Academic Programs
Anneliese Kay, 2014 NACADA Outstanding Advising Award winner, Certificate of Merit recipient in the Primary Advising category
Agricultural Research
Don Biehle, Frederick L. Hovde Award of Excellence in Education Service to the Rural People of Indiana
Extension
Melinda Grismer, Clinton County, 2014 NACDEP/JCEP Professional of the Year Award
Agricultural and Natural Resources
Individual: Kenneth Eck of Dubois County for the Southern Indiana Pork Conference.
Career: Dave Redman of Lawrence County.
Team: Andrea Brown (Carroll) and Tamara Ogle (Cass) for Cow Calf Series.
Economic and Community Development
Individual: Annette Lawler of Harrison County for Southern Indiana Communities Active in Disaster.
Health and Human Sciences
Individual: Bethany Daugherty of Lawrence County for Live Well Lawrence County.
Career: Reba Colley of Clark County.
4-H Youth Development
Bob Amick: Melissa Merida of Floyd County for Ready on the 4-H Set/Science Filmmaking Workshop.
Individual: Carla Kidwell of Warrick County for Warrick County Youth Scholarship Program.
International
Hans Schmitz of Gibson County for the Farmer to Farmer Program: Food Security/Ethiopia.
Diversity
Cindy Barber of Daviess County for Reality Language for All.
Cooperative Extension Service Team
Kelly Heckaman (Kosciusko), Amy Nierman (Jackson), Jeff Pell (Hendricks), Hans Schmitz (Gibson) and Shannon Franklin (Ohio) for the Indiana Dairy Youth Conference.
Hancook Award
Lisa Graves, Barbara Mayfield, Jan Dougan, Annette Lawler, Inger Friend, Teresa Witkoske, Christina Ferroli
Outstanding Extension Specialist: Bruce Bordelon
Paul B. Crooks Award: Roy Ballard
Purdue Extension Director’s Award: David Petritz; Karen Plaut; Hank Wadsworth
Agricultural Communication
Natalie van Hoose, Booth Tarkington Award in Fiction and the Budd and Betty Knoll Award for the Best Entry of the 82nd Literary Awards Contest sponsored by the Purdue Department of English
Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) Awards:
Agricultures magazine, Bronze. Publishing/Magazines and Periodicals Team members: Andrew Banta, Tom Campbell, Beth Forbes, Laura Hoelscher, Olivia Maddox, Russ Merzdorf, Keith Robinson, Natalie van Hoose
Writing for the Web/Agricultures feature on Quilt Gardens, Bronze: Olivia Maddox
MyPlate Exhibit, Gold. Team members: Jeff Rollins, Beth Forbes, Rebecca Stephens, Jason Thorne, Kevin Smith, Mike Weber, Jenn Stewart, Sandy Danford, Mary Schultz, Russ Merzdorf, Angie Abbott, Melissa Maulding, Donna Vandergraff, Lisa Graves, Connie Weaver
AgIT
ACMT Certification (Apple Certified Macintosh Technician), Part I
Chris Bentley
Jon Gillen
Geoff Grover
ACMT Certification (Apple Certified Macintosh Technician), Part 2
Chris Bentley
Jon Gillen
Jessica Rusco
Geoff Grover
Dan Rhine
Microsoft Windows 7.0 Certification
Chris Bentley
ITIL Service Management Foundations
Chris Bentley
Jon Gillen
Geoff Grover
Mark Sobers
Jonathan Paulsen
Melinda Walsh
Ben Paxson
Rick Rodriquez: Project Management Professional (PMP)
Nishee Johnson: Knowledge Center Support Foundations
Adam Brooks: Microsoft Specialist; HTML5 with Javascript & CSS3
Charlie Smith: CompTIA Network+ & CompTIA Security+; Microsoft Technology Associate - Networking Fundamentals; Microsoft Technology Associate – Windows Server Administration Fundamentals; CIW Database Design Specialist; Microsoft Specialist; HTML5 with Javascript & CSS3
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Faculty:
Jane Frankenberger: PUCESA Mid-Career Award
Klein Ileleji: PRF 8th Annual Inventors Recognition
Joseph Irudayaraj: American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
Monika Ivantysynova: PRF 9th Annual Inventors Recognition; PRF 8th Annual Inventors Recognition; SAE Fellow
Gary Krutz: PRF 8th Annual Inventors Recognition
Michael Ladisch: Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
Rabi Mohtar: Distinguished Alumnus from Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences American University Beirut
Marshall Porterfield: PRF 9th Annual Inventors Recognition
Jenna Rickus: 8th Annual Inventors Recognition
Bernard Tao: PRF 8th Annual Inventors Recognition
George Tsao: Society for Commercial Development of Industrial Biotechnology
Agricultural Economics
Faculty:
Joe Balagtas: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Quality of Research Discovery Award John Connor: American Antitrust institute Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship
Kwamena Quagrainie: Canadian Agricultural Economics Society Honourable Mention Publication of Enduring Quality
Wally Tyner: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Distinguished Graduate Educator
Nicole Olynk Widmar: Southern Agricultural Economics Association Emerging Scholar Award
Staff:
Outstanding Service Award, Clerical Michelle Query
Outstanding Service Award, Admin Professional Carol Wood
Graduate Students:
Tim Smith: 1st Place Poster
Undergraduate Students:
Brandon Brunt: Outstanding Freshman
Andrew Johnson: Outstanding Sophomore
Outstanding Junior (Undergraduate Student) Morgan Dawson
Travis Martin: Outstanding Academic Senior G.P.A.
