Want to spread the good word about ag and hang out with happy fifth-graders? Volunteer for the annual CTAHR Agriculture and Environmental Awareness (AEA) Day! The purpose of AEA Day is to create a greater awareness and understanding of agriculture and the environment among students and teachers and to introduce students to career opportunities in agriculture and environmental studies.

Celebrate the college’s many exceptional graduates by nominating a graduate whose contributions have made the college, state, and world a better place! The person selected for CTAHR’s 2019 Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna Award will be recognized at CTAHR’s Annual Award Banquet in May. The deadline to submit nominations is February 1.

The Office of Student Equity Excellence and Diversity (SEED) is now accepting applications for SEED IDEAS. “IDEAS” stands for “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Success,” and the IDEAS grant can provide funding for initiatives that support a diverse and inclusive environment at UH. Faculty and staff at any of the UH campuses are eligible to apply.

As part of a collaboration between livestock Extension agent Kyle Caires and King Kekaulike High School’s Agricultural Program in Maui, Phase III of forage research and pasture trials started on January 2 with new plantings of pasture grasses and forage crops. This collaboration has generated valuable data for industry and provided hands-on learning opportunities for high school ag students.

Extension faculty and staff at the Poamoho Station just presented a Cucurbit Powdery Mildew Management Field Day. Besides giving the participants an overview of the disease and its effects, the field day offered the results of a trial comparing three commercially available products reported to control powdery mildew on cucurbits.