Agricultural Communications

Michaela Parker, digital communications coordinator for Ag Communications, films videos and shoots photography for a variety of digital outlets, including Youtube, social media, and Extension’s own website.

Extension personnel organize and record podcasts in the Ag Communications podcast studio.

Gina Daly oversees an MSU student learning how to measure materials in Ag Communication’s graphics workshop.

Marketing videographer Brian Utley records broadcast video.

Editors Robyn Hearn and Keryn Page make sure publications are presented professionally.

News writer Bonnie Coblentz interviews an Extension colleague for a news story about Extension’s impacts.

Jonathan Parrish, videographer, uses a drone to get engaging, interesting Extension videos.

Graphic designers Annette Woods and Kim Trimm review designs as they prepare to design promotional materials.

Your partner in reaching, teaching, and persuading your audience!

Agricultural Communications (AgComm) provides strategic communications leadership, consultation, products, and services that educate and motivate audiences and position our agencies and colleges as premier providers of education and expertise.

AgComm’s talented professionals apply their diverse expertise to help administrators, faculty, and staff plan, develop, and achieve effective communications with key audiences through a wide range of media. AgComm is an Extension unit, and our support and services are available to all units in the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine.

Our communications work focuses on two primary strategic goals:

delivering useful, research-based information and education to support the Extension, Research, and Teaching missions of the Division.
promoting the units and programs within the Division to increase awareness and understanding of their value and impact.

To request AgComm support or services or to submit Extension publication requests, complete our online request form.

Telephone:

662-325-2262

Fax:

662-325-1710

MSU Mailstop:

9625

Mailing Address:

Box 9625

Mississippi State , MS

39762

Physical Address:

Room 110 Bost Extension Center, 190 Bost-North

Mississippi State , Mississippi

39762

Personnel

Name	Job Title	Email
Mr. Zac Ashmore	Video Producer	zac.ashmore@msstate.edu
Ms. Leah Barbour	Marketing & Communication Coor	leah.barbour@msstate.edu
Ms. Cynthia E. Barron	Web Communications Designer	c.e.barron@msstate.edu
Ms. Bonnie A. Coblentz	Senior Extension Associate	b.coblentz@msstate.edu
Ms. Susan M. Collins-Smith	Extension Associate II	susan.collins-smith@msstate.edu
Ms. Gina W. Daly	Extension Associate II	gina.daly@msstate.edu
Mr. Brian D. Dorsey	Instructional Designer	brian.dorsey@msstate.edu
Ms. Ellen Lucille Graves	Extension Project Specialist I	e.graves@msstate.edu
Mr. Robert Nathan Gregory	News Writer	n.gregory@msstate.edu
Mr. Kevin Hudson	Photographer	kevin.hudson@msstate.edu
Ms. Kelli Nicole Jacobs	Digital Asset Coordinator	kelli.jacobs@msstate.edu
Ms. Linda Denise Jones	Copy Center Operator	ldj131@msstate.edu
Ms. Dominique Nicole Lewis	Publications Editor	dominique.lewis@msstate.edu
Mr. Stan Moreland	Copy Center Operator	hsm1@msstate.edu
Ms. Keryn Page	Publications Manager	keryn.page@msstate.edu
Ms. Mary Michaela Parker	Marketing & Communication Coor	michaela.parker@msstate.edu
Mr. Jonathan Wesley Parrish	Extension Associate I	jonathan.parrish@msstate.edu
Mr. Michael E Peterson	Publications Editor	mep619@msstate.edu
Mr. Tyler Dawson Pilkington	Copy Center Operator	tdp256@msstate.edu
Ms. Mikayla Shelton Prisock	Project Coordinator	ms3196@msstate.edu
Mr. Mike Russell	Broadcast Television Producer	m.russell@msstate.edu
Mr. Art Shirley, Jr.	Interim Head, Ag Communication	art.shirley@msstate.edu
Mr. Phillip E. Smith	Extension Associate III	p.smith@msstate.edu
Mr. Chris Sowers	Print Manager	chris.sowers@msstate.edu
Ms. Emily Sykes Stovall	Social Media Specialist	ees326@msstate.edu
Ms. Kim Trimm	Extension Associate II	kim.trimm@msstate.edu
Mr. Brian Utley	Extension Project Specialist I	brian.utley@msstate.edu
Ms. Annette Woods	Senior Extension Associate	a.woods@msstate.edu