The Achiever

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The Achiever
?National Delta Tau Alpha Newsletter ? February
2004?
Meet your
National Executive Treasurer
National Advisor
Dr. Jean A. Gleichsner grew up on a dairy farm in
Wisconsin where she was involved in the high
school chapter of the FFA and 4-H. She went on
to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison
where she graduated with highest
distinction, receiving B.S. degrees in
Agricultural Education and Agronomy. She then
attended Oregon State University where she earned
both a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Weed Science in 1987
and 1988, respectively. Dr. Gleichsner joined
the Agriculture Department at Fort Hays State
University in 1988 as an Assistant Professor and
was promoted to Associate Professor in 1994. She
has served as the Delta Tau Alpha (DTA) Chapter
Co-advisor (1989-93), Chapter Advisor
(1993-present) and recently was elected as the
National DTA Advisor. She is actively involved in
campus and community activities and was
recognized for her service to the College of
Health and Life Sciences in 1994, 1999 and 2002.
Dr. Gleichsner served a two-year term (1997-98)
as President of the Kansas Association of
Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (KACTA).
She served a two-year term (1997-99) as Central
Regional Director of the North American
Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA),
Vice-President of NACTA (1999-2000) and President
for NACTA (2000-2001). Dr. Gleichsner served as
President of the Phi Kappa Phiat FHSU (2001-2002)
and is currently serving as Public Relations
Officer.
Relations Officer.
Dr. Robert (Bob) Stephenson grew up in northern
Illinois, he spent 3 years in Florida, but Hays,
Kansas and Fort Hays State University have been
home for the past 16 years. He keeps busy
teaching 4-5 classes per semester while serving
as an academic advisor to 25 undergraduate
students. He serves on numerous university,
college and departmental committees, and he has
been involved with GPS at the university farm and
has on-going no-till work with Monsanto and
fertility work with Kansas State University and
others. Dr. Bob coaches the Crops Judging Team,
he serves as Chair for the Teacher Recognition
Committee of NACTA (North American Colleges
Teachers of Agriculture), and has served Delta
Tau Alpha as National Executive Treasurer for 12
years. Dr. Stephenson has been recognized both
locally and nationally for his outstanding
efforts in teaching. When not working, Dr. Bob
enjoys traveling.
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• The greater our knowledge increase
• the more our ignorance unfolds. 
• John F. Kennedy

Chapter Chatters
Angelo States next service project will be
handing out carnations to residents at a local
nursing home on Saturday, February 14.
We are still collecting for the canned food drive
that will end in April, with the food going to
Murfreesboro's Food Bank.
For our February fundraiser we will be
selling home baked cookies during the week of
Feb. 23.
At our next meeting we will be making valentines
to distribute at Bristol Manor for our February
Community Service project.
We are assisting the Ag Alumni Association with
the 1st annual Bearkat Classic Golf Tournament,
to be held on Saturday. April 24.
Man, despite his artistic pretensions, his
sophistication and many accomplishments, owes the
fact of his existence to a six-inch layer of
topsoil and the fact that it rains.
Anonymous
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There's enough on this planet for everyone's
needs but not for everyone's greed. Gandhi
Dont Forget

• Check out your National Council _at_
  www.fhsu.edu/agriculture/natdta.htm
• To submit Form 40s after every meeting so that
  you can be included in Chapter Chatters.
• Information for National Convention _at_
  www.cals.ncsu.edu/student_orgs/dta/

Presidents Corner
Howdy Yall, As the Spring semester progresses
(drags, for some) I hope that everyone is doing
well and having a good semester. I hope to see as
many of you as possible in North Carolina. Brian
VanDelist National President
All things are connected like the blood that
unites us,  We did not weave the web of life. 
We are merely a strand in it.  Whatever we do to
the web, we do to ourselves.       Chief
Seattle