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News - Robert Grisso named Associate Director of Virginia Cooperative Extension
BLACKSBURG, VA.,- Robert "Bobby" Grisso, professor of biological systems engineering www.bse.vt.edu/ in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences www.cals.vt.edu and farm equipment and safety specialist for Virginia Cooperative Extension, has been named associate director of agriculture and natural resources for Virginia Cooperative Extension. In this role, Grisso will work closely with industry partners, stakeholders, and other state agencies and university programs at Virginia Tech and Virginia State University to identify critical issues and develop knowledge-based resources to address the needs of Virginia’s agriculture and natural resources sectors. “I am looking forward to the challenge of making Extension programs more effective and accessible to our Virginia clientele,” he said.
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“We are extremely pleased that Dr. Grisso will be serving Extension in this capacity,” said Edwin Jones, associate dean and director of Virginia Cooperative Extension. “He brings years of
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