September 2006
14625 CR 672, Wimauma,FL 33598
(813) 634-0000
2......Anne Kirkwood
3......Curtis Nagle
5......Elizabeth Golden
6......Aaron Shurtleff
8......Gail Bowman
9......Jose Diaz
19....Will Waters
20....Jim Gilreath
27....Jay Scott
Calendar
Highlights:
Sept. 4...LABOR
DAY HOLIDAY
6...Polycom
- Entomology
Faculty Meeting in
the
Auditorium;
10:30-11:45am
21...Faculty Senate Meeting -
Polycom
in Auditorium;
3:00 -
5:00 pm
27...GCREC Staff meeting -
Auditorium 11:00 - 2:30;
Awards
& Retirement
Seminar
at 1:30 with
David
Hermelbracht;
lunch
provided
Welcome Back to
a former TEAMS gator...
David Myers has returned to the GCREC
family. After workin
g
with us for more than seven years, and with the eminent move of the Center
from Bradenton to Balm, David left for other employment. He had worked
previously as a Sr. Agricultural Assistant in Dr. McGovern's program and
then later as Carpenter for the Center. David has now returned to once
again fill the position of Sr. Agricultural Assistant for the Plant
Pathology research program. David will also be working half of the time with
Dr. Pete Timmer from Apopka in the citrus research program here at eh
Center. Welcome back, David!
Welcome
back also...to Dolly Cummings.
Dolly has returned as OPS to the Tomato Breeding Research to assist Dr. Jay
Scott with a Tomato Genetics Cooperative project.
New OPS this past month is Victor Alifonso. Victor is working with Dr. Bielinski Santos. He has an Agronomic Engineer degree from the Dominican Republic and brings with him 27 years of farm administration experience. Welcome aboard, Victor.
Congratulations...to
Abul Rabbany on his recent reclassification from a Sr. Agricultural
Assistant to Biological Scientist for the Soil and Water Science Research.
Rabbany has a PhD degree in Post Harvest Horticulture, with an MS degree in
Agronomy. His primary responsibility will be for the analytical lab
operations for soil, water and tissue sample analyses. Congratulations,
Rabbany!