From the desk of Deborah Dietzler

Grad heads up hunger program

Dr. Idrissa Dicko ‘83, ‘89 has been appointed Head of Africa Programs for The Hunger Project, a New York City-based, non-profit global initiative to end world hunger.  Idrissa came to Athens around 1980 from his native Burkina Faso and was here for nearly a decade earning an MS in Agricultural Plant Pathology and a PhD in Agricultural Entomology.  His new position with The Hunger Project will be to “strengthen partnerships with African governments and non-governmental organizations working in Africa,” according to a THP news release.  While at UGA, Idrissa developed a love for American football.  “I guess this is left over from my school days at the University of Georgia where the Bulldogs are kings!,” he said in the release.