Lowell S. Hardin Scholarship for International Studies Scholarship Fund for Study Abroad: Abbey Amos, Nicole Larkey, Kelly Beeker, Grace Mears
U.S. Department of Transportation Nextrans Student of the Year: Eric O'Rear
Outstanding M.S. Thesis: Aaron Cook and Juan Sesmero
Honorable Mention M.S. Thesis: Zhihua Hu
Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis: Azza Mohamed
Farmers National Company Foundation Scholarship: Ethan Stevenson
R. Dean Dyson Scholarship: Adam Messmer
Marshall Martin Public Policy Scholarship: Abbey Amos
F. Van Smith Scholarship: Kurt Lambright
Bartlett Farmily Scholarship in Agricultural Economics: Jaquelyn Brown
Raymond "Mick" Ortman Scholarship in Agricultural Economics: Jared Baird, Luke Liechty, Daron Wilson
Indiana Challenge Match for Ag Econ: Clate Kaiser
Indiana Challenge Scholarship: Bridget Elson
Donald and Joyce Villwock Scholarship: Joan Jordan
Hartman Family Scholarship: Jason Carey
Leighton M. & Helen May Geyer Scholarship in Agricultural Economics: Armenda Boyer
Dr. Steven Erickson Memorial ICM Scholarship: Aaron Dunajeski, Paige Pearl, Jared Burke
Co-Bank Scholarship: Tyler Pottschmidt, Erin Morrison
Jim and Neta Hicks Undergraduate Scholarship: Brandon Brunt, Amy Burbrink, Katie Carroll, Emily Wyrick, Ethan Truax, Christin Kettler, Breanna Lawyer, Zachary Frazier, Jaclyn Bauer
Trustee Scholarship: Andrew Johnson
Honors Research Participants: Andrew Sokolchik, Erin Whittaker
David and Stacy Hefty Outstanding Senior in Agricultural Economics: Travis Martin
Indiana Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers: Tyler Pottschmidt
Agronomy
Faculty
Joe Anderson, Fall 2013 Food Systems Leadership Institute
Cale Bigelow, 2013 Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Sylvie Brouder, Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill, Certificate of Participation; American Society of Agronomy 2013 Extension and Education Community Award for Digital Decision Aids
Jim Camberato, American Society of Agronomy 2013 Extension and Education Community Award for Digital Decision Aids; American Society of Agronomy 2013 Extension & Education Community Award for Publications of >16 Pages
Shaun Casteel, 2013 Outstanding Extension Education Material – publications over 16 pages. “Wheat Field Guide”; 2013 Outstanding Extension Education Material – Decision Aids, “Corn and Soybean Field Guide App”; 2013 Early Career Award from Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialist Association (PUCESA)
Gebisa Ejeta, Appointed to UN Director General’s Scientific Advisory Board; Elected to the African Academy of Sciences
Yiwei Jiang, member, Sigma Xi
Cliff Johnston, Appointed as a consultant to Stanley Fertilizer Company
Eileen Kladivko, The MCCC “Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide” was awarded the Gold Award (highest level) for technical publications from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE)
Linda Lee, Purdue Graduate Student Government Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Dev Niyogi, Excellence in Research Awards; Coordinated the national project for American Associate of State Climatologist ARSCO state reports; Nominated as Chair of AMS Board for Urban Environment (“Confirmation” will occur in 2014)
Aaron Patton, PUCESA Special Award
Gary Steinhardt, Medal of Honor, Daughters of the American Revolution for community service
Diane Stott, Elected Incoming Chair of the ASA Environmental Quality Section (Chair in 2015)
Tony Vyn, CSSA Fellow award in November 2013; 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor
Graduate Students
Outstanding Graduate Research Award (M.S.): Quincy Law
Outstanding Graduate Research Award (Ph.D.): Jieqing Ping
Outstanding Graduate Extension Award: John McMillan
Outstanding Teaching Award: Quincy Daker Law
John D. Axtell Graduate Student Award in Plant Breeding and Genetics: Amanda Easterly, Raymond Lindsey, and Alex Renaud
