Paula Burke

  • Achievement Award Winners

    In addition to our Distinguish Service Award winners, we had three UGA Ag Agents with less than ten years of service honored earlier this week in Utah with the Achievement Award. Congratulations to Adam Speir, Madison County with 8 years; Jessica Warren, Camden County with 3 years; and Tripp Williams, Columbia County with 5 years.    

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  • Honoring Years of Service – DSA Winners

    The evening of the awards banquet at the NACAA AM PIC is always a very special night.  Besides being the time when the new NACAA president takes the reins of the organization, its also the time we recognize our members for their years of service with the Distinguish Service award.  Tonight here in Utah, we…

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  • New Leadership and Accomplishments

    This morning delegates from each state came together and voted in our new NACAA officers.  Congratulations to incoming Vice President, Gene McAvoy; President-Elect, Richard Fechter; Secretary, Ginny Rosenkranz; and Treasurer, Lenny Rogers.  The delegates also voted our 2021 meeting will be held in Philadelphia on July 4-8, 2021. GACAA members will have the opportunity to come together as…

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  • Georgia State’s Night Out

    All GACAA members who plan to attend our state’s night out should plan to meet at the Radisson Hotel lobby a little before 4:30pm.  The first van will leave at 4:30pm and will make numerous trips to get us all there.  We will travel to Rodizio Grill. Our reservations are for 5:00 p.m. Cost of the meal…

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  • Meeting Your NACAA Candidates

    Sunday night marked the first night of getting together with fellow NACAA members in the hospitality rooms.  The NACAA tradition is those who are running for office or states looking to host a future AM PIC have a party complete with stickers, fun give aways, food and beverage.  As a NACAA member, it’s your chance to meet…

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  • Greetings from Salt Lake City, Utah

    Many GACAA members are arriving at Salt Lake City and attending the 102nd Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.  I arrived in Utah Friday afternoon and have enjoyed some of the sites before the meeting started. The first thing I noticed about Utah is that it is hot! …

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  • Heading to the New Old West

    Many of us across the state will be heading to Utah late next week to attend the National Association of County Agricultural Agents annual meeting and professional improvement conference on July 9-13 in Salt Lake City. For many of us, this is a conference we look forward to each year to see fellow Ag Agent…

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  • 2017 GACAA Friend of the County Agent

    Each year at our GACAA Annual Meeting/Professional Improvement Conference (AM/PIC) we recognize individuals (non-GACAA) who have made notable contributions to UGA Extension, our organization and to the agricultural industry. This year we will recognize the “2017 Friend of the County Agent”  at our GACAA AM/PIC in Columbus, Georgia, November 6-8.  For a nomination form and a list of past recipients,…

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  • Thursday was the final day our the NACAA Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement conference in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Sixteen tours were offered to participants to see Arkansas agriculture and their natural State.  I had the opportunity to do Tour 4: Tourism, Town and Retirees- Adapating Agriculture to Fit the Market.  Our tour brought us to the Hot…

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  • One of the highlights of the conference is the award banquet night.  Last night, 4 of our colleagues were recognized for their great achievements.  The Achievement Award was given to Carole Knight and Amanda Smith.  The Achievement award goes to a recipient with less than 10 years of service with Cooperative Extension.  Both Carole and…

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