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| Agriculture
Alumni Newsletter Goes Online The Alumni
Newsletter will now be distributed as an online document to
enhance the informational link between the Department of Agricultural
Sciences and its distinguished alumni. This newsletter will
enable us to use the greater options offered by the computer
format and will also allow easier and more frequent communication
between parties.
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 Agriculture Mechanics Professor to Receive National Teaching
Award
Dr. William R. "Billy" Harrell
(pictured at left), an Agriculture Mechanics professor at Sam Houston
State University since 1969, will receive
the NACTA Teacher Fellow Award this June at the annual conference
in San Luis Obispo, CA. The Teacher Fellow Award recognizes the
best of agriculture educators and their commitment to improving
higher education in agriculture.
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Agricultural Students Elected to Leadership Positions
SHSU students Brian VanDelist and Jayson Hill were recently
elected national president and southern region vice president,
respectively,
of Delta Tau Alpha, a national agricultural honor society.
VanDelist, a junior animal science major from San Antonio,
and Hill, a junior general agriculture major from Cleveland,
were elected by delegates attending the 44th national DTA convention
at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Both are members
of the university's chapter in the Department of Agricultural
Sciences.
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 Agricultural Sciences Department Receives Multiple Sammy Awards
Sam
Houston Agriculture was well represented at the recent Sammy
Awards Presentation. The Agriculture Council received awards
for Outstanding Student Organization and Most Spirited Bearkat
Organization. In addition to these awards, the Ag Council
President, Brian VanDelist, received an individual Sammy Award
for his work
both in the department and community wide. Dr. Doug Ullrich
(pictured at left), an agriculture education professor, also
received a Sammy Award for his continual assistance to any students
in
need
of
guidance.
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| Annual Banquet Recognizes Outstanding Students and Scholarship
Recipients
At the Annual Agriculture Awards Banquet on April 22, 2003,
the outstanding student from each major within the agricultural
sciences department was recognized. In addition to the awards
presented here, the scholarship recipients for the department
were recognized at the College of Education and Applied Science
Awards Ceremony.
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| Department Hosts External Review Team
The Department recently hosted an external review team comprised
of Dr. Anson Elliot, Department Chair at Southwest Missouri State
University, Dr. Randy Winter, Department Chair at Illinois State
University, and Dr. Marvin Cepica, Associate Dean at Texas Tech
University. The purpose of the team was to have members of the
academic community unaffiliated with the program examine all
aspects of the SHSU agriculture program, identifying existing
strengths and providing suggestions for making additional improvements
in the program. The team was very complimentary of the enthusiasm
and dedication of the faculty and the quality of instruction
offered in the undergraduate program. Other strengths identified
were alumni relations, public service activities, and student
recruitment. Team members were favorably impressed with the Agricultural
Mechanization Center and the availability of the Gibbs Ranch
for conducting instruction, research and public service activities
by faculty and students alike.
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