Stanley A. Barber Memorial Scholarship in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition: Amanda de Oliveira Silva
Marvin and Barbara Phillips Scholarship: Jason Geis
Joe L. White Graduate Student Award in Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy: Joseph Martin
Wayne P. Rothgeb Memorial Scholarship: Rima Thapa and Sara Reagan
Wyman E. Nyquist Scholarship: Alencar Xavier
M.O. Pence Graduate Scholarship 2014: Jason Geis
Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science (Purdue Univ.): Rima Thapa
2013 Scarseth Scholarship: Donald J. Graper, John McMillan, Alex Renaud, Luis Rivera and John Scott
2014 Indiana Seed Industry Graduate Student Study Award: Shaylyn L. Warda
2013 International Plant Nutrition Institute Scholar Award: Peter Kovac
2nd Place – Crop Physiology and Metabolism Poster Competition at the Crop Science Society of America Meetings in Tampa FL: Jenae Skelton
Undergraduate Students
Outstanding Senior: Martha R. Kille
Outstanding Junior: Valerie Cross
Outstanding Sophomore: Kathryn M. Graf
Outstanding Freshman: Matthew D. Fox
Bruce F. Hardy Memorial Scholarship: William R. Ritter
Arvin R. (Rudy) Hilst Memorial Scholarship: Martha R. Kille and Kelsey L. Tuholski
Kenneth and Mary Cohee Crop and Soil Science Award: Lori A. Nussbaum, Jae Chung, William R. Ritter, and Brandon D. Ertel
Kenneth B. and Mary Cohee Scholarship in Agronomy: Martha Kille, Kelsey Tuholski, Caleb J. Lattimer, Matthew R. Price, Maggie Shoue, Aaron M. Young, Jon Wilson, John C. Hoban, Matthew J. Dudley, Isaac T. Greeson, Nathan J. Kingma, Arthur M. Franke, William S. Denton, and Cody Hornaday
Charles and Rosalee Schmidt Scholarship: Casey D. Colbert
Keim Family Scholarship: Uday M. Mitsuyasu and Daniel W. Sweeney
Carol A. Thiele Memorial Scholarship: Elizabeth R. Williams
James J. Vorst Cropping Systems and Soil Science Scholarship in Agronomy: Brandon D. Ertel
A. Bruce and Katherina M. Maunder Scholarship honoring Dr. J. B. Peterson: John M. Wanhainen
A. Bruce and Katherina M. Maunder Scholarship honoring Dr. Wayne Keim: Michael A. Busche
Dr. Bruce and Kathy Maunder ICM for International Study Abroad: Daniel Sweeney (Australia) and Jeffrey Evans (Kenya)
Ozzie Luetkemeier Endowment in Agronomy: Daniel Sweeney (Study Abroad to University of Adelaide, South Australia)
Emerson J. Kuhn Scholarship: Maggie E. Shoue and Casey D. Colbert
Mary Frances Seever Alumni Scholarship: Austin C. James
F. E. Robbins Scholarship: Melanie P. Jones and Allison M. Streeter
Beck Foundation Scholarship: Daniel Sweeney (Junior), Maggie Shoue (Sophomore), and Kathryn Graf (Freshman)
W. H. Daniel Sports Turf Scholarship: Matthew Dudley
Don Fassnacht Scholarship: Clark Miller
MRTF Golf Day – Syngenta Scholarship: Brock Miller
Midwest Regional Turf Foundation Scholarships: Zachary Ferguson, Keegan Gray, John Hoban, Andrew Marking, Jada Powlen, and Matthew Shafer
Max Slack/Midwest Regional Turf Foundation Scholarships: Cameron Rice and Andrew Wilhelm
M.O. Pence Undergraduate Scholarship 2014: Carl Joern
G.A. Ross Award (Agronomy Nominee): Daniel T. Bechman
Flora Roberts Award (Agronomy Nominee): Lori A. Nussbaum
American Society of Agronomy Outstanding Senior from the Agronomy Department at Purdue University: Allison M. Streeter
The Purdue Soils Team placed first in the Region 3 Collegiate Soils Contest in Stevens Point, WI (October 9-12, 2013): Tiffani Goodman (1st), Isaac Greeson (2nd), Arthur Franke (5th), Lori Nussbaum (8th). Other team participants – Katie Fagan, Ariel Kucera, Betta McGaughey, Shams Rahmani, Maggie Shoue, Maddie Smith, Nathan Vandermark. Coaches: Cathy Egler and Gary Steinhardt
Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Ryan Schroeder: Outstanding Freshman
Sara Weaver: Outstanding Sophomore
Allison Turner: Outstanding Junior; Udall Scholarship
Brittany Sievers: Outstanding Senior
