HIGHLIGHTS
A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Summer/Fall 2000
Department Welcomes New Staff Employees
Native
Californian Brent Brown joined the department in April as supervisor of our
Equine Facility. He has overall responsibility for the horses, the
facility and some undergraduate teaching. Brent earned a B.S. degree in
Animal Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a M.S. in Animal Science
(reproductive physiology) at Texas Technological University in Lubbock.
Prior to coming to Davis, Brent was a professor of Equine Studies at
Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Brent and his wife
Gerri have a three-year-old daughter, Ashley, and a four-month-old son,
Tyler.
The new Academic Program Advisor in the Advising
Center, Rodolfo “Rod” Santos,
is responsible for providing academic advising services for the
undergraduates in the Animal Science, Animal Science & Management,
Animal Biology and Avian Sciences majors as well as academic advising
administrative support for the faculty. Rod is a 2000 graduate from UC
Davis with two B.S. degrees, one in Wildlife, Fish & Conservation
Biology and one in Psychology (biology emphasis). While a student, he
worked as a peer counselor and academic advisor, including Summer
Advising Student Coordinator at the Associated Students' The First
Resort. Rod grew up in Newark, California, and Tracy.
Davis resident Alisha
Nork joined the Advising Center staff in late August. Alisha is a
familiar face to many of us since she is a June 2000 graduate of our
Animal Science and Management Major. As the Advising Center's new
Advising Program Assistant, Alisha's primary duties are as
receptionist, event planner and student visitation coordinator. She
hales from Fortuna in Humboldt County. 
Frank
Sauers joined the department in mid-September as the new
Feedmill operator. His primary duties are to operate and maintain
equipment at the Feedmill, which processes the bulk of the feed fed to
our teaching and research herds on campus as well as supplements for our
beef cattle herd at Browns Valley. Frank grew up in Davis and attended
American River College and Sacramento City College in Sacramento. He has
previously worked in the area of waste management and for Heil Equipment
and Washburn Agricultural Services.
Jennifer
Reich (pronounced “reach”)
is a new administrative assistant in the main office. In addition to
general office support, she is assisting with payroll and employment
transactions and serves as a liaison for the departmental Web site.
Jennifer was previously employed as a senior teller at the Yolo Federal
Credit Union in Woodland. She stills lives in Woodland with her son
Brian, 4. Jennifer spent her first ten years living in Kansas.
Jeannette
Wilder is a new
administrative assistant in the main office. Her major responsibilities
are to provide assistance to the department chair, process travel and
entertainment vouchers and provide general office services. Jeannette was
previously employed as a licensed State Farm Insurance Agent for seven
years. She is engaged to be married to Randall Jacobs, Jr., next June. She
has two children, Darrol, 14, and Ashley, 12. She grew up in Richmond and
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