Congratulations to Dr. Arbindra Rimal! His work is being featured in the university’s 2017 edition of Mind’s Eye. Here’s a sneak peek at the story: Dr. Arbindra Rimal would probably still be an accountant or banker today if not for his memorable encounters with farmers back in his native Nepal while working at a rural development bank in the 1980s. Their work and … [Read more...] about Arbindra Rimal featured in Mind’s Eye
Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang, professor of agriculture at Darr College of Agriculture at Missouri State University (MSU), Li-Ling Chen, research specialist in the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station at Darr College of Agriculture at MSU, and three students; Surya Sapkota, an MSU/University of Missouri collaborative Ph.D. student, and Jacob Schneider and Will Knuckles, both plant … [Read more...] about Agriculture students present grape breeding research at conference
The next time you’re walking through campus, you might pass Miss Philippines USA on the sidewalk. Chrystelle "C.J." Volckmann is a Missouri State sophomore animal science student. She could be the next star in modeling. Getting started in the Ozarks C.J. grew up in Marshfield, Missouri until the eighth grade, and then moved to Springfield to go to Central High … [Read more...] about Miss Philippines USA strives for a career in animal science
Missouri State University Darr College of Agriculture alumna, Tayler McLane, from Broseley, Missouri, became the first woman to receive the Precision Impact Award at the 2016 Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) meeting in Orlando, Florida, after being nominated by the Missouri home office, MFA Inc. at Columbia. Raised on a nearly 5,000-acre row crop farm in the Missouri … [Read more...] about College of Agriculture alumna is first woman to win Precision Impact Award
By Laura Wolf, Missouri State alumna Haiti: the most impoverished country in the world. As the students and professors journeyed from village to village, is was obvious that help had come, but it hadn’t stayed. At one time, a huge influx of support had begun reconstruction on infrastructure and buildings in Port au Prince, the country’s capital. Now, efforts to help exist on … [Read more...] about Hope for Haiti