Animal Sciences
Faculty:
Layi Adeola: Outstanding Graduate Educator
Mark Diekman: Academic Advising Administrator Certificate of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association
Alan Mathew: Elected President of the Midwest Section of the American Society of Animal Sciences; Elected Treasurer of the US Pork Center of Excellence; Selected to serve as a board member of the Fair Oaks Pig Adventure Education Center
Scott Radcliffe: Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher
Mark Russell: David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor
Mike Schutz: Member of the Cooperative Extension Team Award for the Indiana Dairy Youth Conference Team and received the International Award for Farmer to Farmer Program: Food Security/Ethiopia from the Indiana Extension Educators Association
Jolena Waddell: Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award
Staff:
Matt Claeys: National FFA Honorary Farmer Award
Phil Reid: Outstanding Service to Students
Graduate Students:
Katy Boesche: Second place in the Purina Animal Nutrition Graduate Student Poster Contest in Dairy Production: PhD Division at the ASAS/ADSA
Undergraduate Students:
Mary Grace Erickson: Outstanding Freshman
Abigail Haffner: Outstanding Sophomore
Acacia Herr: Outstanding Junior
Kelli Kimberly Lutz: Outstanding Senior
Biochemistry
Faculty:
Jim Forney: Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher
Joe Ogas: David C. Pfendler Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor
Staff:
Sara Cloutier: Don Carlson Award
Kristi Trimble: Linda Siersema Staff Excellence Award
Graduate Students:
Yi Li: Beach Family Travel Grant
Michael Melesse: Henry Weiner Travel Grant
Jesse Murphy: Biochemistry Outstanding TA
Brendan Powers: Beach Family Travel Grant; PRF Research
Kelly Sullivan: Arnold K. Balls Award; Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
Siwen Wang: Henry A. Moses Award; Henry Weiner Travel Grant
Undergraduate Students:
Emily Erickson: 2014 Goldwater Scholarship
Peter Mercado Reyes: 2014 LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) Research Scholar of the Year
Erin Nicklow: 2014 Purdue Mortar Board Fellowship
Outstanding Freshman – Peyton Spreacker
Outstanding Sophomore – Quiton Nannet
Outstanding Junior – Emily Erickson
Outstanding Senior – Erin Nicklow
Undergraduate scholarships:
Steve Dilk: Kwok Yip Tso Scholarship in Biochemistry
Emma Lendy: Patrick C. Matchette Scholarship
Kyle Robinson: David and Mary Scheible Scholarship in Biochemistry
Peyton Spreacker: Ray W. Fuller Memorial Scholarship
Cody Schnur: Kwok Yip Tso Scholarship in Biochemistry
Emory York, Iris Archer, Cole Wunderlich, Ryan Louer, Yi Wen, Michael Busche, Mitch D’Aloia: Edwin T. Mertz Memorial Scholarship
Sam Schaffter, Emily Erickson, Ashley Ochs, Adam Fessenden, Kirsten Westerhouse, Mackenzie Schultz, Quinton Nannet, Madeline Powell, Kaelan Brennan: Zygmunt Family Scholarship in Biochemistry
Misha Remy and Monica Bomber: Dow AgroScience Research in Biochemistry Award
Botany and Plant Pathology
Faculty:
Steve Hallett, Department nominee for the Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in the College of Agriculture
Bill Johnson: Seed for Success Research Award
Kiersten Wise: 2013 North Central APS Early Career Award; Certificate of Achievement award from the NC-208 Soybean Rust Group; 2013-2014 Botany and Plant Pathology Department Richard Kohls Early Career Award
Staff:
Tamara J. Benjamin: Team Award in the College of Engineering along with others on the Colombia Purdue Institute Team
Fred Whitford: Honorary Master Farmer Award from Indiana Prairie Farmer and Purdue University
Graduate Students:
Jorge Diaz: 2nd Prize (poster competition), The Building Bricks for the Future of Agriculture-- 2nd Symposium of Zamoranos in the US, 20 July 2013; AW Barksdale/JP Raper Mentor Travel Award, Mycological Society of America, Aug 2013.
