Dean Bruce McPheron's Blog
The take away message from this first step is we view the Governor’s budget as a positive starting point and will keep you posted as the process progresses!
I had an opportunity to meet with Ms. Alyssa Klein, the Agricultural Sciences student marshal at Penn State’s Fall 2011 Commencement exercises, and her family on Dec. 16, the day before the ceremony.
Nothing like a visit to an elementary school to bring back a rush of memories!
No doubt you have heard the news from Harrisburg that Governor Corbett’s budget proposal reduces Penn State’s appropriation, including our college agricultural research and extension lines, by 52 percent, a $182 million decrease.
Spend a day around the draft horse teams at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and there is no mistaking where the term “horsepower” had its origins.
It’s difficult to visit the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg and leave without a deeper understanding of Pennsylvania agriculture.
Looks like a Pennsylvania Farm Show participant leading his steer through the sale ring.
If it is a new year in Pennsylvania, then it must be Farm Show time!
Those of you who follow this blog also may have noticed that I have sent the occasional “tweet” and engaged in various other social media activities.
