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The 5th ASGRF will be held on Friday Sept. 10th in 1310 Anthony Hall. Please join us for 14 oral presentations by graduate students, staff and post-docs covering a variety of current research in this Department. Between 1:00pm and 1:40pm several posters will be presented in the 2nd Floor Hallway.
Please join us and support all the presenters and moderators, get to know your Department a little better and of course meet the new students! Click here for a complete 2010 ASGRF Booklet.
Michigan State University Block and Bridle is extremely excited to be hosting the 2010 Block and Bridle National Convention in Lansing, Michigan! This year's convention will be held October 14-16, in conjunction with the 2010 Great Lakes International Draft Horse Show. The convention will feature a host of great speakers, activities, and industry tours. For more information or if you have any questions about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kelli Rau at raukelli@msu.edu or Jillian Holdwick at holdwi13@msu.edu.
https://www.msu.edu/~bbclub/NationalConvention.html
Below is a link to the promotional video for the KBS Field Day to be held on September 8. Please check it out - hope to see you here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17upUj1-5jk
MSU Sheep Farm’s consignments set the pace at the 5th Annual Center of the Nation NSIP (National Sheep Improvement Program) sale in Spencer, IA. Erika Pearson, senior in animal science, and Alan Culham, shepherd, sold 10 head of Suffolks and 4 polled Dorsets to 6 states. The Suffolks averaged $1,200 for 3 yearling rams, $1,050 for 2 ram lambs and $495 for 5 yearling ewes. The 4 Dorset lambs averaged $331 with two ewe lambs selling to an alumni’s young daughters Katie & Alexis Knoblock of Hartley, IA. They are return buyers. The sheep looked great and thanks go to Erika, Sara Kennedy, Joe Marinez, and Chris Strong for preparing the sheep for the sale.
Dean Jeffrey Armstrong is pleased to announce that Dr. Janice Swanson has been appointed acting chair of the Department of Animal Science at Michigan State University (MSU). Dr. Swanson will succeed Dr. Karen Plaut who has resigned her position as of May 15 to accept a position at Purdue University. We greatly appreciate Dr. Plaut’s service and leadership at MSU. Dr. Swanson will assume this role May 16, 2010.
Swanson currently serves as director of Animal Welfare at MSU, where she coordinates outreach, teaching and research in the area of farm animal behavior and well-being with a focus on social responsibility in the food system. She holds faculty appointments in the Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Swanson received a PhD in applied animal ethology from the University of Maryland and masters and baccalaureate degrees in animal science from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Swanson’s professional employment includes five years as a technical information specialist with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal Welfare Information Center. In April of 1992, Dr. Swanson joined the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University. While at Kansas State, she taught courses in domestic animal behavior and welfare, advanced techniques in animal behavior, and contemporary issues. In 2004 Swanson was awarded the Northcentral Region Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences by the Higher Education Programs of the United States Department of Agriculture. At Kansas State, Dr. Swanson was a member of the graduate faculty and the director of the department’s international program until appointed as interim department head in August 2004. She joined the MSU faculty in July 2007.
In addition to her academic responsibilities, Dr. Swanson provides scientific service on numerous national scientific animal welfare advisory committees and councils. She currently serves on the Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) Committee on Animal Care and recently co-chaired the FASS Guide Revision Committee that produced the third edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching an internationally recognized guide for the care of farm animals. Dr. Swanson is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Animal Science, the senior vice president of the International Society for Applied Ethology, and a diplomat in the College of Applied Animal Behavior Sciences of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Swanson on her new appointment.
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