Extension Matters: Volume 10 Number 3

  • A young woman smiling while arranging a bouquet of flowers.

    Learning a New Way

  • A woman wearing a hard hat standing beside a stack of pallets.

    Extension in Action

  • A Black man wearing a baseball hat and smiling, standing holding a pecan treebranch.

    Orchard Impossible

  • A Black man and woman standing with a boy and a girl in front of a mosque in the desert.

    4-H: Where Are They Now?

  • A woman smiling and standing on a street in front of many colorful, bright flags.

    Painting the Town

  • Three children, wearing capes and standing with fists raised.

    4-H to the Rescue

  • Three men standing in front of a piece of logging equipment.

    Stewards of the Land

  • Three women standing in front of a maroon and white Mississippi State University banner.

    What’s New in Extension

  • A man, standing beside a wooden table filled with plants, looking into the distance.

    Doing the “Heart” Work

  • A young woman smiling and holding a trophy.

    Where You Are

  • A smiling young man astride a horse and wearing a helmet.

    Tranquil Trotting

  • A smiling man wearing a vest and green shirt, standing beside an archery target with three arrows near the bullseye.

    Choosing to Lead

  • Development Direction

A young woman smiling while arranging a bouquet of flowers.

Maggie Jo Phillips participates in Attala County 4-H, and she’s taking advantage of it to figure out just where she belongs.

A woman wearing a hard hat standing beside a stack of pallets.

The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors, led by Board President Lee Caldwell and Vice President Jessie Medlin, is developing a site to house the DeSoto County Agri-Education Center and Arena.

A Black man wearing a baseball hat and smiling, standing holding a pecan treebranch.

Many Clay Countians know Art Sanders as the man who brought an abandoned pecan orchard back to life.

A Black man and woman standing with a boy and a girl in front of a mosque in the desert.

Originally from Leflore County, Samuel Baker and his family reside in Kuwait. Baker is pursuing his doctoral degree in education while teaching fifth-grade science abroad. He credits the 4-H youth development program delivered by the Mississippi State University Extension Service as one of the greatest experiences of his youth.

A woman smiling and standing on a street in front of many colorful, bright flags.

Kristen Brock is always looking for ways to grow in her career and learn more about Mississippi’s tourism industry.

Three children, wearing capes and standing with fists raised.

Junior 4-H’ers, ages 8–13, and Cloverbuds, ages 5–7, with a passion for STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics—gathered at Mississippi State University in late June for 4-H STEAM Day.

Three men standing in front of a piece of logging equipment.

Whether it’s related to his work or his sons, Iuka logger Jonathan Cutshall’s path often intersects with the Mississippi State University Extension Service.

Three women standing in front of a maroon and white Mississippi State University banner.

More than 80 grade-school students from Choctaw Tribal Schools visited Mississippi State University in March to participate in Choctaw Preview Day.

A man, standing beside a wooden table filled with plants, looking into the distance.

Lincoln County Master Gardeners have been bringing gardening to nursing home residents in Brookhaven since 2018.

A young woman smiling and holding a trophy.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-the-ninth-grader-whos-helping-restore-mississippis-oyster-reefsMedia Chronicles Demi’s SuccessDemi Johnson is just 15 years old, but she is already impacting her community through 4-H and Girl Scouts.

A smiling young man astride a horse and wearing a helmet.

When 10-year-old Hasib of Starkville trots his horse during therapeutic riding, he experiences a lingering calmness that his mother attributes to the experience he shares with his horse.

A smiling man wearing a vest and green shirt, standing beside an archery target with three arrows near the bullseye.

Brad Parsley partners with Ginger Cook, local agent with the Mississippi State University Extension Service in Panola County, to deliver the 4-H Shooting Sports program to local youth.

For J. W. “Bill” McKie (pronounced Mackey), working for the Mississippi State University Extension Service was more than just a job—solving agricultural problems for Mississippians was McKie’s calling.

 

 

 

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Dr. Angus Catchot

Dear friends,

I’m continuing my work to increase residents’ knowledge of what Extension provides, and I want every person in this state to understand what Extension can do for you. We genuinely care about the people of this state, and we want to enrich your lives culturally, socially, and economically. It’s important that we have the people in place to do what’s needed, as well as the resources to do it.

With that goal in mind, this issue of Extension Matters will be the last one we print. In 2025, we will continue to share Extension clients’ stories of success, now in a fully online, digital format at extension.msstate.edu/extension_matters.

When you add your email to our mailing list, we will send you a link each time we publish a new Extension Matters story. This digital-first approach will allow us to reach more Mississippians and help more people understand all the educational services we provide that can enrich their lives.

Hail State,

Dr. Angus Catchot
Director, MSU Extension Service