Ohio Governor John Kasich has named Brent R. Porteus of Coshocton County to serve a nine-year term on The Ohio State University Board of Trustees. Porteus earned his BS in agricultural economics from The Ohio State University in 1978.
AEDE graduate student John Newton was recently offered a prestigious fellowship to work with the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry during the summer of 2013. The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry works on a number of federal policy proposals related to the nation’s food and energy resources, including the 2013 farm bill.
Students in the Ohio State chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) attended the 2013 NAMA Conference in Kansas City, MO with their faculty advisor, Dr. Steven Vickner, from April 17-19, 2013.