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    Announcing 2025 Bonnie Teater Award Recipient, Hunter P. Goodman

    The Southern Rural Development Center is proud to honor Dr. Hunter P. Goodman as the 2025 recipient of the Bonnie Teater Community Development Early Career Achievement Award. In August 2021, Dr. Goodman was named as Assistant Professor of Community Workforce and Economic Development with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture (UADA).

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    Welcome Morghan Thornton, SRDC’s New Administrative Assistant

    The Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) is excited to welcome Morghan Thornton as our new Administrative Assistant, officially joining the team on May 1, 2025.

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    Searching for a Previous Southern Rural Development (SRDC) Curriculum or Publication?

    Needing to access previous curricula or another publication from the Southern Rural Development Center?

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    SERA-47 Tea & Coffee Hour Video

    Registration is now available for the upcoming SERA-47 Tea & Coffee Hour Thursday, June 5, 2025, from 2-3 PM (Central) Register to receive the Zoom link

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    Webinar Video: Associations between Behavior-Opportunity Gaps and Dementia Risk: Leveraging Data from a Large Longitudinal Study of Aging

    Registration is now open for an upcoming webinar relevant to rural population health and aging researchers! Associations between Behavior-Opportunity Gaps and Dementia Risk: Leveraging Data from a Large Longitudinal Study of Aging

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