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ALEC promotes food, environmental and social sustainability through experiential education. We are committed to changing lives through Georgia's land-grant mission with a curriculum in leadership, education and communication theory and practice.
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Study abroad with ALEC
ALEC offers two fantastic study abroad opportunities to our students. Learn more about the Food Insecurity Service-learning Project program in Scotland and the Culture-centered Communication program in Romania.
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Julie Borlaug will deliver the 2020 D.W. Brooks Lecture, "Using Innovation and Technology to End Hunger and Poverty," as part of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences annual faculty awards celebration. CAES News
Julie Borlaug will deliver the 2020 D.W. Brooks Lecture, "Using Innovation and Technology to End Hunger and Poverty," as part of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences annual faculty awards celebration.
D.W. Brooks Lecture to focus on ending hunger through technology
Julie Borlaug is continuing the legacy of her late grandfather, agronomist and Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, and inspiring the next generation by advocating for innovation and technology in agricultural production to end world hunger.
UGA faculty helped agriculture educators connect to their subject areas and enhance students’ problem-solving skills during a two-day virtual professional development training session. CAES News
UGA faculty helped agriculture educators connect to their subject areas and enhance students’ problem-solving skills during a two-day virtual professional development training session.
Grant project creates culturally responsive agriculture and life sciences lessons
In collaboration with James Anderson, an associate professor in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Paula Mellom and her team in the University of Georgia Mary Frances Early College of Education helped develop and deliver a training session for 17 agricultural education and science teachers from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences and the Harold S. Vincent High School in Milwaukee.
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Guest lecture by Julie Borlaug, vice president of external relations for Inari Agriculture: "Using Innovation and Technology to End Hunger and Poverty" Borlaug is the granddaughter of American biologist, humanitarian and Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug. As the vice president of external relations for Inari Agriculture, she is continuing the Borlaug legacy and inspiring the next generation by advocating for innovation and technology to end hunger and poverty. Borlaug has developed agricultural partnerships between public, private and philanthropic groups to expand the mission to feed the world’s hungry. She previously served as director of strategic initiatives for Texas A&M Agrilife Research, associate director of external relations for the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, and director of development for the American Cancer Society. The D.W. Brooks Lecture is named for the late D.W. Brooks, founder of Gold Kist, Inc. Brooks started Cotton States Mutual Insurance Companies in 1941. He advised seven U.S. presidents on farm and trade issues. Among his many honors, he was the first inductee into the University of Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Nov 10
3:30PM - 5:00PM D.W. Brooks Lecture featuring Julie Borlaug https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZkaqWgvNQu6El7QhgaB84w
Students can join to learn more about the FABricate pitch contest and find resources to help them develop their business idea.  Link to join the session: https://zoom.us/j/3405647164?pwd=Y3hkOElaWFJzWUZ3RVdrQ1lRWWJ3UT09
Nov 12
5:00PM - 6:00PM FABricate Info Session (online)
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