1. My name is Billy Bruce Greene and I spent the first 18 years of my life on a hillside farm in Upper East Tennessee where we raised cattle, hogs, and tobacco. The greatest influence on my life at that time was my grandfather who lived in easy walking distance from my house. I believe I owe much of my love for agriculture, extreme interest in old things, and tendency to behave like an old man since high school to him. I obtained my B.S. degree in Agriculture from Berea College in 1979. Some of my fondest memories and best experiences occurred while at Berea College. It was a great time of learning and social development for me, once I recovered from the shock of being away from home and using public showers and bathrooms for the first time. I majored in the animal science concentration with aspirations of attending Vet School, but was not admitted. I obtained my MS. and Ph.D. degrees at The University of Tennessee after graduating from Berea College. That was also a great learning experience and my first experience at a large university in a big town. I had real trouble negotiating those one-way streets. I met my wife, Nancy, there and married her in 1983. We have two children, Mary who is 17 and Andy who is 15. Nancy and I moved to Louisiana after graduation from The University of Tennessee and I worked for 6 years on an agricultural experiment station for Louisiana State University. We had both our children in Louisiana and made lots of good friends, but sort of got homesick for our parents and Tennessee. We decided to apply for a teaching job at Tennessee Tech University in 1990 and moved back to Middle Tennessee (which is the next best thing to East Tennessee) in 1991. We have been working at Tennessee Tech for 15 years now, where I teach courses in Animal Science. It has been a pleasure to work with the local Delta Tau Alpha chapter at Tennessee Tech and make acquaintances and develop relationships with advisors and students from other colleges and universities at the national conventions. I am very excited about working with this year’s National Council and hope that my performance as national treasurer will meet your expectations.

2. NOTE: If you find any interesting articles in the field of agriculture please sent then to stdnde11@shsu.edu so that they may be made available for everyone. The Sul Ross chapter hosted a haunted house for Halloween. Mark your calendars: National Convention will be held March 19-21 Fort Hays The chapter at Fort Hays has been very busy. They did a highway clean-up, a phone-a-thon, and a holiday fundraiser. Great job on all your hard work! TTU is doing the Adopt an Angle service project and a Kiss a Pig fundraiser. They Have also been working on their Corpus Book. The Missouri State chapter sponsors freshman mentoring.

3. First I would like to apologize for this month’s newsletter being late, the end of the semester is surly upon us. I hope everyone is ready for finals and I am sure looking forward to a break. The National Council met at the end on October and discussed the convention. We encourage everyone to attend this year, it is sure to be a blast. Remember to get started early on award applications. I hope everyone has a fun, safe, and relaxing holiday break. Nicole Edmonson National President Don’t Forget Check out the website!!! @ www.fhsu.edu/agriculture/natdta www.fhsu.edu/agriculture/natdta To submit Form 40’s after every meeting (ASAP) so that your chapter can be included in the newsletter.