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Ronald
Brown Named Executive Director
for the
Association of Southern Region Extension Directors
MSU, July 6---Ronald
Brown, former director of the Mississippi State University Extension
Service, has been appointed the first executive director for the
Association of Southern Region Extension Directors, effective July
1.
As executive director,
Brown will promote efficiency and effectiveness of the Cooperative
Extension Service in 13 Southern states through multistate
activities. This regional organization is headquartered on the
campus of Mississippi State University.
"Agriculture and
natural resources, rural conditions, families and youth, and
communities are changing rapidly. At the same time, science and
technology continue to advance," Brown said. "All of these
factors serve to encourage me in realizing the great opportunities
we have for making Extension even more valuable to society."
Brown will work with the directors of Extension from the Southern
region to expand multistate Extension programs through electronic
technology and the sharing of resources.
"Extension is
poised to be a leader in providing research-based information in new
ways to broader audiences and to do it more efficiently," he
said.
Brown retired as
director of the MSU Extension Service the end of June, a position he
has held for the past six years.
(SOURCE: Bonnie Coblentz,
News Editor, Office of Agricultural Communications, Mississippi
State University 662-325-2262)
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