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March 30, 2006 NDSU Ag Honor Society Planning State Tour North Dakota State University’s first agricultural honor society is more than doubling in size. Gamma Sigma Delta also is presenting its first Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award and developing a statewide tour to promote agriculture in North Dakota. Marty Marchello, who recently retired as a professor in the NDSU Animal and Range Sciences Department, will receive the award during a banquet April 7. The honor society, which formed last fall with 22 charter members, also will induct another 33 members during the banquet. Gamma Sigma Delta is for students, faculty, alumni and others involved in agriculture or related sciences. Its objective is to encourage advancement and improvement in all branches of agricultural sciences and the agricultural industry. The chapter recently received a $750 grant from its parent organization, Gamma Sigma Delta International, for the agriculture promotion effort. NDSU’s College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources has committed $1,000 toward the effort. Chapter members plan to do some additional fundraising as well. The chapter intends to organize a series of meetings at NDSU Research Extension Centers, other research sites and private businesses, and with agriculture-related associations, throughout the state to generate collaborations and ideas and discover ways to promote agriculture. Those going on the meeting tour include NDSU researchers; North Dakota University System and tribal college personnel; high school, undergraduate and graduate students; NDSU Extension Service personnel; agricultural producers; State Board of Agricultural Research and Education members; personnel from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Center; and state and federal government representatives. “There is nothing quite like a road trip to get to know other people better,” says Gamma Sigma Delta President Charlene Wolf-Hall, an associate professor in the Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences Department. “We believe getting out into the state and interacting with people interested in agriculture will help our chapter fulfill the objectives of Gamma Sigma Delta in a proactive and effective way.” The tour is scheduled for this summer. If it is successful, the chapter hopes to plan similar tours and other activities every other year, Wolf-Hall says. ### Source:
Charlene Wolf-Hall, (701) 231-6387, charlene.hall@ndsu.edu |
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