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L-r: Adria Smith, Pickney Perez, Aramis Harris,
Megan Thomas, Jeremy Thomas, Donzell Lee, Tewanda Pinson, Darius Knox, Patience Muse, and Robert Hobbs, Jr.
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Baton Rouge, LA - SU Ag Center researcher, Dr. Patricia E.
McLean-Meyinsse, mentors college students, leading the S.
U. Ag STARS to another successful performance
in undergraduate research competitions at professional meeting.
Southern
University students, dubbed the Ag STARS (Shaping Tomorrow’s Agricultural Research
Scientists), earned second and third
place positions in the Undergraduate Oral Research and Poster Competitions at
the 29th annual Minority in Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Related Sciences (MANRRS) Conference held March 27-29, 2014 in Birmingham, Al. The second and third place oral papers were
titled: “Examining University Students’ Body Mass Indices and Frequency of
Reading Nutrition Facts Labels” and “An Empirical Investigation of U.S. Demand
for Beef,” respectively. The second place
poster was titled: “An Economic Analysis of Chicken Consumption in the United
States from 1970-2012.” A
non-competitive poster titled, “Assessing
Financial Literacy Among A Selected Group of Undergraduate Students” was also
presented at the MANRRS Conference.
The
2nd place recipient in the oral competition was Adria Smith, senior,
agricultural economics, Salina, Kansas. The 3rd place recipients for
the oral competition were Pickney Perez, junior, agricultural economics,
Zachary, Louisiana, Robert Hobbs, Jr, senior, agricultural economics,
Collinston, Louisiana, and Jeremy Thomas, junior, agricultural economics,
Opelousas, Louisiana. Members of the 2nd
place team for the poster presentation were Megan Thomas, sophomore,
agricultural economics, Opelousas, Louisiana, Tewanda Pinson, junior,
agricultural economics, Houston, Texas, and Donzell Lee, senior, animal science,
Tallulah, Louisiana.
Authors
of the non-competitive poster were Aramis Harris, junior, agricultural
economics, Washington, Louisiana, Patience Muse, senior, agricultural economics,
Greensburg, Louisiana, and Darius Knox, Junior, agricultural economics, Zachary,
Louisiana.
Ag
STARS members must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.50 and above
and must be majoring in or intend to major in agricultural economics, animal
sciences, or plant sciences. Each participant is required to attend weekly
mentoring sessions, and in turn, receive a $2,500 stipend per semester.
The
program’s primary goal is to use interdisciplinary research in the food and
agricultural sciences to enhance participants’ critical-thinking, analytical,
writing, and oral communication skills. The Ag STARS Program is funded by a
grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Capacity Building Grant
Program.
Patricia
E. McLean-Meyinsse, professor, Agricultural Economics, is the principal
investigator for the grant; she was also the faculty advisor for the students’ papers
and posters.
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Contact:
Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
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