#1: 2023 "Climate Smart: Farming with Weather Extremes" conference in Plain City, Ohio, in November.

#2: 2023 Black Farming Conference held in September

#3: At the CSU 1890 Land-Grant Open House and Research Facility Groundbreaking, held in late April.

#4: On Nov. 16, an 11-member Central State University team of Interim President Alex Johnson, Ph.D., other administrators, research professors, and Board of Regents chair highlighted in a virtual, one-hour gathering the institution’s food and agricultural research project efforts, the diverse ways they impact and benefit the local community. The team's audience comprised of representatives from more than 50 corporations who listened as the CSU team argued for support of ongoing research and a new, $40 million research and demonstration complex under construction on the Wilberforce, Ohio, campus. View a photo gallery.

#5: Construction is underway on a new $40 million facility to serve as the home of Central State University's Land-Grant research. At left (above) is an artist's rendering of the center; at right is the facility under construction off state Route 42 on the CSU Wilberforce campus.

#6: A July visit to the CSU Seed to Bloom Botanical and Community Garden on the Wilberforce campus.

#7: CSU 2023 DESEC STEM Academy Camp. Students showing off their robotic experiment.

#8: Homeschool adventures at the CSU Seed to Bloom Botanical and Community Garden

#9: 2023 Undergraduate Research and Internship Review.

#10: (l-r) Research professors Mark Campbell, Ph.D., and Luke Farno, Ph.D., who mentor TreMia Hutcheson in sustainable agriculture, are just two of many CSU researchers grooming the next generation of professional agricultural workforce.



#11: 2023 Farm Science Review Show in London, Ohio, in September.

#12: CSU Extension/Toledo City Farming Program

#13: Research professor Marcus Nagle, Ph.D., shows a group of visiting high school students from New Lexington, Ohio, a variety of potatoes in a CSU greenhouse.

#14: Student researcher TreMia Hutcheson at work.

#15: A historic ceremonial signing to commemorate a strategic alliance memorandum (SAM) between Central State University and the Small Business Administration Central and Southern Ohio District Office took place on Oct. 13.

#16: A silflower plot in Beavercreek Township is the sixth for CSU research on growing silflower crops on local farms for pollinator activity, honey yield, and climate mitigation.

#17: Deng Cao, Ph.D., is Co-Principal Investigator for Advance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Education and Research for Agriculture and Forestry at Central State University

#18: (l) Pratibha Gupta, Ph.D., explains the workings of a weight-control machine in a CSU lab to a group of visiting high school students from New Lexington, Ohio, during Homecoming week in October.

#19: Elephant Ears...It's simply beautiful! Brian Kampman, CSU Extension vegetable and small fruit crops technician, stands proudly next to a beautiful floral display on campus. 

#20: (l) Craig Schluttenhofer, Ph.D., explains to a group of visiting high school students from New Lexington, Ohio, his research into the use of hemp as an aquaculture feed and for the production of healthy fish.

#21: Rajveer Dhillon, Ph.D., (right) assistant research professor, is pictured with undergraduate student researcher, Isaiah Walkine. Dhillon worked on this project to collect aerial images using a drone mounted with a camera. 

#22: Research professor Hongmei Li-Byarlay, Ph.D., (center) is at work with students and research professor Shirat Krishna, Ph.D., in a CSU bee lab

#23: In collaboration with Apple Lab Camp, Central State University Extension hosted the Apple Creative Community Camp, a tailored program for high school tech enthusiasts in July.