Department Updates

Three Animal Science graduate students selected to receive Tom Slick Graduate Research Fellowship Award

May 17th, 2011

COLLEGE STATION — Amber Adams, Shannon Garey and Aimee Hafla, all graduate students in the Department of Animal Science, have been selected to receive the Tom Slick Graduate Research Fellowship Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. This prestigious fellowship is awarded to outstanding students and provides them support while working on dissertation… Read More →

Congratulations Graduates May 2011

May 14th, 2011

COLLEGE STATION — The Department of Animal Science congratulates the May 2011 graduates! Earning a master of science in animal science were Theresa Marie Chavez, Viviana Victoria Cordero, Holly Danielle Edwards, Jacob Lynn Lemmons, Jeannette Diane Mawyer, Carl Thomas Muntean, Catherine Pomeroy Payne, Kyle Matthew Segner, William Al Wiederhold and Whitney Lynn Williams. Shane Lee… Read More →

Hairgrove appointed to steering committee

May 5th, 2011

Thomas Hairgrove, DVM, has been appointed to a new committee created by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that will advise the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the issue of veterinarians’ involvement of antimicrobial use for food animals. Hairgrove is Program Coordinator for Livestock and Food Animal Systems with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service… Read More →

Dr. Glenn Holub receives advising award

May 5th, 2011

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Glenn Holub, instructional assistant professor and academic advisor in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University, is the recipient of the 2011 Margaret Annette Peters Advising Award.The award was presented by the Texas A&M University Advisors and Counselors (UAC) on May 4, 2011, and recognizes a faculty member or… Read More →

Aggieland youth camps planned for this summer

May 3rd, 2011

COLLEGE STATION — Send your child to learn from the champions in Aggieland. The Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University will host several youth camps this summer that can increase your child’s understanding of livestock through hands-on experience. Topics range from livestock and horse judging, to showing cattle, sheep and goats. Camps and… Read More →

Sterle wins Teaching Excellence Award

April 22nd, 2011

COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Jodi Sterle, associate professor in the Department of Animal Science, is a recipient of the 2010 Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence, formerly known as the Teaching Excellence Awards.Sterle is one of 279 faculty members in the Texas A&M University System to receive this award. The Teaching Excellence Awards were initiated… Read More →

Horse Judging Team dominates at National Reining Breeders Classic

April 21st, 2011

KATY — The Texas A&M Senior Horse Judging Team dominated for the third consecutive year at the National Reining Breeders Classic in Katy on April 20, 2011, leaving a more than 150 point margin between themselves and their closest competitor.Laramie County Community College, University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University rounded out the top four,… Read More →

TAMU Stock Horse Team names reserve champions

April 16th, 2011

ABILENE — The 2010-2011 Texas A&M University Stock Horse Team won reserve champion team at the American Stock Horse Association Intercollegiate National Championship Show in Abilene on April 15 and 16, 2011.Team members are Melanie Armstrong from Dime Box; Kelsey Larson from San Antonio; Anna Haines from San Antonio; Ryan Birkenfield from Nazareth; Ari Sear… Read More →

Animal Science students receive Senior Merit Award

April 16th, 2011

COLLEGE STATION — Four students in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University were honored with the Senior Merit Award at the 2011 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Convocation held at the Briarcrest Country Club on April 16, 2011. The Senior Merit Award is the highest award bestowed to undergraduate students by… Read More →

Dworaczyk receives Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Award

April 15th, 2011

COLLEGE STATION — Coral Dworaczyk is a recipient of the 2011 U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Award. Dworaczyk is a physiology of reproduction doctoral student working under the direction of Dr. Martha Vogelsang, senior lecturer in the Department of Animal Science. The award was presented to Dworaczyk and six other graduate students in a… Read More →