News release – James F. Evans Global Center for Food and Agricultural Communications

ACES, IFAJ commit to launching a certificate in global agricultural communications

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 by Claire Benjamin

ACES and IFAJ formalize plans to launch a Certificate in Global Agricultural Communications, a milestone initiative of the proposed Evans Center.

Sitting on the RFD-TV set: Pat Driscoll (left), Taylor Talbert (center), Jennie Abbott (right)

Lights, Camera, Agriculture: Inside the AgRally 2025 Broadcast

Posted on April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 by jaa14@illinois.edu

Reporting live from Fort Worth, Texas, University of Illinois agricultural communications students Jennie Abbott and Taylor Talbert shared updates on the James F. Evans Global Center for Food and Agricultural Communications during AgRally 2025, a live, nationwide broadcast on RFD-TV celebrating National Ag Day. The storied RFD-TV studio in Fort Worth, Texas, is tucked away […]

AGCM Homecoming Huddle invites alumni to gather, discuss bridging the rural-urban divide

Posted on August 29, 2024April 21, 2025 by Claire Benjamin

Join us for the annual Homecoming Huddle featuring a panel on bridging the rural-urban divide.

Jim Evans and a group of students pose in front of the large Abraham Lincoln painting in the ACES Funk Library.

Illinois to create global center of excellence in food and agricultural communications

Posted on March 19, 2024April 21, 2025 by Claire Benjamin

The University of Illinois announces the Evans Center to advance global food and agricultural communications through research, training, and outreach.