Colleagues,

This is a very, very big issue of In Focus, but that's a good thing, because this issue is devoted entirely to celebrating all our award winners in the College of Agriculture.

Congratulations to all of our award and recognition recipients, and thanks to all of those who supported our winners in the classroom, put together award nominations, or were involved in the process in some way. And of course, if we missed any award winners, let us know!

As we come to the end of another busy semester, thanks very much to all of you for all you do for Purdue Agriculture.  Have a great summer!

All the best,

Faculty

Kola Ajuwon, Animal Sciences: 2010 Showalter Award

Clint Chapple, Biochemistry: 2011 Herbert Newby McCoy Award

Indrajeet Chaubey, Agricultural and Biological Engineering: University Faculty Scholar

Barny Dunning, Forestry and Natural Resources:  2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy

Paul Ebner, Animal Sciences: 2011 Community of Service-Learning Faculty Fellow

Joe Garner, Animal Sciences: 2010 Showalter Award

Doug Jacobs, Forestry and Natural Resources: University Faculty Scholar

John Lumkes, Agricultural and Biological Engineering:  2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy; 2011 Community of Service-Learning Faculty Fellow

Andy Tao, Biochemistry: University Faculty Scholar

Staff

Andrew Oppy, academic advisor in Agricultural Economics:  Outstanding New Professional Award from the Purdue Academic Advising Association (PACADA)

The “Small Steps to Health Online” distance education site received the Award for Excellence in Distance Learning from Purdue Extended Campus.   The site development team includes AgIT staff Adam Brooks, Ben Fox and Eric Adams and Ag Communications staff Joan Crow, Jamie Loizzo, Wright Frazier and Sharon Katz.

Students

Arman Batayev, Agricultural Economics: Martin C. Jischke Outstanding International Student Award

Rachel Cumberbatch, School of Veterinary Medicine and alumna of the College of Agriculture and Beau Williamson, Agricultural Economics, were selected to deliver the student responses at their respective May Commencement ceremonies.

Gabe Rangel, Biochemistry: Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Rachel Schluttenhofer, Biochemistry:  Flora Roberts Award

Jamie Steiner, Agricultural Economics: 2011 McGaughey Leadership Award

Renate Weizbauer, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture: 2011 Purdue Graduate Student Teaching Award

Faculty

Cale Bigelow, Agronomy: David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor

Sylvie Brouder, Agronomy: Spirit of the Land Grant Mission Award

Ryan Cabot, Animal Sciences: Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award

Andrew DeWoody, Forestry and Natural Resources: 2011 Agricultural Research Award

J. Barny Dunning, Forestry and Natural Resources: Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher

Rob Swihart, Forestry and Natural Resources: Outstanding Graduate Educator

Kevin McNamara, Agricultural Economics; Rick Foster, Entomology; Ned Kalb, staff member of IPIA; Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer, associate dean and director of IPIA (not pictured); Jerry Peters, Youth Development and Agricultural Education (not pictured); George Van Scoyoc, Agronomy; and more than 70 other faculty and staff in the College of Agriculture: 2011 TEAM Award for Purdue Afghanistan Team

Staff

Kelly Delp, Agronomy: Outstanding Service to Students

Theresa Baker, Forestry and Natural Resources; Lynn Grimes, International Sponsored Programs Administration; and Liz Rausch, College of Agriculture Business Office: Business Office Service Award for extraordinary efforts to help accomplish the College’s strategic goals. 

