- Student Experience
-
Academics
- Academics Overview
-
Undergraduate Majors
- Undergraduate Majors Overview
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Mechanization & Business
- Animal & Veterinary Sciences
- Environmental & Natural Resources
- Food Science & Human Nutrition
- Forest Resources Management
- Horticulture
- Packaging Science
- Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Turfgrass
- Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
-
Graduate Programs
- Graduate Programs Overview
- Request for Information
- Agricultural and Applied Economics (MS)
- Agricultural Education (MAgEd)
- Agriculture (MS, PhD)
- Animal & Veterinary Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Entomology (MS, PhD)
- Food, Nutrition and Culinary Sciences (MS)
- Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences (PhD)
- Forest Resources (MFR, MS, PHD)
- Packaging Science (MS)
- Plant and Environmental Sciences (MS, PhD)
- Wildlife and Fisheries Biology (MWFR, MS, PhD)
- Scholarships
- Academic Departments
- Academic Advising
- Extension
- Research
- Alumni Connection
- About
Alana West
SC 4-H Youth Development Assistant Director
SC 4-H STEM Coordinator
4-H Youth Development Program Team, Newberry County Cooperative Extension Office
Office: Newberry SC
Phone: 803-768-8442
Email: AWILLIN@clemson.edu
Educational Background
M. Ag. Ed. Agricultural Education
Clemson University 2006
B.S. Agriculture and Applied Economics
Clemson Univiersity 2004
Profile
Upon graduating from Clemson University with Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics (04’) and a Master’s of Agricultural Education (’06), Alana started her Extension career in 2006 as the 4-H Agent in Cherokee County, SC. After serving there for four years she was transferred back 'home' to Newberry County where she worked as the 4-H agent for 13 years. In March 2024, she accepted the position of Assistant Director of South Carolina 4-H. In this role, she serves as the SC 4-H STEM Program Coordinator and the Civic Engagement Program Coordinator as well as the State Teen Council Advisor. She enjoys working with 4-H agents across the state to set them up for success so they can, in turn, set their 4-H members up to be beyond ready for life after 4-H.
In her career, she has served in officer positions on both the SCACAA and SCAE4HA, as well as with Extension Senate. Within the SC 4-H Program Team she has served as chair of both the Natural Resource Committee and the Healthy Lifestyles Committee, as well as served as a member on the Science Committee, Horse Committee, and Livestock Steering Committee. She has received many regional and national awards over the years for her Extension efforts including receiving the 2023 Inaugural EELI Marlyne Walker Leadership Award, 2021 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents, and 2019 Newberry County Young Professionals Inaugural 4 Under 40.
NACAA
SCACAA
NAE4HYDP
SCAE4HA
Publications
West, A. W., A. T. Phillips, S. T. Guynn, N. Nemire, J. Bible, and T. A. Burns. 2023. Response to continuing 4-H youth development in SC during a pandemic: The SC 4-H@Home program. The Journal of Extension, 61(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.61.01.18
