Awards and Scholarships
- Alumni
- Kevin Bradley (Ph.D. PPWS '00), assistant professor and state Extension weed scientist in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri, was awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2008 Outstanding Departmental Recent Alumni Award.
- Penny L. Hunst (Ph.D. PPWS '81) received the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2008 Outstanding Departmental Alumni Award.
- Students
- Peta-Gaye S. Chang won first place in the student
presentation contest at the 2009 APS Caribbean
Division meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Peta-Gaye S. Chang (far right) pictured with other student participants. - Matt Goddard received the Hatzios Weed Science Scholarship. Matt
also placed frst in the Northeastern Weed Science Society's Weed
Contest in the individual graduate category, and second in the
Southern Weed Science Society Ph.D. Paper Presentation Contest.
Additionally, Matt was chosen for an internship with the United States
Golf Association Green Section.
Matt Goddard receives
first place student presentation. - Sherry Hildreth was the recipient of the 2009 Arthur J.
Webber Graduate Student of the Year Award and a Bruce Perry Scholarship.
Sherry Hildreth - John Willis was awarded a Bruce Perry Scholarship.
- The PPWS Weed Science graduate team
received third place in the Northeastern
Weed Science Society's Weed Contest.
Shawn Askew (left), associate professor, with the graduate student team (left to right): Matthew Cutulle, Tyler Mittlesteadt, Jennifer Jester, and Matt Goddard.
- Peta-Gaye S. Chang won first place in the student
presentation contest at the 2009 APS Caribbean
Division meeting in Orlando, Florida.
- Faculty
- Sue Tolin, professor, received the 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research.
- Brett Tyler, professor, received the 2009 Alumni Award for Research Excellence and the APS Noel T. Keen Award for Research Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology.
- Cindy Denbow (Ph.D. '97), instructor, was awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Spring 2009

Sue Tolin
Brett Tyler
Cindy Denbow
PPWS Newsletter
2009
Table of Contents
- Home
- Spotlight on Alumni
- Awards, Scholarships and Recognition
- Faculty and Classified Staff Updates
- New Faculty
- Theses and Dissertations
- APS 2008 Best-Selling Book
- American Phytopathological Society Centennial Session
- Alumni Update Form
- Tell us News about Yourself
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