Farm to School Ambassador Clubs, led by school staff and college interns, that are student-driven and parent supported, as they host experiential nutrition education activities. 

    ATI students will be serving as Farm to School Ambassadors by helping lead clubs in local schools that explore sustainable food production, nutrition, and healthy eating.