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,…
April 15th, 2011
March 7, 1925 – April 12, 2011 Dr. T.D. Tanksley Jr. was born in Bertram, Texas, in 1925, to T. D. and Olivia (Beal) Tanksley and was reared on the family general livestock farm in Burnet County. T. D. graduated from Bertram High School at the age of 16 and enrolled in the Texas Agricultural…
April 14th, 2011
COLLEGE STATION — Amber Adams, a doctoral student in the Department of Animal Science, was honored with the Anat AlMadani Award presented by the Texas A&M University Graduate Student Council during a ceremony held April 12, 2011.This award is given to a graduate student who has demonstrated knowledge of and interest in campus activities and…
April 12th, 2011
Megan Webb, a junior Animal Science major from Burlington, West Virginia, has been selected to intern in the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Government Affairs office in Washington, D.C. this summer. Webb is one of three students from across the United States selected to the program. The NCBA Public Policy interns will have the opportunity…
April 12th, 2011
COLLEGE STATION –Several animal science personnel were honored with the 2010 Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence presented during an awards ceremony held March 25, 2011. The Vice Chancellor’s Awards recognize outstanding achievements by faculty and staff in Texas AgriLife agencies. Donna Witt – Student Counseling and Relations Donna Witt, senior academic advisor in the Department…
April 1st, 2011
COLLEGE STATION — Nicole Burdick, a doctoral graduate of the Department of Animal Science, is a recipient of the 2011 Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research presented March 31, 2011, in College Station.This award recognizes Burdick’s outstanding academic record and excellence in research. Selection for this award is…
March 22nd, 2011
HOUSTON — The Texas A&M University Wool Judging Team, from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, brought home both first and second place awards from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Intercollegiate Wool Judging Contest on March 15, 2011, closing out the spring judging competition season. Angelo State University Blue, Kansas State University and…