Students

College of Agriculture student winners at the annual Purdue Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium:

Schuylar McGuffey (ANSC): Best Abstract in Life Sciences—“Pre-Harvest Food Safety: Bacteriophage Therapy”

Amber Courter (ANSC): 2nd Place Life Science—“Efficacy of garlic juice, copper oxide wire particles, and anthelmintics to control gastrointestinal nematodes in goats”

Lexis Butler (FNR): College of Agriculture Dean’s Choice Award—“Impacts of Wastes from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Sex Differentiation of Fathead Minnow”

Austin White (ABE): College of Agriculture Dean’s Choice Award—“E4C: Energy for Cameroon: Development of Community Power from Sustainable Small Hydro Power Systems – A Capacity Building Project in Bangang, Cameroon”

Outstanding Undergraduate Students

Elaina Grott, Entomology, Freshman

Gabriel Rangel, Biochemistry, Sophomore

Benjamin Daily, Ag and Biological Engineering, Junior

Jamie Steiner, Agricultural Economics, Senior

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Paolo Santos (graduate student), M.A. Carignano, and Osvaldo Campanella (faculty): Best Paper Award of International Conference on Chemical Engineering 2010
 
Giovanni Campanella, Visiting Scholar: 2010 SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation Award presentation at SAE COMVEC 2010 (Modeling and Optimization of the Control Strategy for the Hydraulic System of an Articulated Boom Lift)

Graduate Students

Laurent Ahiablame: D. Woods Thomas Memorial Fund travel award; Magoon Excellence in Teaching Award
Kyle Bailey: Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants honor
Lindsay Birt: National Academies of Science 2010 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship; part of a team that was awarded the 2010 EPA-People, Planet, and Prosperity Phase 1 award
Elizabeth Casey: College of Engineering Outstanding Service Scholarship
Jiji Chen: Outstanding ABE Graduate Student Award (1st)
Jonathan Claussen: Outstanding ABE Graduate Student Award (2nd); 2nd place Institute for Biological Engineering annual meeting poster competition
Caitlin Grady: “Across Borders” Fellowship
WangHee Lee has been recognized by the College of Agriculture and Michael Holland has been recognized by the College of Engineering (Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship)
Rebecca Logsdon: ASABE Robert E. Stewart Engineering Humanities Award
J.D. McClurkin: National Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) theme contest; Dr. Luther S. Williams Leadership Award
Louis V. Nelson III: PhD award recipient at Purdue Black Graduate Student Awards and Recognition Banquet
Cibin Raj: Frederick N. Andrews Environmental Travel Grant
Jin Shi: Grand prize Institute for Biological Engineering annual meeting poster competition
Matt Stensberg: 3rd place Institute for Biological Engineering annual meeting poster competition
 

Undergraduate Students

Soybean/Corn Innovation Contest Awards:
Danielle Dawson, Jeff Lai, Chandana Namburi, and Kat Gilbert: People’s Choice award; 2nd place in the soy competition
Andrew Furro and Robert Agee: first place in the corn competition
Jonathan Welte: second place in the corn competition
 
Zane Graper: Outstanding Freshman
Sean Kearney: Outstanding Sophomore
Ben Daily: Outstanding Junior
Kat Gilbert: Outstanding Senior

Agricultural Economics

Faculty

Marshall Martin: Crops and Soil Merit Award, Indiana Crop Improvement Association
Bob Taylor: Beyond the Fence Award – Prairie Farmer

Staff

Angie Flack: 2011 Outstanding Service Award, Clerical – Department
Betty Jones-Bliss: APSAC Award
Penny Pava: 2011 Outstanding Service Award, AP – Department
Marsha Pritchard: Rose Award, Mortar Board Society

Graduate Students

Patrick Ward: CETA Teaching Award
A team of nine Purdue students from the Department of Agricultural Economics placed second in the annual National Agri-Marketing Association competition for a plan to market a natural, local and specialty cheese and salami product. The team was composed of Kyle Maple, Michelle Steinbarger, Kim Hoeing, Jenna Langley, Bailey Perry, Addison Sheldon, Christy Penner, Urooj Khan and Josh Pottschmit. Doctoral student David Ortega was the team's adviser.

