A Ozzie AbayeA. Ozzie Abaye is a professor in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and has been at Virginia Tech since 1987. While Abaye finds teaching and international work extremely rewarding, the aspect of her position that she prizes the most is he interaction with advisees. As an advisor, Abaye strives to provide and foster opportunities for meaningful interaction locally and globally. For over 20 years, Abaye has been involved in international research, development, and education. One of Abaye's highly valued international research and development works was in Senegal where she was involved with a project focused on human and institutional capacity in agricultural teaching, research, training, and outreach in order to serve the needs of the Senegalese public and private sectors, including farmers at all levels. Abaye's research focus, which also strongly supports her outreach and teaching efforts, has been grassland conservation, and agricultural systems and crop diversification. Read More Read Less