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| Group photo of the faculty and staff award winners from the SU, LSU Ag Centers and the LSU College of Agriculture. (Photo by Frankie Gould, LSU AgCenter.) |
Baton Rouge, La. – The Southern University Ag Center,
along with the LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture, recognized the
winners of their annual faculty and staff awards during a Dec. 16 ceremony held
in the Iona Burden Conference Center of the LSU AgCenter’s Botanic Gardens.
SU Ag Center interim Chancellor Adell Brown, Jr., Ph.D., presented Fatemeh Malekian, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, with
the Chancellor’s Outstanding Research Scientist Award. Kenyetta Nelson-Smith,
Ph.D., Extension Specialist for Community and Economic Development, received
the Chancellor’s Outstanding Specialist Award and former Professor of Urban
Forestry Andra Johnson, Ph.D., received the Chancellor’s Outstanding Faculty
Award.
Receiving the LSU College of Agriculture Teaching
Awards were: Brian Marx, Professor in the Department of Experimental
Statistics; Georgianna Turri, Associate Professor in the School of Nutrition
and Food Sciences; Maud Walsh, Professor in the School of Plant, Environmental
and Soil Sciences and Jeff Beasley, Associate professor in the School of Plant,
Environmental and Soil Sciences.
From the LSU AgCenter, Gerry Romero, a Research Associate
at the Central Research Station, received the Associate Award. The Ganelle
Bullock Outstanding Service Award was presented to Carol LeDoux, Administrative Program Specialist
of the Rice Research Station in Rayne.
The Louisiana Agriculture Magazine Article of the Year
Award was presented to Richard Keim, Associate Professor of the School of
Renewable Natural Resources, for his article titled “Water Management at
Catahoula Lake.” Dustin Harrell, Associate Professor in the Rice Research
Station and Michael Blazier, Associate Professor of the Northwest Region, both
received recognition for their service on the Louisiana Agriculture Magazine
Editorial Board from 2013-2016.
Vermilion Parish Extension Agents Shannan and Hilton
Waits received the Rosalie Bivin 4-H Award.
The Floyd S. Edmiston Award was presented to Calcasieu
Parish Extension Agent Jimmy Meaux; Dustin Harrell received the G&H Seed Research
Award; Terrebonne Parish Extension Agent Barton Joffrion received the Extension
Excellence Award; Eric Webster, Professor in the School of Plant, Environmental
and Soil Sciences was awarded the Doyle Chambers Research Award; Louisiana
Master Farmer Program Team members Ernest Girouard, the program’s coordinator; Allen
Hogan, Extension Agent; James Hendrix, Associate Area Agent and Donna Morgan, Associate
Area Agent received the Denver T. and Ferne Loupe Extension Team Award and the Tipton
Team Research Award was presented to the Rice Sheath Blight Resistance
Development Team consisting of team members Steve Linscombe, Professor & Director of the Southwest Region; Jim Oard, Professor in the Rice
Research Station; Don Groth, Professor and Research Coordinator of the Rice
Research Station and Jong Ham, Associate Professor in the Plant Pathology and
Crop Physiology Department.
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