David Barkley, Horticulture Agent for North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Brunswick County, has been recognized by the state's local chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, a national honor society for Extension professionals. Barkley received the International Award at the annual meeting of Xi Chapter of ESP in Sanford last month.
Barkley has been involved in many international service projects including:
- Participating in the "North Carolina in the World Program"
- Hosting educators from Costa Rica
- Participating in an international 4S (4-H) Camp
- Hosting graduate students from Bolivia and Peru
- Foreign mission work in Prague, Czech Republic
- Foreign Mission work in Mandeville, Jamaica
- Providing financial aid to disaster-stricken countries - Honduras, Afghanistan, Iraq
- Working as a volunteer for "Operation Christmas Child"
- Tutoring foreign students enrolled in the MBA program at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington
- Studies Abroad - International Business Seminar - University of North Carolina - Wilmington MBA program
- International Missions Coordinator for First Baptist Church Diaconate, Wilmington
