Month: July 2019

Faculty, graduate students honored at NACTA conference

In late June, several of our faculty members and graduate students attended the 2019 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) conference held in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Faculty and graduate students presenting research include:

Oral Presentation: Using iPads to Enhance Education Abroad Learning, Kelly Newlon and Kelly George

Poster Presentation: Second-Year Engagement: A Theoretical Examination of First-Generation College of Agriculture Students, AaronGiorgi and Susie Whittington

Faculty and staff receiving awards include:

NACTA Teaching Scholar Award: Dr. Emily Buck
NACTA Educator Award: Dr. Caryn Filson and Dr. Annie Specht
NACTA Graduate Student Award: Aaron Giorgi, Fally Masambuka, and Lauren Stohlmann

Join us in congratulating these faculty and graduate students who do an outstanding job teaching our students!

2019 Spring Semester Dean’s List

The 2019 Spring Semester Dean’s List for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences has been announced and 92 undergraduate students from the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership are included.

Congratulations to the following students on earning at 3.5 GPA or higher during Spring Semester.

 

Wilson successfully defends dissertation

Join us in congratulating Dr. Kelly Wilson on the successful defense of her dissertation titled “Do Women Reap the Benefits? Exploring Access and Social Exclusion among Village Chicken Producers in Kenya.”
 
Dr. Wilson completed her dissertation under the advisement of Dr. Mary Rodriguez and Dr. Scott Scheer. Dr. Jera Niewoehner-Green and graduate faculty representative Dr. Karen Mancl served as members of her committee.
 
Congratulations Kelly!
 
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Snider hired as director of education and outreach with GrainBridge

 

Congratulations to Sydney Snider, a recent agricultural communication graduate, on her new position as director of education and outreach with GrainBridge in Omaha, Nebraska.

In her new role, she will oversee the delivery and implementation of risk-management curriculum developed for agricultural educators using GrainBridge technology. She will also oversee key parthersihops with sponsors and state FFA associations.

Congratulations Sydney! We look forward to watching you succeed in your new career!

 

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