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| Child development course elevates child care profession (Radio News 11/2/09) Babysitting is a job, but child care is a profession. Two LSU AgCenter agents are working to elevate the profession in the New Orleans region with ongoing education. Alexis Navarro is a family and consumer sciences agent and teaches child development associate courses to child care providers. (Runtime: 60 seconds) |
| Junior League partners with LSU AgCenter to promote reading (Radio News 11/2/09) The Junior League of Baton Rouge has partnered with the LSU AgCenter’s Little Bookshelf program. The program promotes reading to young children. Anna Stuckey is a Junior League member and volunteer on the project. (Runtime: 60 seconds) |
| Child care providers participate in educational opportunity (Radio News 11/2/09) Beverly Pierce has worked in child care for more than 30 years, but she hasn’t always considered herself a professional, and she hasn’t always been so calm in her classroom. The way she approaches her profession – and the children and parents she works with – changed when she took the child development associate course through the LSU AgCenter. (Runtime: 60 seconds) |
| Make safety a priority on Halloween night (Radio News 10/26/09) Children look forward to Halloween, and while fun is their priority, parents’ priority should be safety. LSU AgCenter family specialist Dr. Diane Sasser says parents should take extra precautions with their children on Halloween night. (Runtime: 60 seconds) |
| Sugarcane seed production is back to normal (Radio News 10/26/09) The LSU AgCenter’s sugarcane breeding program is important to Louisiana’s sugarcane industry. But the program experienced a set back last year, says LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Dr. Ben Legendre. (Runtime: 60 seconds) |
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| LSU AgCenter agents instill professionalism in child care providers (Video 11/02/09) Babysitting is a job, but child care is a profession. LSU AgCenter agents are working to elevate the profession through ongoing education for child care providers. LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard visited child care centers in the New Orleans region and provides details in this report. (Runtime: 1:39) |
| Wet conditions affect sugarcane yields (TV News 10/26/09) Wet weather is affecting Louisiana’s sugarcane harvest. LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Dr. Ben Legendre reports some farmers are bringing more mud and trash to the mills than sugarcane, which is hurting yields. (Runtime: 1:40) |
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