![Todd Applegate will assume his new role as head of the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia Jan. 8.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/2122/applegt.jpg)
New Department Head
Todd Applegate, associate head of the Department of Animal Sciences at Indiana’s Purdue University, has been tapped to lead the University of Georgia’s Department of Poultry Science. He will take the helm starting on Jan. 8.