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.
  

• Site Visit for Recertification of BHNRC Animal Care Facility - March 18, 2010.
  

• Women's History Month Special Emphasis Program -  March 24, 2010.

• Twenty-First Annual BARC Poster Day - April 21, 2010. (See page 4 article)

• Beltsville Administrative Support Training Session - April 21, 2010.

• Science-enrichment outreach program at Beltsville Academy - April 20 and 22, 2010. (See page 5 article)

• Reception to congratulate Dr. J. P. Dubey on his election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences - May 11, 2010. (See page 4 article)

• FAR-B Annual Meeting - May 13, 2010. (See page 1 & 2 article)

• BARC Field Day - June 5, 2010.  (See photos)

• Leaders of tomorrow - End of Summer Student Program held on August 6, 2010.

• 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)

• Celebrating Science - Bed Bugs...Chocolate...and Beyond, held at Whitten Patio on October 4, 2010.
  

Activities and Events Supported in 2009-

• Black History Month Special Emphasis Program - February 26, 2009 - With a Special Presentation by Dr. Essex Finney.

• Twentieth Annual BARC Poster Day - April 15, 2009.

• Beltsville Administrative Support Training Session - April 29, 2009

• Science-enrichment outreach program at Beltsville Elementary School - April 28, 29, and 30, 2009 -  Click here for May 7 article in Gazette.  The Awards Program for students with the best science-enrichment poster for their class was held on June 4, 2009.   Click here to see student awardees.

• FAR-B Annual Meeting - May 14, 2009  - Click here for meeting agenda

• Asian American Heritage Month Special Emphisis Program in NAL Reading Room from 9:30 to 11 a.m. - May 28, 2009.  Guest Speaker:  Elaine Ho, Director USDA, ASCR, Office of Worplace Diversity and Inclusion.
• The FAR-B - BARC Friendship Day was held on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the home of Freddi and Richard Hammerschlag in Highland Maryland. (Click here for photos taken at the event).  Click here for a picture of the Hammerschlag Garden.

• Hosting of the Meyerhoff Scholars Summer Bridge Program on June 25, 2009.

• Leaders of tomorrow - End of Summer Student Program held on July 31, 2009.
• The science enrichment program at the Beltsville Academy (previously named Beltsville Elementary) on September 29 to October 9, 2009. The program took on a new deminsion with financial support from Sigma Xi, the Beltsville Academy, and FAR-B to bring a Mobile Science Laboratory of the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation to the Beltsville Academy.  Click here for article printed in Beltsville News and for pictures taken during one of the classroom sessions.

Activities and Events Supported in 2008-

• Grants totaling $9,500 for professional travel of seven BARC scientists.

• Tent rental, lunch, and poster competition for High School Interns at BARC Poster Day (Click here to see Awardees).

• Science-enrichment to the Beltsville Elementary School that earned FAR-B our fourth President’s Volunteer Service Award, which was our second Gold Medal Award (Click here to see award)

• Three Distinguished Lecture presentations to BARC employees.

• The Take Your Child to Work Day Program (Click here to see photo).

• The Administrative Professional’s Day Training Program.

• The Leaders of Tomorrow – End of Summer Student Hire Program.

• Hosting of the Meyerhoff Scholars Summer Bridge Program (Click here to see Scholars)

• The Hispanic Heritage Month -Special Emphasis Program.

• Assisted BARC scientists with fiscal issues in sponsoring research workshops and conferences.

• Judging and presenting cash awards to Middle School Poster Presenters at Montgomery and Prince George’s County Science Fairs.