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Big Screen Collaborators

CAFNR faculty are appearing on a Jumbotron near you

You may have noticed some friendly faces at MU football games this fall. Friendly CAFNR faces. On the big screen, no less. Just before the start of the football season, CAFNR Communications asked representatives from around the College to help us with a big project – in a short amount of time. This season, Buck’s Ice Cream became the official ice…

Cool Partnership

Buck's Ice Cream named Official Ice Cream of the Missouri Tigers

Tasty news from the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources! The College’s Buck’s Ice Cream, produced on the University of Missouri campus, is now the official ice cream of the Missouri Tigers. It will be sold at MU sporting events, starting with the MU vs. Southeastern Louisiana football game, Saturday, Sept. 1. Buck’s is a product of CAFNR’s Food…

Naylor named head of local DAR chapter

Sharon Wulff Naylor, administrative assistant, rural sociology, was named Regent of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Columbian Chapter, of which she has been a member since 2001. Naylor took the position (similar to president) in March and will serve in that role until 2014. The local DAR chapter was founded in 1902 and is one of the…

Brandon Thiel named CAFNR’s Outstanding Senior

Brandon Thiel, recent plant sciences graduate, Marshall, Mo., was named CAFNR’s Outstanding Senior for 2011-2012. During his time at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Thiel served on the CAFNR Steering Week Committee, CAFNR Student Council, MU Homecoming Committee, Omicron Delta Kappa honor society, Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, and others; all with an executive or officer role. He…

A Tasty Homecoming

CAFNR and Top Chef Alum Brings Her "Farm-to-Table" Cooking Style to Gala

On her fourth birthday, Heather Terhune told her parents she wanted to be a chef. And, judging by the dinner she requested that night, before even starting kindergarten – artichokes and spareribs – they couldn’t have been too surprised that she never wavered from that dream. “I never changed my mind,” she said. Although she always knew she’d attend culinary…

The Community Artist

Using Art for Education

Lee Ann Woolery wants to expand how people see art. As the Community Arts Specialist for Community Development Extension – a new position within CAFNR – she sees creativity and innovation as the very foundation of art. In fact, Woolery has used the arts to teach science, for example, for many years. “I’ve always been an advocate of teaching science through…