Tennessee State University's AgLINK from the College of Agriculture

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Bloom where you are planted

Success stories from the College of Agriculture

Dean’s Office boasts new faces Much has changed during the pandemic, and that includes the employee landscape in the Dean’s Office. Dr. De’Etra Young has been named associate dean of Academics and Landgrant Programs. Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel has been named interim associate dean for Research filling in for Dr. Carter Catlin, who has retired. Here are some of the new employees you will meet face-to-face upon your return to campus:

Donna Hinton

Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel Since receiving her doctoral degree in 2003, Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel has worked at Ohio State University in different positions then took the plant pathologist position with the College of Agriculture in 2015. She has been working at the Otis Floyd Nursery Research Center in McMinnville, but can now be found at the College’s main campus at least two days a week. At TSU, Dr. Baysal-Gurel has established an impressive research program in plant pathology on nursery crop plants, published 21 refereed journal articles of first author equivalence, and secured over $ 14 million external grant funds as PI or co-PI.

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Nashville native Donna Hinton is now serving as the senior office assistant to Dean Dr. Chandra Reddy. Ms. Hinton earned a B.A. in Psychology minoring in French and English from Middle Tennessee State University. She worked in teacher certification at Fisk University for 17 years. At TSU, she was working as an administrative assistant to Dr. Sam Nahashon, head of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, before she joined the Dean’s Suite.

Faculty/Staff Resource Manager in the College of Agriculture. She will be taking the lead on Human Resources and personnel matters for the college. Campbell recently relocated to Tennessee with her family from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has more than 10 years of experience in Human Resource Management, Operations/Management, Public Relations, and Organizational Leadership and Communications. Campbell holds a B.S. in Business Administration, an M.B.A. with a concentration in entrepreneurship, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Organizational Leadership, from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale.

Phoebe Jones

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Phoebe Jones serves as the technical writer for the College of Agriculture. A recent transplant from Greenville, SC, Jones has bachelor’s degrees in history and theatre with a concentration in creative writing from Presbyterian College. She completed her master’s degree in Technical Communication at Arizona State University.


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Bloom Where You Are Planted

24min
pages 42-52

Lifelong farmer named director of New Farmer Academy

1min
page 33

Touchdown! College wins big as former TSU football coach appointed Ag Marketing Director

1min
page 32

Walk Across the 1890s

1min
pages 28-29

Rising Stars in Agriculture

2min
pages 30-31

Thriving in a Pandemic

2min
pages 24-25

Dean recognizes top professors for excellence

2min
pages 26-27

Captured by COVID

3min
pages 22-23

Zooming through a pandemic

1min
pages 20-21

Honoring Earth: Students celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up wetlands

2min
pages 8-9

Warm Welcome Back Orientation

1min
pages 18-19

Farm Bill scholars focus on studies

2min
pages 16-17

A Professor’s Props

3min
pages 11-14

College faculty create scholarship fund to help cash-strapped students graduate

1min
page 15

Young Entrepreneur finds her way into Ag Labs to create sports drink

2min
pages 6-7

Message from the Dean

2min
page 3

From the Editor

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page 5
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