November 2015 Update
ALEI Welcomes Dr. Craig Beyrouty as Dean of College of AGNR – By Sara Gavin
ALEI welcomes Dr. Craig Beyrouty as the dean of the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR), effective November 1st. Dean Beyrouty will also serve as director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and University of Maryland Extension.
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Dean Beyrouty has been involved in teaching, research, and extension for more than 35 years. He joins the University of Maryland from Colorado State University, where he most recently served as dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. Previously, he held positions as professor and head of Agronomy at Purdue University and professor at the University of Arkansas. He has led and participated in international research, teaching and administrative activities all across the world in places such as Rwanda, Tokyo, Madrid, and Moscow, among many more.
Dr. Beyrouty earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in soil chemistry from Purdue University and a B.S. in soil science from Cal Poly State University. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, he mapped soils for the Soil Conservation Service and was a research scientist for Castle and Cooke Foods in Illinois.
Dean Beyrouty succeeds Dr. Cheng-i Wei, who served as dean of the College of AGNR for ten years before stepping into a new role as director of the college’s international programs office.
ALEI Offers New Videos and Recorded Webinars – By Sarah Everhart
During the winter season, many farmers take time to catch up on legal issues. To that end, ALEI has recently updated its website and its Vimeo.com page (a video sharing website similar to YouTube but without commercials), with many new videos and recorded webinars meant to educate Maryland’s farmers on important legal topics affecting their operations.
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These new resources offer helpful legal information in a visual and auditory format and can be played at a convenient time and place. ALEI hopes these new resources prove popular, and we would like to hear from operators as to what other topics should be the subject of future videos.