Agronomy

Faculty

Joe Anderson: CIC Department Executive Officers 2011 Seminar
Cale Bigelow: Outstanding Counselor – Agronomy Department
Gebisa Ejeta:  Honorary Doctorate from Oklahoma State University; Appointed by President Obama to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)
Rich Grant: Helmolz Association Fellowship (Germany
Scott Jackson: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Yiwei Jiang: co-author and major advisor - Outstanding Graduate Paper Award, 2nd Place Poster, turfgrass section, CSSA
Linda Lee: appointed Associate Department Head; Outstanding Graduate Educator, Agronomy Department
Jianxin Ma: Seeds for Success award
Dev Niyogi: Engagement Award – College of Science 
Herbert Ohm: Genetics and Plant Breeding Award for Industry, National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders. 
Aaron Patton: elected American Society of Agronomy (ASA) Board of Directors, Early Career Representative (2011-2013)
Lori Snyder: member of the 8th Cohort of the 2011 Service Learning Faculty Development Grantee Fellows, Center for Instructional Excellence; Service Learning Award – Provost’s Office; Outstanding paper Award, American Association for Agricultural Education AAAE; Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Gary Steinhardt: Partners in Conservation Award, Indiana Soils/Prime Farmland Team (US Dept of Interior)
Dan Szymanski: Associate Editor, Plant Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences:  panel member; NSF
Jeff Volenec: Incoming President Elect , Crop Science Society of America
Jim Vorst: Purdue Ag Alumni Association Certificate of Distinction
Tony Vyn: Werner L. Nelson Award from the Fluid Fertilizer Foundation

Graduate Students

Ignacio A. Ciampitti: Agronomy Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award;  Marvin and Barbara Phillips Scholarship
Ani Anna Elias: Wyman E. Nyquist Scholarship
Cody M. Fink: M.O. Pence Undergraduate Scholarship
Megan Gillespie:  John D. Axtell Graduate Student Award in Plant Breeding and Genetics
Eric C. Miller: M.O. Pence Graduate Scholarship 
Kiran Rana: Joe L. White Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Agronomy
Samantha Shoaf: GO Mott Award
Anna Verseman: CETA Teaching Award (April 2011), Purdue; Agronomy Outstanding Teaching Award
Chun Zhao: Marvin and Barbara Phillips Scholarship

Animal Sciences

Faculty

Layi Adeola: Evonik Degussa Award for Achievement in Poultry Science given by the Poultry Science Association
Jack Albright, Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences: Dairy Shrine Pioneer 2010
Graduate Students
Shawn Donkin: Pfizer Animal Health Physiology Award given by the American Dairy Science Association
Monica Elmore: Midwestern Section Animal Science Young Scholar from the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS); North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teacher award;  Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award from the Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA) from Purdue University Teaching Academy
Kern Hendrix, retired Purdue Extension beef specialist: Robert C. Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Beef Cattle Association
Patricia (Scotti) Hester: Poultry Welfare Research Award given by the Poultry Science Association
Chuck Hibberd, Associate Dean and Director of Purdue Extension: Animal Science Graduate of Distinction Award, Oklahoma State University. 
Scott Mills: coach of Team USA that won three gold medals and one silver medal at the International Biology Olympiad held in Changwon, Korea.

Graduate Students

Mike Banks: scholarship from the Indiana Horse Council Foundation in the Category of Professional or Graduate Degree Program; poster award for “Outstanding Research Presentation”, International Poultry Science Forum
Patrick Gunn: first place winner in the Graduate Student Paper Competition - Ph.D. Poster Division, 2011 Midwest ADSA/ASAS meeting
Zhengyu Jiang: Youth Program Winner for XIIIth European Poultry Conference; World Poultry Association Travel Grant
Changsu Kong: International Ingredient Corporation Pinnacle Graduate Student Award
Chiao-Ling Lo: PULSe travel award
Weiyi Liu: Bisland Dissertation Fellowship from Purdue Graduate School
Jean-Loup Rault: Center for Instructional Excellence’s Graduate Teaching Certificate
Heather White: 2010 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching award; 2011 Young Dairy Scholar, 2011 Midwest ADSA/ASAS meeting

Undergraduate Students

Amber Courter:  2011 All-USA College Academic Team
Shalyse Tindell: Third place, undergraduate division, 2010 Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium poster competition

