This toolkit provides language, graphics and other marketing resources to help UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) stakeholders promote the D.W. Brooks Signature Event. It also features materials to help D.W. Brooks award winners share their honor with their personal networks.
Key messaging
- Event celebrates agricultural innovation and leadership: The annual D.W. Brooks Signature Event highlights UGA’s commitment to advancing farming practices, honoring leaders who drive progress in agronomy, food security and global agricultural sustainability.
- CAES honors faculty excellence with D.W. Brooks Awards: Six faculty members are recognized annually for their outstanding contributions in teaching, research, extension, public service, student success, and international agricultural and environmental sciences.
- Raj Khosla will deliver the 2025 D.W. Brooks Lecture on AI in precision agriculture: The internationally recognized authority will explore how artificial intelligence, big data and sensors are reshaping farming productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
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For CAES departments/units
Promoting D.W. Brooks Lecture
This year’s 2025 D.W. Brooks Lecture will be delivered by Raj Khosla, an internationally recognized authority in precision agriculture. Khosla’s lecture, “Cultivating Intelligence: AI’s Past, Present, and Future in Precision Agriculture,” will explore how artificial intelligence, big data and sensors are reshaping farming productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
📍 Nov. 13, 2025 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
🗓️ The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel’s Mahler Hall
🎟️ REGISTER HERE: https://dwbrooks.caes.uga.edu
Celebrating D.w. Brooks Awards winners
We are proud to share that [faculty/staff member’s name and title within department] has been honored with the 2025 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in [category]! [Recipient-specific information on work resulting in award]. Congratulations, [faculty/staff member’s name and title]!
Example: We are proud to share that Daniela Lourenco, an associate professor with CAES’ Department of Animal and Dairy Science, has been honored with the 2025 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Research! Associate Professor Lourenco’s multispecies genetic research program has secured over $10 million in grant funds from government and private sources since 2015. She has authored over 300 conference proceedings, written 175 peer-reviewed publications and given talks on five continents. Congratulations, Associate Professor Lourenco!
For D.W. Brooks Award recipients
I’m beyond thrilled to share that I’m being recognized with the 2025 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in [category]! It is such an honor to join the ranks of the talented researchers, educators, public service advocates and more who have been recognized with D.W. Brooks Awards in the past, and I’m grateful to all of my colleagues and collaborators for their support along my professional journey.
I’d be honored if you would join me on November 13 in the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel’s Mahler Hall for this year’s D.W. Brooks Signature Event where I will be recognized alongside five other CAES faculty members for outstanding contributions in the agricultural and environmental sciences.
You can learn more about the D.W. Brooks Signature Event, meet my fellow award recipients and register here: https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/news/2025-dw-brooks-lecture/
Digital Assets
Resources
Before posting on social media, be sure to review our social media guidelines and ensure your posts are compliant with the most recent accessibility standards using our digital accessibility handbook. Ask yourself these key questions before posting:
- Do my graphics have enough contrast to be readable? If not, check out the “using color” section of our digital accessibility handbook.
- Have I included alt text alongside all of my images? If not, check out the “alternative text” section of our digital accessibility handbook.
- Does my video have captions? If not, check out the “video and audio” section of our digital accessibility handbook.
- When sharing on Instagram, are my links interactive? If not, include the URL in your profile bio as opposed to the post caption.
Questions
Please contact Nele Langhof at nele@uga.edu with any questions.