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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 April 2025 Around the South issue:

Items of Interest

  • NCHEMS and Ascendium Partner to Strengthen Rural Development Through Cooperative Extension
  • Groundbreaking Survey Conducted Across Three Major U.S. Regions Sheds Light on Household and Community Well-Being
  • Upcoming INRPHA Webinar: Associations between Behavior-Opportunity Gaps and Dementia Risk: Leveraging Data from a Large Longitudinal Study of Aging
  • Insights on Agritourism Among US Producers: Evidence from the 2024 National Agritourism Producer Survey
  • SRDC Repository Readership Snapshot Update
  • Follow the Southern Rural Development Center on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X
  • Growing Opportunities for Farmers at the Black Belt Marketing and Innovation Center

Job Opportunities

  • Black Belt Food Corridor Coordinator, Tuskegee University
  • Extension Program Associate - Economic Analyst, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
  • Current Job Opportunities at the Community and Economic Development Unit of Prairie View A&M University Extension 

Conferences, Workshops, and Trainings

  • 2025 National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP) Conference
  • 2025 Community Development Society (CDS) Conference
  • 2025 Rural Sociological Society (RSS) Annual Meeting
  • 2025 Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) National Conference
  • 2025 NETtra Conference ((Hosted by Northeast Chapter of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (NETTRA) & the National Extension Tourism (NET) Network))

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