Pratap Devkota: 3rd Place Graduate Individual at NCWSS Weed Contest 2013; 1st Place Graduate Individual Herbicide Identification at NCWSS Weed Contest 2013; 2nd Place in Graduate Student Poster Contest at NCWSS Annual Meeting 2013.
Rachel Koch: O.K. Miller Mentor Travel Award, Mycological Society of America, Aug 2013.
Sally Stevens: Edgar T. Wherry Award for best paper presented during the contributed papers session of the Pteridological Section, Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting; Graduate student travel award, Botanical Society of America; Graduate student travel award, Pteridological section of the Botanical Society of America and American Fern Society; Andrews/Blosser Travel Grant, Purdue University Graduate School
Joseph Walker: Education Grant, California Native Plant Society
Food Science
Faculty:
Bruce Hamaker: Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists; Alsberg-French-Schoch Memorial Lectureship, American Association of Cereal Chemists
Kevin Keener: 2014 ASABE Rain Bird Engineering Concept of the Year Award; Research and Development Award, Institute of Food Technologists; Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship, U.S. Department of State
Lisa Mauer: Marcel Loncin Research Prize, Institute of Food Technologists
Graduate Students:
Jonathan Kershaw: Certificate of Excellence Award, Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs; Emerging Leaders in Science & Society Fellow, The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Chose 16 graduate students nationwide to join their inaugural class of Fellows.
Forestry and Natural Resources
Faculty:
Jeff Dukes: named Associate Director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC); FNR Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Jason Hoverman: PRF Summer Faculty Grant; George Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America
Doug Jacobs: 2014-2015 class of CIC-ALP Fellows
Linda Prokopy: 2013 FNR Exemplary Faculty Service award
Marisol Sepúlveda: FNR Outstanding Graduate Educator; Western Region in Excellence Multistate Research Award
Rod Williams: FNR Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (Early Career)
Staff:
Janis Gosewehr: FNR Outstanding Clerical staff member
Shelly Opperman: FNR Outstanding Administrative/Professional staff
Julie Pluimer: FNR Outstanding Service to Students Award
Jennifer Spitznagle: 2013 graduate of the Accomplished Clerical Excellence (ACE) program.
Melissa Widhalm: APSAC individual professional development grant.
Graduate Students:
Brad Graham won the Charles H. Michler Scholarship for the Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher in Forest Biology
Melissa R. Johnson: 2013 Summer Internship for Native Americans in Genomics (SING) workshop held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ken Kellner won the Fischer Forestry Fund Graduate Student Scholarship
Amber Mase was selected as a Student Presentation Award Winner at the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research during the 2014 AMS Annual meeting
Nicholas Marra won the Kirkpatrick Memorial Graduate Student Award
Gabriela Nunez-Mir won one of the awards for Best Student Presentations at the 9th Forestry and Natural Resources Management GIS conference, held in December in Athens, GA
Micah Stevens: Travel grant from the Board of Directors of the Walnut Council Foundation, Inc. to present his research at the VII International Walnut Symposium in Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Bhagya Wijayawardena: $500 Grant-in-Aid of Research for his project (with Andrew DeWoody and Dennis Minchella) “The role of genomic stress in the new world invasion by Schistosoma mansoni”
Janna Willoughby: Scholarship to attend the 18th Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics at the University of Washington in Seattle. Janna was also selected as the Purdue University 2013 Graduate Student Mentor of the summer.
