2026 Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Awards Ceremony

Purdue Agriculture cordially invites you to attend the 2026 Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Awards Ceremony on Friday, October 2nd at 3:00 PM in the Deans Auditorium at Pfendler Hall. Come meet the 2026 awardees, including Kristin Floress, who received her PhD from Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources in 2008 and is also a 2025 Alumni Award recipient.

The reception will begin at 3:00 PM, and the awards convocation will begin at 3:30 PM.

2026 Awardees:

• Kristin Floress, Research Social Scientist at the U.S. Forest Service in Island Lake, Illinois
  • PhD 2008: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
• Jacob Goheen, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa
  • MS 2002: Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
• John P. Haven, Principal at LaBlanc Jones Landscape Architects in Boston, Massachusetts
  • BS 2001: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
• Jason Henderson, Vice President for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa
  • MS 1996, PhD 2001: Department of Agricultural Economics
• Andrew P. Michel, Associate Dean at Ohio State University in Wooster, Ohio
  • BS 2001: Department of Entomology
• Dianne Ripberger, Senior Director at PepsiCo in Plano, Texas
  • MS 2001: Department of Food Science
• Matthew D. Ruark, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin
  • PhD 2006: Department of Agronomy
• Kyle Shipman, state veterinarian at the Indiana State Board of Animal Health in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • BS 2011, DVM 2015: Department of Animal Sciences
• Lisa Vaillancourt, Professor at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky
  • PhD 1991: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology