The Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership extend their greatest thanks for the generosity of Jack Stuteville.

Stuteville, with the encouragement from Larry Shell, gave a $250,000 gift to the department to be used to support a new endowed professorship in agricultural education. If fully matched, this gift will offer $1 million to support programs in agricultural education.

Stuteville was an ag teacher for three years before becoming involved in banking. He greatly supports OSU and the agricultural education program. His own agriculture teacher and his children's teacher, Kenney Beams, greatly impacted his life and his children.

The gift will emphasize the college's strong commitment to supporting outstanding educational opportunities for students to enhance the learning experience of the youth and citizens they will one day teach.

Phillip Scott, OSU college of agriculture graduate, is one of twelve finalists for Oklahoma Teacher of the Year.

Scott teaches at McAlester High School and previously taught vocational agriculture at Oilton High School.

Scott believes educators teaching science should "employ inquiry methods that focus on the 'big ideas' of science reasearch."

The Oklahoma Teacher of the Year will be announced in September at the State Fair of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. More information

The annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, held in Costa Rica March 9-15, 2008 hosted numerous OSU faculty and students.

"The Informer", the associations' newsletter features stories by, praise for and pictures of these individuals.

Check out the link for more information. AIAEE Newsletter