Purdue Agriculture InFocus May 2024, Part 1-copy

May 2024, Part 1

This issue of Purdue Agriculture InFocus is devoted entirely to celebrating our award winners in the College of Agriculture throughout the 2023-2024 academic year.

This issue features select national, international, university, and college awards. The second issue, which you’ll see soon, will contain awards from our units and departments.

Congratulations to our award and recognition recipients at all levels, and thanks to all of those who supported our winners in the classroom, put together award nominations, or were involved in the recognition process in some way. We work hard to make sure everything is included in these issues, but if we missed any award winners, please let us know!

Thanks very much for all you do to make Purdue Agriculture great. Have a great summer!

Fellows and Select National/International Awards

Faculty

Laura Bowling, Agronomy and Natural Resources & Environmental Science: 2023 Regional USDA/APLU Excellence in College and University Teaching Award for Food and Agricultural Sciences

Arun Bhunia, Food Science: Fellow, International Association for Food Protection

Cale Bigelow, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: Fellow, American Society of Agronomy

Colleen Brady, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication: Fellow, Equine Science Society

Natalia Dudareva, Biochemistry: Fellow, American Society of Plant Biologists

Gebisa Ejeta, Agronomy: National Medal of Science

Songlin Fei, Forestry & Natural Resources: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

Douglass Jacobs, Forestry & Natural Resources: U.S. Fulbright Scholar

Tesfaye Mengiste, Botany & Plant Pathology: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

Dharmendra Saraswat, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: Fulbright Scholar

Andrea Vacca, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Undergraduate Students

Jaclyn Bryant, Animal Sciences: 2024 Future Leaders in Agriculture Program Participant, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Shelby Sliger, Biochemistry: 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholar

Purdue MANRRS: Chapter of the Year, National MANRRS

University Awards and Recognitions

Faculty

Gebisa Ejeta, Agronomy: Order of the Griffin

Christian Butzke, Food Science: Senior University Fellow for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

John Couture, Forestry & Natural Resources and Entomology: 2024 University Faculty Scholar

Kathryn Orvis, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: 2024 Fellow, Purdue Teaching Academy

Kurt Ristroph, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: 2023 Showalter Early Career Award

Mohit Verma, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: 2024 University Faculty Scholar

Cankui Zhang, Agronomy, Showalter Faculty Scholar

2023 Purdue Book of Great Teachers

Christine Wilson, Sr. Associate Dean of Academic Programs
Dennis Buckmaster, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Laura Bowling, Agronomy
Mark Hall, Biochemistry
Christian Butzke, Food Science
Haley Oliver, Food Science
Elizabeth Flaherty, Forestry & Natural Resources
Cale Bigelow, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Michael Dana, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Steven Hallett, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Kathryn Orvis, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Staff

Barry Delks, Animal Sciences: 2023 Special Boilermaker Award

Graduate Students

Jeanine Arana, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: People's Choice Award, Purdue Graduate School's 3MT Competition

Undergraduate Students

Noah Berning, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Agricultural Economics: 2024 Cordova Leadership in Action Award

Faith Hartman, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: 2024 Charles O. McGaughey Leadership Award

Morgan Murff, Botany & Plant Pathology: 2023 Butler Center Leadership in Action Award - Undergraduate

Olivia Reynolds, Agricultural Economics: 2024 Class of 1937 Scholarship

Spencer Wilson, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: 2024 Rising Boilermaker Award

Kayla Zalesny, Agricultural Economics: Spring Commencement Student Responder

Purdue Ag Week Task Force: 2024 Student Organization of the Year Excellence Award

College of Agriculture Awards and Recognitions

Faculty

Janna Beckerman, Botany & Plant Pathology: 2023 Eric G. Sharvelle Distinguished Extension Specialist Award

Dennis Buckmaster, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: Outstanding Graduate Mentor and Teacher Award

Yaohua Feng, Food Science: Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor Award

Brenna Ellison, Agricultural Economics: Student Choice Award, Spotlight Educator

Abigail Engelberth, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: John T. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Innovation

Ken Foster, Agricultural Economics: 2023 Frederick L. Hovde Award of Excellence

Tom Hertel, Agricultural Economics: Corinne Alexander Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award

Jason Hoverman, Forestry & Natural Resources: 2024 Agricultural Research Award

Yiwei Huang, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award

Laura Ingwell, Entomology: PUCESA Excellence in Extension Early-Career Award

Elizabeth Karcher, Animal Sciences: Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

Eileen Kladivko, Agronomy: PUCESA Leadership Award

Kathryn Orvis, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: PUCESA Career Award

Shams Rahmani, Agronomy: Outstanding Teacher Award for Clinical Faculty & Continuing Lecturers

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Agricultural Economics: 2024 Lowell S. Hardin Award for Excellence in International Agriculture

Mark Russell, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication: 2024 Unsung Diversity Hero - Faculty

Faculty Promotions

To Professor
Scott Briggs, Biochemistry
Shaun Casteel, Agronomy
Brenna Ellison, Agricultural Economics
Mark Hall, Biochemistry
Andrea Liceaga, Food Science
Dharmendra Saraswat, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Steven Wu, Agricultural Economics

To Associate Professor
Somali Chaterji, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Christian Cruz, Botany & Plant Pathology
Brock Harpur, Entomology
Sarah LaRose Agricultural Science, Education & Communication
Xing Liu, Biochemistry
Meilin Ma, Agricultural Economics
Stephen Meyers, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Christopher Oakley, Botany & Plant Pathology

Staff Awards

Zachary Brown, Office of Multicultural Programs: Student Choice Award, Outstanding Club/Organization Advisor

Jeff Burbrink, Extension: Paul B. Crooks Outstanding Extension Educator Award

Amanda Dickson, International Programs in Agriculture: 2024 Unsung Diversity Hero Award - Staff

Andrea Kane, Business Office and Extension: 2023 Purdue Extension Director's Award

Amanda Limiac, Agricultural & Biological Engineering: Outstanding Service to Students Award

Andy Oppy, Agricultural Economics: Student Choice Award, Outstanding Servant Leadership

Jane Wiercioch, Agronomy: Outstanding Undergraduate Advising

College of Agriculture TEAM Award

Purdue Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment

Cathie Aime, John “Barny” Dunning, Songlin Fei, Elizabeth Flaherty, Jeff Holland, Mike Jenkins, Mike Saunders, Rob Swihart, Patrick Zollner and Charlotte Owings

Graduate Students

Maha Mohamed Us Abelhaseib, Animal Sciences: 2024 Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award

Jeanine Arana, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture: 2023 PUCESA Outstanding Student Award

Mariela Fernandez Campos, Botany & Plant Pathology: 2024 Pathmaker Award (PhD)

Oluwatosin ‘Benjamin” Fakunle, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication: 2024 Pathmaker Award (MS)

Leslie Aviles Lopez, Entomology: 2024 Graduate Student Mentoring Award

Favour Ojike, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication: 2024 Unsung Diversity Hero Award - Student

Busayo Oluyemi, Food Science: 2024 Unsung Diversity Hero Award - Student

Rachel Zhang, Agricultural Economics: 2024 Unsung Diversity Hero Award - Student

Undergraduate Students

Outstanding Senior: Noah Berning, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Outstanding Transfer Student: Erin Anderson, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication

Outstanding Junior: Alyssa Johnson, Forestry & Natural Resources

Outstanding Sophomore: Nicholas Neuman, Agricultural Economics

Outstanding Freshman: Reagan Koester, Agricultural Economics

Purdue Agriculture InFocus

Editor: Megan Kuhn
Email: mmkuhn@purdue.edu

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