Biochemistry

Faculty

Scott Briggs: Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher
Xiaoqi Liu: Kohls Early Career Award for Undergraduate Teaching
Joe Ogas: David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor

Staff

Sherry Pogranichniy: Outstanding Service to Students

Graduate Students

Jessica Schoenherr: Beach Family Travel Grant; Hickory Stick Award
Nick Anderson: Beach Family Travel Grant
Liang Xue: Beach Family Travel Grant
Shawn Liu: Henry A. Moses Award
Juan Martinez: Arnold K. Balls Award

Undergraduate Students

Erin Nicklow: Outstanding Freshman  
Gabe Rangel: Outstanding Sophomore
Dahlia Shvets: Outstanding Junior
Rachel Schluttenhofer: Outstanding Senior

Elizabeth Bell: Patrick C. Matchette Scholarship
Korbin Davis: 1st place poster for Cancer Prevention Internship Program
Laura Henry: Ray W. Fuller Memorial Scholarship
Betheny Moore: Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship
Erin Nicklow: Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship
Kayleigh Nyffler: Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship
Gabe Rangel:  Ray W. Fuller Memorial Scholarship
Dahlia Shvets:  Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship
Kim Tyler: Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship
Alexis Zobel:  Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship

Botany and Plant Pathology

Faculty

Janna Beckerman: Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award, 2010
Nick Carpita: Seeds of Success award; President, American Society of Plant Biologists
Nancy Emery: Outstanding graduate mentor award, 2010.
Steve Hallett: Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher and Advisor, 2010 
Bill Johnson: Eric G. Sharvelle Distinguished Extension Specialist Award, Purdue CES; Outstanding Extension Award, Weed Science Society of America
Ray Martyn: Fellow, American Phytopathological Society
Charles Woloshuk and Kiersten Wise: 2010 PUCESA Team Award

Graduate Students
Asya Ayrapetov: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Craig Schluttenhofer: Outstanding Teaching Assistant

Undergraduate Students

Adrienne Gorny, Outstanding Freshman
Joe Morgan, Outstanding Sophomore
Nicholas Goldsmith, Outstanding Junior
David Israelitt, Outstanding Senior

Entomology

Faculty

Ricky Foster: PUCESA Career Award
Catherine Hill: Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy Scholar
Jeffrey Holland: Early Career Award
Jonathan Neal: Entomology Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor
Douglas Richmond: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Tom Turpin: ESA Fellows of the Society 2010

Graduate Students
Gladys Andino: NCB-ESA 2nd Place - PhD Poster
Kristi Bugajski: Pest Management Professional Magazine Scholarship; Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award
Megan Critser: National Pest Management Association Scholarship
Mahsa Fardisi: Norm Ehmann/Univar USA Scholarship
Jeffrey Grabowski: NCB-ESA 2nd Place - PhD Poster
Terri Hoctor:  Gerald Leeb Scholarship
Gabriel Hughes: Pest Management Professional Magazine Scholarship; NCB-ESA 3rd Place - BS/MS Presentation
Marissa McDonough: Robert O. & Norma Y. Williams Pest Control Conference Award; Vince Parman Scholarship; Rhodes Family Scholarship
Alexzandra Murphy: Outstanding Entomology Student, Doctoral Program
Jonathan Nixon: NCB-ESA 1st Place - BS/MS Presentation
Kapil Rajendra Raje: CETA Teaching Award; Outstanding Entomology Student Service Award
Adam Salyer:  Robert A. Oakes Memorial/B & D.A. Weisburger Scholarship; Duane Edwards Memorial/Arab Pest Control Scholarship; NCB-ESA 2nd Place- BS/MS Presentation
John Shorter: OVEA 2nd Place - MS Paper Presentation; Outstanding Entomology Student, Masters Program
Scott Williams:  BASF Professional Pest Control Scholarship

Staff 
                                                   
Lori Edwards: Outstanding Service Award in Entomology              
Tammy Luck: 20 Year Valuable Service to Purdue Extension by Epsilon Sigma Phi-Alpha Lambda Chapter
Eileen Luke: NIFA Partnership Award for Innovative Program Models (awarded to National Plant Diagnostic Network Team members); CAPS Special Recognition 
Amanda Pendleton: Outstanding Service to Students in Entomology

Undergraduate Students

Alyssa Collins: George E. Gould Scholarship
Alicia Conrad: George E. Gould Scholarship
John Diller: Vince Parman Scholarship; Rhodes Family Scholarship
James Feston:  George E. Gould Scholarship
Elaina Grott: Indiana Pest Management Association Hall of Fame; Austin M. Frishman Scholarship; George E. Gould Scholarship; Outstanding Freshman in Entomology
Jiaqi Guo: Bob Oakes Memorial/Weisburger Family Scholarship; Outstanding Senior in Entomology; Best Biology Poster - SURF Research Symposium; ESE Symposium - 1st Place Undergraduate Poster
Stephanie Hathaway: George E. Gould Scholarship
Matthew Keen: George E. Gould Scholarship
Daniel Martin: William L. Brehm Memorial Scholarship
Emily Mroczkiewicz: College of Ag Award of Excellence
Kevin Norman: A-Mark Pest Management/Eli Lilly Scholarship
Caitlin Race: C. C. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
Rebecca Rose: Pat Baker/POW Pest Control, Inc. Memorial Scholarship
Christina Short: C. C. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
Steven Smith: A-Mark Pest Management/Eli Lilly Scholarship
Tyler Stewart: J.J. Davis Memorial Scholarship; Outstanding Junior in Entomology; FEELS Award (Food, Environmental, Engineering & Life Science)
Jacob Thompson: J.J. Davis Memorial Scholarship; Vince Parman Scholarship
Adam Witte: J.J. Davis Memorial Scholarship

Food Science

Faculty

Arun Bhunia: Outstanding Graduate Educator
Mario Ferruzzi: 2011 Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Nutrition
Suzanne Nielsen: Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher

Graduate Students

Rebecca Lipasek:  Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants Excellence in Teaching Awards
Pui Yeu (Rei) Phoon: D.D. Williamson’s 1st Annual Institute of Food Technologists Student Competition

Staff

Gwen Shoemaker: Outstanding Service to Students Award

Forestry and Natural Resources

Faculty

Reuben Goforth: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award – Early Career

Staff

Jennifer Spitznagle: Outstanding Staff Award
               

Students
Kaylin Adams: L. David Mech Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award
Olivia Andrus:  John Oliver Holwager II Memorial Scholarship
Andrew Bagnara:  Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making Academic Merit Award 
Renee Berg: Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Academic Merit Award 
Christina Bienz:  Wildlife Academic Merit Award 
Courtney Blouzdis:  Glenn R. Allison Scholarship (Junior); Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Undergraduate Research Award; Natural Resources Planning and Decision Making Academic Merit Award 
Rebecca Czaja:  Outstanding Camper Award
Patrick Duncan:  Outstanding Camper Award
Charles Haney: Roy C. Brundage Memorial Scholarship; Forestry Academic Merit Award 
Wes Homoya:  Gladden Scholarship 
Randy Knapik: Gladden Scholarship; Durward Allen Memorial Award 
Olivia Leonard:  John Oliver Holwager II Memorial Scholarship
Nicholas McCann: Kirkpatric Memorial Graduate Student Award
Andrew Meier: Charles H. Michler Scholarship for the Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher in Forest Biology; Fischer Forestry Fund Graduate Student Scholarship
Al Meyer:  Forestry Leadership Award; Society of American Foresters Senior Award
Kara Osbourne: Wildlife Academic Merit Award 
Justine Penix: Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources
Jessica Rodkey:  Gladden Scholarship
Thomas Rowe: Pike Lumber Company Scholarship
Gary Ruhl:  Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Academic Merit Award 
Kristen Ruhl:  Gladden Scholarship;  Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Academic Merit Award 
Melissa Stallard: Glenn R. Allison Scholarship
Jessica Rodkey:  Glenn R. Allison Scholarship
Greg Schortgen: Gladden Scholarship 
Chad Shoultz: Wildlife Academic Merit Award 
Amberly Simpson: Gladden Scholarship 
Anthony Sipes: Roy C. Brundage Memorial Scholarship; John Oliver Holwager II Memorial Scholarship; Durward Allen Memorial Award 
Amanda Smith: Forestry Academic Merit Award; Gladden Scholarship
Scott Sorensen:  Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources; Forestry Academic Merit Award 
David Starzynski:  Outstanding Camper Award
Mary Strickland: Gladden Scholarship 
Sarah Tuttle: William A. Rafferty Award
Rachel Vanausdall: Gladden Scholarship 
Kyle VanMeter: Wood Products Manufacturing Technology Leadership Award; Stanley Coulter Leadership Award; Burton F. Swain Forestry Achievement Award

