October 2009 Animal Sciences E-Newsletter

From the Desk of William Wailes...

Fall semester is well underway, and Animal Sciences faculty and staff are very engaged with students, research and outreach programs. Most recently the meat lab has had a renovation and our kitchen is recently remodeled. These facilities are much improved and our faculty, staff and students will benefit greatly by these improvements. As a reminder, csumeats.com is a great web site to order meat products from the department.

We extend a bitter-sweet farewell to Dr. Jim Heird, who was director of our Equine Sciences Teaching and Outreach program, as he departs for Texas. Dr. Heird has accepted a position at Texas A & M to enhance A & M’s Equine program to another level. We wish him best of luck and very heartfelt thanks for the job he did while at Colorado State University.

As the fall semester is moving quickly, I want to welcome Drs. Dale Woerner and Jason Ahola to the department. Dr. Woerner is the newest faculty member for the “Center for Meat Safety and Quality” group. Dale has been an important person with our meat judging program during his Ph.D. program. I truly look forward to Dale’s expertise and his dedication to our students. Dr. Ahola is on board as our beef industry person who recently moved from Idaho where he was the extension beef specialist. Jason’s enthusiasm and dedication are special and his expertise is going to make an impact with our students and industry. His interaction and leadership with the CSU SeedStock team will be of great benefit as our students move forward with his mentorship!

Sincerely,

William Wailes
Department Head
Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University

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