Event honors Philip Morris USA's university support, partnership
Hal Teegarden, Philip Morris USA's director of agricultural programs, says his company wants to stay in touch with scholarship students and help them succeed.
Photo by Daniel Kim
N.C. State University's tobacco programs were in the spotlight Sept. 26, as university faculty and students gathered with representatives of Philip Morris USA to celebrate the company's annual support of those programs.
Dr. Johnny Wynne, dean of N.C. State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, hosted the luncheon event at the N.C. State University Club. "We have a great College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and are pleased to be here today with representatives from Philip Morris USA," he said. "Philip Morris is the largest corporate supporter of our College and university."
Philip Morris, which annually contributes to cooperative programs in the College and the university, presented its 2006 check for $248,000 in August. The funds will support undergraduate scholarships in the College and its Agricultural Institute, undergraduate research and Extension internships, fellowships for professional development of Extension agents, Philip Morris Professorships (an account to reward outstanding Extension specialists), and research and extension tobacco projects.
"We could not ask for a better partner," Wynne said.
Dr. Thomas A. Melton, associate state program leader for Cooperative Extension, presented a review of university tobacco programs - a snapshot of activities and resources that benefit tobacco growers throughout the state. Among these are the tobacco personnel in the College, including faculty, technicians and student assistants; the Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Plant Disease and Insect Clinic, and other university facilities and labs; the Blue Mold Forecasting Center and pesticide residue monitoring programs; tobacco Extension agents in every tobacco county; Extension publications and other information deliverables; and laboratory research using molecular technology, as well as fundamental and applied methodologies for immediate and future needs.
Melton reported on the progress of ongoing CALS research endeavors to battle the spread of tomato spotted wilt virus, to delay ripening in flue-cured tobacco, to determine the heat-exchange energy efficiency of tobacco-curing operations, to identify tobacco varieties that are more disease-resistant than others and to establish pesticide residue level guidelines.
Representing Philip Morris USA were Hal Teegarden, director of agricultural programs; Jodie J. Clarke, senior agronomist; and Jim Burns, who leads the company's scholarship funding activities. "We're pleased to be in a partnership with N.C. State, a partnership we want to continue and expand," said Teegarden. "It's consistent with our mission to be the most responsible and respected developer of consumer goods intended for adults."
Also in attendance were numerous Philip Morris scholarship recipients.
"We're watching you," Teegarden told the students. "We want to do everything we can to help you build your capabilities by staying in touch with our scholarship students and helping you succeed."
Philip Morris aims to help students continue to be leaders by applying the company's guiding principles of "providing direction, allocating resources, building individual and organizational capabilities, and knowing where we are," Teegarden said.
"What we do at N.C. State is an allocation of resources - a good investment from our perspective."
-Terri Leith
Dr. Johnny Wynne, dean of N.C. State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, hosted the luncheon event at the N.C. State University Club. "We have a great College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and are pleased to be here today with representatives from Philip Morris USA," he said. "Philip Morris is the largest corporate supporter of our College and university."
Philip Morris, which annually contributes to cooperative programs in the College and the university, presented its 2006 check for $248,000 in August. The funds will support undergraduate scholarships in the College and its Agricultural Institute, undergraduate research and Extension internships, fellowships for professional development of Extension agents, Philip Morris Professorships (an account to reward outstanding Extension specialists), and research and extension tobacco projects.
"We could not ask for a better partner," Wynne said.
Dr. Thomas A. Melton, associate state program leader for Cooperative Extension, presented a review of university tobacco programs - a snapshot of activities and resources that benefit tobacco growers throughout the state. Among these are the tobacco personnel in the College, including faculty, technicians and student assistants; the Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Plant Disease and Insect Clinic, and other university facilities and labs; the Blue Mold Forecasting Center and pesticide residue monitoring programs; tobacco Extension agents in every tobacco county; Extension publications and other information deliverables; and laboratory research using molecular technology, as well as fundamental and applied methodologies for immediate and future needs.
Melton reported on the progress of ongoing CALS research endeavors to battle the spread of tomato spotted wilt virus, to delay ripening in flue-cured tobacco, to determine the heat-exchange energy efficiency of tobacco-curing operations, to identify tobacco varieties that are more disease-resistant than others and to establish pesticide residue level guidelines.
Representing Philip Morris USA were Hal Teegarden, director of agricultural programs; Jodie J. Clarke, senior agronomist; and Jim Burns, who leads the company's scholarship funding activities. "We're pleased to be in a partnership with N.C. State, a partnership we want to continue and expand," said Teegarden. "It's consistent with our mission to be the most responsible and respected developer of consumer goods intended for adults."
Also in attendance were numerous Philip Morris scholarship recipients.
"We're watching you," Teegarden told the students. "We want to do everything we can to help you build your capabilities by staying in touch with our scholarship students and helping you succeed."
Philip Morris aims to help students continue to be leaders by applying the company's guiding principles of "providing direction, allocating resources, building individual and organizational capabilities, and knowing where we are," Teegarden said.
"What we do at N.C. State is an allocation of resources - a good investment from our perspective."
-Terri Leith