Around the South Newsletters


Compiling SRDC and national news, recent publications, upcoming conferences and events, and job opportunities, this monthly newsletter furnishes a brief overview of announcements from the Southern region.

Stories in the September 2025 Around the South issue:

Items of Interest

  • Registration Open for the Understanding Heirs' Property at the Community Level Workshops
  • INRPHA Webinar: Panel to Present on Publishing on Rural Population Health and Aging
  • 2025 Southern Region Community Development Extension Impacts
  • Call for Proposals: Professionals Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC)
  • Call for Proposals: JCEP Extension Leadership Conference
  • Delta Scholars 2026 Cohort Application Now Open

Job Opportunity

  • Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings

  • Rural Grocery Transition Specialist Program
  • 2025 Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) National Conference
  • 2025 NETtra Conference 
  • 2025 Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Annual Meeting
  • 2025 Professionals Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC)
  • 2026 Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA) Conference
  • 2026 Extension Leadership Conference (ELC)
  • 2026 Public Issues Leadership Development (PILD) Conference
  • 2026 National Association of Community Development Professionals (NACDEP) Conference
  • 2026 Community Development Society (CDS) Annual Conference

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