Awards and Scholarships

  • Alumni

    • Caitilyn Allen (Ph.D. PPWS, 1987), professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Sansanalak Rachdawong (Ph.D. PPWS, 1999), assistant professor in the Division of Biotechnology in the School of Bioresources and Technology at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi in Thailand, were each honored with a 2008 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Award.
  • Students

    • Jeneylyne Colcol, Valencia City, Bukidnon Philippines, was awarded first place in the Potomac Division American Phytopathological Society's annual meeting student paper competition with her presentation "Sensitivity of Grape Downy and Powdery Mildew to Commonly Used Fungicides", spring 2008.
    • Matt Goddard, Knoxville, TN, was awarded the Chester L. & Betty R. Foy Graduate Award fall 2007. He was also the recipient of the Louis and Ginger Brooking Turf Graduate Student Scholarship, Department of Crops, Soils and Environmental Sciences, spring 2008. Additionally, he received the 2008 United States Golf Association Mid-Atlantic Region Green Section Intern award.
    • Grace Hite, Kenbridge, VA, was the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Virginia Crop Production Association, winter 2008.
    • Jennifer Jester, Cosby, MO, was the recipient of the Kriton K. Hatzios Crop Protection Graduate Scholarship, fall 2007.
    • Stacey Simon, Frederick, MD, was the recipient of the Bruce W. Perry Scholarship, fall 2007.
    • Virginia Sykes, Virginia Beach, VA, won 2nd place in one of five sessions in the 2007 C-5 Turfgrass Science Division of the Crops Science Society of America's oral presentation contest with her presentation "Resistance Screening of Festuca arundinacea Germplasm to Rhizoctonia Species Using Digital Image Analysis".
    • John Willis, Trenton, TN, was the recipient of the Arthur J. Webber Graduate Student of the Year Award, PPWS, spring 2008.

    image Grace Hite (right), 2007 recipient of the Arthur J. Webber Graduate Student of the Year Award, presents the 2008 award to John Willis (left).
  • Faculty

    • David Schmale, assistant professor, received the 2008 Award for Excellence in Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture from the National Association of Agricultural Agents.
  • Staff

    • Dawen Xie,information technology specialist, was recognized as College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Employee of the Month for June 2008.
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    Dawen Xie, Employee of the Month for June 2008.

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