A former Stone County resident was recently given a promotion in the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Rick Cartwright was selected as the new director for the Cooperative Extension Service.
Cartwright has been with the Division of Agriculture since 1992 and has served in several roles on both the Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station sides. He has international recognition as a rice pathologist. Cartwright has also served in administrative positions as the interim head of the entomology department and associate director-Agriculture and Natural Resources for extension. Most recently, he was the interim associate vice president for agriculture-extension since last September following the departure of then-director Tony Windham.
Cartwright was raised on a farm in Stone County. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and a Ph.D. in plant pathology at the University of California at Davis.
Cartwright’s appointment became effective August 1st.
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