November 2006
14625 CR 672, Wimauma,FL 33598
(813) 634-0000

Calendar Highlights:
Nov. 10...Veteran's Day (observed)
   23-24..Thanksgiving Holiday

    3...USF Garden Club tour
           10:00 - 12:00

      8...Entomology Faculty
             Meeting - Polycom in
             Auditorium; 10:30--11:45am

     13...UNIFAS Advisory Comm.
            Meeting-Polycom 1-3:00pm

     14...FASP meeting - Polycom
             8:30am - 12:30pm

      16...Faculty Senate Meeting -
              Polycom in Auditorium;
              3:00 - 5:00 pm

      Pathology Dept. Interviews
      via Polycom:

1...John Rupe; 3:00 - 4:15 pm 3...Frank White; 2:15- 3:30 pm
21..Jeffrey Jones;
            1:30 pm - 2:45               

 

Welcome New Gators...

We welcome three new international scholars to our team this past month:
Humberto Moratinos will be assisting in Bielinski Santos's research program for a few months.  He comes to us from Venezuela where he is an Agronomy  Professor at the Universidad Central De Venezuela in Maracay, Venezuela.  Tomas Hasing is a producer of greenhouse tomatoes in Riobamba, Ecuador.  He is working in Natalia Peres's pathology program for the next six months.  Working with Craig Chandler in his strawberry breeding program is Jozer Mangandi.  Jozer comes from El Salvador, where he is a student of Agronomic Engineering at the Pan-American School of Agriculture in Honduras.

In September, Amy Shober was able to fill her Biological Scientist position in Landscape Nutrient/Runoff research.  Gitta Shurberg made the move from Pennsylvania to accept the position.  She came to us highly recommended by Dr. Shober who had worked previously with her at the University of Delaware.  Gitta graduated with a BS degree from the University of Delaware in 2005.  While her studies were in another field, she also pursued opportunities as an undergraduate in scientific areas such as plant pathology, entomology, and biology.  After graduating, she took a lab assistant position in the department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware.  Her vast and varied experience and her very congenial working attitude made her a good choice for this new Biological Scientist position.