2014 FNR Research Symposium poster session graduate student winners: Teresa Clark (Masters First Place); Ethan Belair (Masters Second Place); Johanna Desprez (Masters Honorable Mention); Tzu-Fang Lin (PhD Engagement First Place); Ahmed Abdel-Moneim (Ph.D. First Place); Alison Coulter (PhD Second Place); Gabriela Nunez-Mir (Ph.D. Research/Poster Honorable Mention)
Undergraduate Students:
Sean Anderson won a Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship and Outstanding Camper in Forestry Awardand the Senior Academic Award – FAWS
Ryan Bartlett won a Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources
Cole Bleke won the Leadership Award – Wildlife. Cole also won the Stanley Coulter Leadership Award
Keeli Curtis won the Roy C. Brundage Memorial Scholarship
Carmen Dobbs won the Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship; the Leadership Award in Forestry; and the Junior Academic Award in Forestry
Travis Dunn won a Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship and the Indiana Arborist Association Ramsey Award
Anthony Escobedo won the Undergraduate Engagement Award
Matthew Farr won the William A. Rafferty Award
Wesley Goldsmith won the Outstanding Camper in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Colleen Hartel won a Top Research Talk Award for her work as part of the SURF program in summer 2013. Colleen’s research, under the mentorship of Stuart Carlton and Linda Prokopy, analyzed attitudes toward the Eastern box turtle in southern Indiana
Christian Houser won a Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources
Megan Kuechle won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Courtney Louden won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Whitney McGrew won Outstanding Camper – Wildlife
Jordan McGuckin won a Ewbank-Bishop Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Natural Resources and a Pike Lumber Company Scholarship
Merle Mullet won a Bartlett Tree Foundation Scholarship
Kimberly Ordonez won Sophomore Academic Award – Wildlife.
Robert Packard won the Leadership Award in Wood Products Manufacturing
Jasmine Peele won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Austin Prechtel won the Sophomore Academic Award – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship; and the John Oliver Holwager II Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Ricketts won a Glenn R. Allison Scholarship
Allison Rubeck won the Senior Academic Award in Forestry
Kyle Schofield won a Claude M Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Weston Schrank won a Coal Creek Habitat Management Scholarship
Sabrina Schuler won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Erika Sherwin won a Glenn R. Allison Scholarship
Nicholas Simpson won the Junior Academic Award – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Lindsey Snider won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Rachel Steiger won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Jade Tonos won the L. David Mech Undergraduate Wildlife Research Award
Rachel Vanausdall won the Undergraduate Research Award. Rachel also won a William A. Rafferty Award
Faith VanGunten won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Katherine Walker won a Glenn R. Allison Scholarship
Ardith Wang won the Durward Allen Memorial Award
Amanda Webb won the Senior Academic Award in Wildlife
Ivy Widick won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship
Joni Willits won the Junior Academic Award – Wildlife. Joni also won a Claude M. Gladden Memorial Fund Scholarship and a John Oliver Holwager II Memorial Scholarship
2014 FNR Research Symposium winners: Colleen Hartel First Place in Undergraduate/Engagement; Tyler Krieg First Place in Undergraduate Research/Poster; Sarah Meronk Second Place Undergraduate Research Poster; Austin Prechtel Honorable Mention in the Undergraduate Research/Poster
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Faculty:
Jennifer Dennis, HLA’s nominee for the Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in the College of Agriculture
Avtar K. Handa: Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Jules Janick: American Horticulture Society’s H. Marc Cathey Award
Roberto Lopez and fellow members of a multistate team were recognized with the ASHS Outstanding Extension Educational Materials Award for their e-GRO: Electronic Grower Resources Online website
Roberto Lopez and Diane Camberato received the OFA Alex Laurie Award for the most significant applied floriculture research paper published in 2012: Camberato, D.M., R.G. Lopez and B.A. Krug. 2012. Development of Euphorbia pulcherrima under Reduced Finish Temperatures. HortScience 47(6):745–750.
