Extension Matters: Volume 9 Number 3

  • A blonde man wearing a T-shirt with Shuden Farms listed on it standing in front of a bookshelf, smiling.

    Stafford's Station

  • Downtown lights shining along the sidewalk.

    Extension in Action

  • Two women standing in front of a column, smiling.

    Watching Government in Action

  • A young man wearing a cowboy hat, paisley collared shirt, and a belt buckle on jeans, holding a guitar and smiling.

    Growing Up in 4-H

  • A man wearing a cowboy hat and pink polo looking out over a field and a man in a maroon shirt and sunglasses behind him.

    Masterful Management

  • Numerous 4-H medals with maroon ribbons on a table.

    Quacking Codes

  • A woman, wearing a red T-shirt listing Rosemary’s Daycare on it, smiles while sitting on a bench with many small children sitting beside her, also smiling.

    Sharing, Growing, and Moving

  • Two children kayaking on the water.

    What’s New in Extension

  • A man standing behind an archery target and surrounded by six children, all smiling.

    Doing the “Heart” Work

  • A woman, smiling, sitting with her arms around a large dog.

    Where You Are

  • A keeling man wearing glasses and a kilt, holding an archery bow.

    Finding the Target

  • A man, smiling, standing in front of a candle centerpiece and behind a table with bows, evergreen door swag and evergreen garland.

    Social Media Connection

  • A woman, smiling, holding a 4-H flag and 4-H trophy and standing in front of several 4-H plaques affixed to the wall.

    Development Direction

A blonde man wearing a T-shirt with Shuden Farms listed on it standing in front of a bookshelf, smiling.

Stafford Shurden’s weather station is ideal for monitoring conditions on his row crop farm, but he uses it even more during hunting season than growing season.

Downtown lights shining along the sidewalk.

The Excellence in Tourism Leadership Program is training volunteers, employees, and board members involved in Mississippi’s tourism sector and related organizations as they build networks with fellow tourism professionals.

Two women standing in front of a column, smiling.

Problem-solving. Communication. Teamwork.

Civic education can teach all these skills—and they’re required for effective government.

A young man wearing a cowboy hat, paisley collared shirt, and a belt buckle on jeans, holding a guitar and smiling.

If you hear a guitar being strummed at a Mississippi 4-H event, there’s a good chance Jones County 4-H’er Cody McFetridge is the young man playing it. An aspiring musician, McFetridge has been an active 4-H’er since 2017 when he started participating in Wayne County 4-H.

A man wearing a cowboy hat and pink polo looking out over a field and a man in a maroon shirt and sunglasses behind him.

Gaddis & McLaurin might sound more like the name of a law firm than a general store, but the name is synonymous with all manner of dry goods in the Hinds County community of Bolton and has been since the 1870s.

Numerous 4-H medals with maroon ribbons on a table.

Building bridges. Programming robots. Presenting research.

Hundreds of Mississippi 4-H’ers looked for new solutions and ways to improve at the 2023 4-H Junior STEAM Day.

A woman, wearing a red T-shirt listing Rosemary’s Daycare on it, smiles while sitting on a bench with many small children sitting beside her, also smiling.

The StoryWalk and colorful word art now installed in downtown Belzoni are giving Rosemary Williams a new opportunity for the children she cares for at Rosemary’s Daycare and Learning Center.

Two children kayaking on the water.

When the Mississippi State University Extension Service started organizing 4-H Kayaking Clubs, Kim Gowdy, Extension agent in Jackson County, was convinced it would be a great fit for local youth.

A man standing behind an archery target and surrounded by six children, all smiling.

When Johnny O. Scott was approached 5 years ago about volunteering to lead a group of young people interested in practicing archery, he jumped at the chance.

A woman, smiling, sitting with her arms around a large dog.

Reading, writing, and arithmetic are important, and so is knowing where your food comes from, how to grow it yourself, and how to harvest and prepare it. Veteran educator Jana Everett believes children need to learn all these lessons.

A keeling man wearing glasses and a kilt, holding an archery bow.

“Slow down. Relax. Focus. Find your balance. Imagine your problems are the arrow, but you are the bow. The string is God’s power, handling all the work. The bow holds the string that shoots the arrow.”

A man, smiling, standing in front of a candle centerpiece and behind a table with bows, evergreen door swag and evergreen garland.

Dr. Jim DelPrince is taking care of what matters this holiday season, and you can too!

A woman, smiling, holding a 4-H flag and 4-H trophy and standing in front of several 4-H plaques affixed to the wall.

She grew up in the 4-H youth development program in Indiana, and her husband was in Ohio 4-H. Fast-forward a few years, and Inez Saum became a volunteer leader for Mississippi 4-H.

 

 

 

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Message from the Director

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Dr. Angus Catchot

Dear friends,

First, I am honored to serve you as the new director of the Mississippi State University Extension Service. I am strongly committed to Extension’s mission and the mission of the land-grant system. Our role is to create meaningful connections between the research MSU is conducting and the people who need it most.

I have been an Extension faculty member in row crop entomology since 2002, prior to transitioning into an administrative role in 2020 as the associate director of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. I also served as the interim head of the Central Research and Extension Center over the last year. Throughout my career in Extension, I worked on new ways to educate and inspire others, serving regional, statewide, and national stakeholders.

Now, I look forward to strengthening Extension’s relationships with our clientele across the state. My goal is to continue to create novel ways to deliver relevant educational programming to every citizen of Mississippi. I am committed to working hard, listening to the needs of our stakeholders, and taking care of what matters.

Hail State,

Dr. Angus Catchot
Director, MSU Extension Service