
Activities and Events Supported in 2011
Submitted testimony to US House and Senate Agricultural Committees in support of increased funding of research at BARC.
Financial support to bring a Maryland Agriculture Education Fund teaching trailer to the Beltsville Academy - October 24 - 28, 2011.
BARC Diversity Taskforce
International Food Festival and Fitness Walk with Student Discovery Garden Season Opener - May 5, 2011.
Purchased educational signage for the Student Discovery Garden - May, 2011
Asian Pacific Heritage Month - May 18, 2011.
National Gay and Lesbian Pride Month - June 15, 2011.
National Hispanic Heritage Month - September 21, 2011.
National Disability Employment Awareness Month panel discussion- October 13, 2011.
National Disabilities Awareness Month Video series, October 26, 2011
American Indian Heritage Month - November 16, 2011.
Graduate Student Agricultural Research Symposium - February 10 & 11, 2011
Supported BARC Poster Day by supplying the tent, lunches, breaks, and cash awards for the top 3 High School Intern Projects - April 27, 2011
Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Choptank River Watershed Project Tour - May 23, 2011.
Financial support for three FAR-B Summer Internships.
Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack visit to BARC- June 2011.
Handled registration fees and paid bills for the Plant Germplasm Operating Committee meeting held at BARC - June 21-22, 2011.
Leaders of tomorrow - End of Summer Student Program - August 3, 2011.
Provided refreshments for the Area Directors' Retreat at BARC - August 18, 2011.
Purchased lunches when three Congressional Fellows of the American Veterinary Medical Association visited ANRI and met with ANRI scientists, August 29, 2011
Handled registration fees for the BARC-UMD Fall Symposium - Trends in Agriculture - October 20, 2011.
Handled registration fees and paid bills for the BARD Workshop "Microarrays and Next-Generation Sequencing for Detection and Identification of Plant Viruses - November 17 - 19, 2011.
Judged Montgomery, Howard, and Prince Georges County Middle Schools Science Fairs and presented gift certificates to FAR-B winners in 2011.
Initiated membership in the Baltimore-Washington Chamber of Commerce"
Purchased signage for new research project at the National Arboretum.
Supported
the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation science trailer at the
Beltsville Academy, October 24 – 28, 2011.
Grand Opening of the BARC Student Discovery Garden, September 8, 2010. (See article)
Science-enrichment outreach program at Beltsville Academy - September 29 - October 1, 2010. (See article)