Kathryn Orvis: National Association of Extension and 4-H Agents’ Specialty Award
Rob Sovinski, HLA’s nominee for the David C. Pfendler Outstanding Counselor Award
Graduate Students:
Garrett Owen was selected as one of six OFA Scholars in 2013; Second Place, poster competition at the NCERA-101 meeting in Chena Hot Springs, Alaska; “End-of-production red and blue supplemental lighting from light-emitting diodes (LEDs) increases leaf pigments of Lactuca sativa L. ‘Magenta’ in the greenhouse”
Celina Gomez, Third Place, poster competition at the NCERA-101 meeting in Chena Hot Springs, Alaska; “Growth responses of greenhouse tomato seedlings to different spectra of supplemental lighting in a seasonal climate.”
Heejin Yoo, First Place award for her Outstanding Oral Presentation at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Midwestern Section Annual Meeting at Ohio State University for her talk: “An alternative pathway contributes to phenylalanine biosynthesis in plants via a cytosolic tyrosine:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase.” Also received 2014 Student Publication of the Year Award from the Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science Program (PULSe) for her paper: Yoo H, Widhalm JR, Qian Y, Maeda H, Cooper BR, Jannasch AS, Gonda I, Lewinsohn E, Rhodes D and Dudareva N. 2013. An alternative pathway contributes to phenylalanine biosynthesis in plants via a cytosolic tyrosine:phenylpyruvate aminotransferase. Nature Communications 4, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3833
Undergraduate Students:
Nicole Haddad, Outstanding Freshman
Allison Wigger, Outstanding Sophomore
Jada Powlen, Outstanding Junior
Dana Williamson, Outstanding Senior
Taro Cai, Camille Mahan, Lana Merrill, and Daniel (Zhicheng) Xu earned top national design awards at the ASLA meeting in 2013.
Landscape Architecture Program Awards:
Yoong Sin Tong, Outstanding Freshman
Ariana DeTogne, Outstanding Sophomore
Jenna Beck, Outstanding Junior
Dana Williamson, Outstanding Senior in Landscape Architecture and for all HLA
Design Awards:
Traemon Bobillo, Design Excellence (Sophomore)
Kayla Oldham and Jordan Pawlik, Design Excellence (Junior)
Special Recognition:
Olmsted Scholar – Dana Williamson
Molnar Scholarship 2013-14 – Alex Milanoski
ASLA Academic Honor and Merit Awards:
Honor Awards – Fei Peng, Victoria Mancini, Mark Beer
Merit Awards – Alex Milanoski, Dana Williamson, Sarah Lewis
A total of 84 student teams from 29 states submitted Green Infrastructure designs for the EPA-sponsored design competition called The Campus RainWorks Challenge. Three Landscape Architecture students were awarded Honorable Mention for their team’s design: Yueting Wang; Nicky Ye; Mengzi Wang
Youth Development and Agricultural Education
Faculty:
Linda Chezem: appointed by Governor Pence to serve as the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group Chair and also to serve on the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Board of Trustees
Kathryn Orvis: YDAE’s nominee for the Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in the College of Agriculture
Graduate Students:
Brittini Brown, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Scholar
This issue of InFocus is devoted entirely to celebrating all our award winners in the College of Agriculture throughout the 2013-2014 academic year.
