July 22nd, 2011
SAN ANTONIO — Seven Texas A&M University meat science students received a Bob Ondrusek Memorial Scholarship given by the Southwest Meat Association Foundation, presented during the SMA Annual Convention held in San Antonio July 21-24, 2011. The SMA Foundation awarded approximately $25,000 in Ondrusek Scholarships, the largest amount ever awarded. In addition, each recipient was…
July 12th, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — Several members of the Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science participated in the 2011 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) and the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) held July 10-14, 2011 in New Orleans. Titles of oral and poster presentations made by faculty and students from…
June 21st, 2011
MANHATTAN, KAN — A team of students from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University won the national championship in the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) Intercollegiate Quiz Bowl. The competition, considered the academic ‘Super Bowl’ in the world of meat science, was held June 19 during…
May 18th, 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…
May 6th, 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…
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…
April 22nd, 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,…
April 17th, 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…
April 16th, 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…
April 15th, 2011
COLLEGE STATION — Several staff members and students in the Department of Animal Science were recognized and inducted into the Texas A&M University chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture, on April 13, 2011, at the College Station Conference Center.Bryan Weaver, an animal science major, and Shay McDonald, a dairy science major,…
