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Every year, Hispanic Heritage Month invites us to reflect and celebrate the vibrant contributions and rich cultural heritage of the Latino community. It is always important to showcase the richness of a community but also understand the...
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In the face of declining college enrollment, Indiana 4-H stands as a significant contributor to reversing this trend through its positive youth development programs, which promote strengths, skills and supportive relationships in youth. A recent dataset (2018-2023) reveals promising trends, particularly among Hispanic youth, highlighting the positive impact of Indiana 4-H on college enrollment rates.
Through family engagement workshops, Juntos 4-H clubs, success coaching, and summer programming, the Juntos 4-H program has been a powerful tool in bridging gaps, fostering connections and building academic and leadership skills among Latino students and their families across Indiana. School administrators have witnessed firsthand the transformative impact of the program, both on individual students and the larger school community. Their feedback offers a robust narrative about the role of Juntos 4-H in creating pathways to success for students and families.
The Federal Reserve’s press release from Sept. 18 said it would “lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/2 percentage point to 4-3/4 to 5 percent.” The federal funds rate is the shortest of short-term interest rates, the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans. Lend the money in the evening, get repaid with interest the next morning. Changes in this short-term rate influence the longer-term rates that banks charge for business, consumer and mortgage loans.
October kicks off National Farm to School Month and National Apple Month. Purdue Extension, the Indiana Department of Education and Indiana Grown for Schools are celebrating with the Indiana Great Apple Crunch.
Lenny Farlee, sustaining hardwood Extension specialist for Purdue’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR), has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The SAF Fellow Award, one of the highest honors bestowed on an SAF member by their peers, recognizes long-standing service to forestry at the local, state, regional and national levels.
Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program has released the 2023 Summary of U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-related Injuries and Fatalities ahead of National Farm Safety and Health Week.
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