The 4th Annual New Orleans Style Jazz Brunch, held December 12, 2009 honored nine outstanding Louisiana Role Models. Among the honorees was Gina E. Eubanks, Ph.D., SU Ag Center vice chancellor for extension, who was selected by Baton Rouge Chapter of The Links Incorporated to serve as Louisiana Role Models for one year effective December 2009.

The Links Inc. is a national organization of accomplished, dedicated women who are active in the community. Links are role models, mentors, activists and volunteers who work toward the realization of making the name "Links" not only a chain of friendship, but also a chain of purposeful service.

Eubanks’ dedication to mentoring is also found in her service to the Big Buddy Program. On January 4, WBRZ Channel 2 reporter Dana Hackett sat down with members of the Big Buddy program in Baton Rouge with an invitation for the public to get involved. Eubanks and her Big Buddy service were featured on the Channel 2 morning show, 2une In, see the broadcast at http://www.wbrz.com/news/big-buddy-program-promotes-mentoring-on-2une-in/

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