Outstanding Student Awards: Amberly Simpson (Freshman); Jessica Rodkey (Sophomore); Randy Knapik (Junior); Amanda Smith (Senior)

Poster Symposium Award Winners
Ph.D./Research
First Place: Shaneka Lawson
Second Place: D. Novem Auyeung
Third Place: Jessica Leet

Ph.D./Engagement
First Place: Rebecca Perry-Hill
Second Place: Kate Mulvaney

M.S./Research
First Place: Nicole VanDerLaan
Second Place: Matthew Caldwell
Third Place: Philip Crystal and Kenneth Kellner (tie)

Undergraduate/Research
First Place: Anthony Sipes
Second Place: Courtney Blouzdis
Third Place: Colleen Hartel and Jade Tonos

Undergraduate/Engagement
First Place: Zhifen Pan

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Faculty

Jennifer Dennis: HLA’s nominee for Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher
Mike Hasegawa: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Jules Janick: Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB)
Roberto Lopez: 2010 Early Career Award from the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialist Association (PUCESA)
Paul Siciliano: Teaching Academy of Purdue University
Rob Sovinski, HLA’s nominee for David C. Pfendler Outstanding Counselor Award
Jian-Kang Zhu: Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Hiroshi Maeda, Post Doctoral Research Associate in Natalia Dudareva’s lab: 2011 Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists. 

Staff

Barbara Wireman: Meritorious Service Award from Epsilon Sigma Phi

Graduate Students

Christopher Currey: D. Woods Thomas Memorial International Award
Chris Currey and Celina Gomez:  first and second place, respectively, for their posters at the annual meeting of the NCERA 101 Committee on Controlled Environment Technology & Use Conference 
Landon Young: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Undergraduate Students
Sara Noë: Outstanding Freshman Student
Michael Baird: Outstanding Sophomore Student
Andrea Brennan: Outstanding Junior Student
Joshua Budka: Outstanding Senior Student

Youth Development and Agricultural Education

Faculty

Colleen Brady: Outstanding Graduate Educator
Carl Broady: 2010 Epsilon Sigma Phi Distinguished Service Award
Natalie Carroll: 2010 PUCESA Mid-Career Award
Linda Chezem: 2010 Chairman’s Award, Indiana Governor’s Council on Dangerous and Impaired Driving
Levon Esters: Early Career Award; 2011 NCATA (North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture)  Teacher Fellow Award; 2010 North Central AAAE (American Association for Agricultural Education) Early Career Agricultural Educator Award
Neil Knobloch: 2010 ACTER (Association for Career and Technical Education Research) Outstanding Research Symposium Award
Kathryn Orvis: Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor
Mark Tucker: Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher

Staff

Mona Jackson: Outstanding Service to Students

Graduate Student

Fallys Masambuka:  3rd place in the Graduate Research Discussion competition  in the MANRRS National Conference

Undergraduate Students

Emelia Kratz: Outstanding Freshman
Abigail Maurer: Outstanding Sophomore
Lisa Schluttenhofer: Outstanding Junior
Chelsey Mann: Outstanding Senior