Bruce Applegate, Food Science, Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy Fellow
David Barbarash, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, 2014-15 Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Freddie Barnard, Agricultural Economics, Book of Great Teachers
Ryan Cabot, Animal Sciences, Jr. Advancement Fellow for the Teaching for Tomorrow Awards Program
Larry DeBoer, Agricultural Economics, Book of Great Teachers
Frank Dooley, Agricultural Economics, Book of Great Teachers
Natalia Dudareva, Biochemistry/Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award
John Barny Dunning, Jr., Forestry and Natural Resources, Book of Great Teachers
Mario Ferruzzi, Food Science, University Faculty Scholar
Dale Forsyth, Animal Sciences, Book of Great Teachers
Barbara Golden, Biochemistry, ADVANCE Diversity Catalyst; University Faculty Scholar
Richard Grant, Agronomy, CIC Academic Leadership Program Fellow
Bruce Hamaker, Food Science, Distinguished Professor
Tom Hertel, Agricultural Economics, Purdue Research and Scholarship Distinction Award
Catherine Hill, Entomology, Showalter Faculty Scholar
Klein Ileleji, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 2014-15 Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy
Guri Johal, Botany and Plant Pathology, University Faculty Scholar
Kevin Keener, Food Science, Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy Fellow
Jozef Kokini, Food Science, Scholle Endowed Chair Professor in Food Processing
John Lumkes, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy Fellow
Marshall Martin, Agricultural Economics, Book of Great Teachers
Pamala Morris, Office of Multicultural Programs: Elected 2014-15 Chair of the Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff
Suzanne Nielsen, Food Science, Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching; Global Affairs Fellow
Martin Okos, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Book of Great Teachers
Haley Oliver, Food Science, Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Jerry Peters, Youth Development and Agricultural Education, Hovde Outstanding Faculty Fellow Award
Sean Rotar, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, 2013-14 Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Mark Russell, Animal Sciences, ADVANCE Diversity Catalyst; Learning Community Advocate Award
Michael Schutz, Animal Sciences, CIC Academic Leadership Program Fellow
Paul Siciliano, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Book of Great Teachers
Tom Turpin, Entomology, Special Boilermaker Award
David Umulis, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue Teaching Academy
Holly Wang, Agricultural Economics, 2014-15 Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy
Jolena Waddell, Animal Sciences, Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Elizabeth Yeager, Agricultural Economics, Teaching for Tomorrow Award
Jeff Dukes
W.L. Mills
Julie Pluimer
Linda Prokopy
Rob Swihart
Cherise Hall, Agriculture Business Office, Butler Leadership in Action Award; Graduated from Purdue’s Launching Tomorrow's Leaders program
Jennifer Kaiser, Agriculture Business Office, 2014 Eleanor Kaplan Award for Exceptional Customer Service
Andy Linvill, Agronomy, CSSAC Service Staff Excellence Award
Natalie Chin, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Graduate Instructional Development Certificate
Rebecca (Becca) Logsdon, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, France A. Córdova Award for Leadership in Action
David Boussios, Agricultural Economics 
Mahsa Fardisi, Entomology 
Hongji Gui, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture 
Marisol Herrera-Perez, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Rachel Koch, Botany and Plant Pathology
Jesse Murphy, Biochemistry
Ben Pauli, Forestry and Natural Resources 
Aaron Pleitner, Food Science
Shalyse Tindell, Animal Sciences
Melissa Voigt, Youth Development and Agricultural Education
Alison Coulter, Forestry and Natural Resources/Ecological Sciences Engineering
David Coulter, Forestry and Natural Resources
Sara Reagan, Agronomy
Jason Roth, Agronomy
Jessyca Allen, Animal Sciences, Charles O. McGaughey Leadership Award
Eli Hugghis, Botany and Plant Pathology, Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Service and Leadership Award
Moriah Hurt, Animal Sciences, Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff Service and Leadership Award
Alyssa Strumpf, Animal Sciences, First Place Overall, Undergraduate Research Poster Competition
Kelsey Tuholski, Agronomy, Amelia Earhart Scholarship
Bill Johnson, Botany and Plant Pathology, Outstanding Graduate Mentor/Teacher
Shihuan Kuang, Animal Sciences, Agriculture Research Award
Ron Turco, Agronomy, Spirit of the Land Grant Mission Award 
Andy Oppy, Agricultural Economics, Outstanding Service to Students Award
Jennifer Spitznagle (FNR), Barbara Wireman (HLA), Samantha McFarland (AGRY), Business Office Service Award
David Perkis, Agricultural Economics
Melissa Welsh, Youth Development and Agricultural Education
Brandon Brunt, Agricultural Economics, Outstanding Freshman
Quinton Nannet, Biochemistry, Outstanding Sophomore
Morgan Dawson, Agricultural Economics, Outstanding Junior
Travis Martin, Agricultural Economics, Outstanding Senior
First place: Rebecca Smith, Freshman, Animal Sciences
Second place: Ethan Hall, Senior, Agribusiness Management
Third place: Madison Wurster, Freshman, Pre-veterinary Medicine
First place: Andrew Johnson, Sophomore, Agribusiness Management
Second place: Cole Smith, Freshman, Agribusiness Finance
Third place: Katie Carroll, Freshman, Agribusiness Marketing
Megan Raderstorf, Animal Sciences, Second Place 
Ashley Ochs, Biochemistry, Third Place