Tifton Campus
Joe W. West
Assistant Dean
Administration
Dr. Joe W. West Named Assistant Dean for the Tifton Campus
A national search ended today with the announcement that Joe West will be the assistant dean for the Tifton, Ga., campus of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
West will oversee the college's research and extension operations and academic program on the campus and at its outlying centers in south Georgia. "I'm very pleased that Dr. West has accepted this important position," said CAES dean and director J. Scott Angle. "Our Tifton campus is located in the heart of Georgia's agricultural community. We need someone who can provide seasoned leadership for such a demanding position, but will also be a good listener." Angle said West is "the right person to keep agricultural research, extension and education in Athens connected to vital resources and producers in south Georgia."
Twenty-two years with UGA
A UGA animal and dairy science professor, West has been with the CAES for 22 years. He has spent almost all of that time working on research and extension programs on the Tifton campus. His work focuses mainly on dairy cow nutrition and heat stress management. West holds degrees from Middle Tennessee State University, the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University. He has served on editorial boards of the Journal of Dairy Science and as an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Animal Science and other journals. He's on the planning committee for the Western Dairy Management Conference.
(This information orginally appeared in Georgia FACES on November 29, 2007. Written by Faith Peppers, news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)