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Connections Newsletter
Summer 2019

YuTube: Newly-minted Professor Yu ‘Gary’ Gao takes on new challenge – online video

(Editor’s Note: The following is the latest in a series of feature stories highlighting The Ohio State University South Centers Staff) Bradford Sherman CFAES/OSU South Centers

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South Centers’ Export Assistance Network participates in successful internship program

Kelly O’Bryant Export Assistance and MEP Advisor

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Bauman, Gardner take on new roles with co-ops team

Two familiar faces are filling new positions within the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Center for Cooperatives.

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Open for Businesses: Endeavor Center has services to help start or grow a business

Ryan Mapes Endeavor Center Manager Are you interested in starting a business, but not sure how to start?  Do you need to grow your existing business?  Do you just need office space?  

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Produce auctions for the direct buying and selling of produce

Brad Bergefurd Extension Educator Scioto County and OSU South Centers     

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Dr. Jiuxing ‘Lulu’ Lu has joined Dr. Gary Gao’s Team at South Centers as a visiting scholar

Dr. Gary Gao Professor and Extension Specialist Dr. Jiuxing “Lulu” Lu, an instructor of Horticulture from Henan Agricultural University in Zhengzhou, China, joined Dr. Gary Gao’s extension and research team in May.  

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Building for Berries: New trellis systems installed at South Centers

Ryan Slaughter Research Assistant

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Manufacturing Extension Partnership makes cybersecurity less daunting

Cybersecurity requirements such as the DFARS 252.204-7012 clause or NIST 800-171 framework may sound daunting, but they don’t have to be.

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Direct Marketing, partners collab to improve farmers market sustainability

Christie Welch Direct Marketing Specialist OSU Direct Food & Agricultural Marketing Program Is collaborating with Cornell Cooperative Extension, Grow NY, and the Ohio Farmers Market Network to help farmers markets Improve their sustainability

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Summer means SOACDF Grant season for SBDC

Brad Bapst SBDC Director With the summer months quickly passing by, the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is busy serving the needs of clients in Southern Ohio.  

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OSU, ACIE support Academic, Research, and Extension programs abroad

Dr. Rafiq Islam Soil, Water and Bioenergy Resources    

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Visiting scholar Kateryna Chorna, of Ukraine, joins Soil and Water Program

Dr. Rafiq Islam SWBR Program Leader Kateryna Chorna, of Ukraine, has recently joined the Soil, Water, and Bioenergy Resources Program as a short-term exchange scholar for a two-month period at The Ohio State University South Centers. 

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Islam delivers seminars, conducts grant writing workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine

Dr. Rafiq Islam SWBR Program Leader

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Ukrainian professors, scientists visit OSU for applied research and Extension collaboration

Dr. Rafiq Islam Soil, Water and Bioenergy Resources   

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