{"id":7842,"date":"2021-09-22T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=7842"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:50:19","slug":"mata-awards-umes-sans-sans-lead-development-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/mata-awards-umes-sans-sans-lead-development-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"MATA Awards UMES SANS, SANS Lead Development Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/uploadedImages\/_WEBSITES\/SANS\/Content\/SANS_Monthly_Digest_-_08_2019\/DSC_3486.JPG\" alt=\"MATA Awards SANS\" width=\"874\" height=\"582\" title=\"MATA Awards SANS\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to right: Stephon Fitzpatric, UMES; Lori Mayhew, MATA; Dr. Moses T. Kairo, UMES.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/uploadedImages\/_WEBSITES\/SANS\/Content\/SANS_Monthly_Digest_-_08_2019\/DSC_3489%202.jpg\" alt=\"Fitzgerald MATA Award 2\" width=\"226\" height=\"285\" title=\"Fitzgerald MATA Award 2\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Lori Mayhew, president of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mata-md.org\/\">Maryland Agriculture Teacher\u2019s Association, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0(MATA), there has not been a partner on the university level that has been more welcoming than the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the recent awards ceremony that brought the 2019 MATA Summer Conference to an end, Mayhew presented Dr. Moses T. Kairo, dean of the UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, with the MATA Outstanding Post Secondary\/Adult Program award as well as a certificate declaring UMES the National Association of Agricultural Educators Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program for the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMore than the pleasure of receiving those particular awards from such an auspicious organization,\u201d said Kairo, \u201cwas the pleasure of hearing that MATA endorses UMES as \u201cthe premiere destination for agricultural education in Maryland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second award was presented to Karl Binns, Jr., lead development officer for the UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences and president of the National Society of&nbsp;the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences.&nbsp; Binns, who was unable to attend, was named the outstanding cooperator and was lauded for spending countless hours connecting agriculture students to higher education. &nbsp;In addition, Stephon Fitzgerald, coordinator for recruitment, retention, and experiential learning, was presented with a MATA Service Citation for his exemplary service to the organization, to agriculture education, and to Maryland Public Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UMES SANS wishes to extend a strong congratulations to all of this year\u2019s outstanding awardees. Kairo and Binns were among a long list of movers and shakers in the field of agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Lori Mayhew, president of the\u00a0Maryland Agriculture Teacher\u2019s Association, Inc.\u00a0(MATA), there has not been a partner on the university level that has been more welcoming than the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.\u00a0 During the recent awards ceremony that brought the 2019 MATA Summer Conference to an end, Mayhew presented Dr. Moses T. 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