April 23, 2007 |
1. Campus-Wide Memorial Service -- Monday morning
2. Students, Faculty, Staff Honors Day Awards Presented
3. Biological and Agricultural Engineering Academy Inducts Three
4. Farm Credit Services Job/Internship Interviews - Sign up April 30
5. Poultry Science Club Presents Faculty, Staff, Student Awards
6. Poultry Judging Team Competes in National Contest
7. Hospitality Students Offer Dinner at Ella's - Mondays and Wednesdays
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1. Campus-Wide Memorial Service -- Monday morning
Dear students, faculty and staff:
It is at times like these, as we watch events unfolding at our sister institution in Virginia, that I see the true strength of a university. Just as our community responded in the wake of the tragedy on our campus in 2000, the Virginia Tech community has responded. Their response, like ours, demonstrated genuine concern, compassion and commitment to one another.
University of Arkansas student groups will come together for a campus-wide memorial service at the Fulbright Peace Fountain at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 23. Speakers will include Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Johnetta Cross-Brazzell; Richard Cassady, the John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering; Dean of Students Danny Pugh; Provost Bob Smith; and Hershel Hartford from the Council for Religious Organizations. The entire campus will also observe a moment of silence at 9:45 a.m. on Monday,
April 23.
I also invite you to attend a Town Hall meeting to be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 25, in the Arkansas Union Ballroom. This forum will feature a panel of University staff and administrators who will speak about and answer questions regarding safety issues on this campus.
Many members of our U of A community have already been and will continue to be affected by what has happened in Blacksburg. Some have direct ties to Virginia Tech, as I do, as an alumnus. Some have colleagues there. Perhaps some have friends or family members or other loved ones there.
For those affected by the Virginia Tech events, there are resources available to help. Counseling and Psychological Services (Pat Walker Health Center, 575-5276) has time set aside Monday through Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. to meet with students. The Psychological Clinic (Memorial Hall, 575-4258) offers services to all members of our community, while the Arkansas Employee Assistance Program (1-800-542-6021 or 973-9072) is available to faculty and staff of the University. Ozark Guidance (750-2020) offers a full array of mental health programs for people in Northwest Arkansas, and the Crisis Center of Northwest Arkansas (hotline, 756-2337) is available day and night to support those in acute need. The Council of Religious Organizations (443-4791) is a resource for getting in touch with many of the faith-based groups on campus.
The greatest resource is in our deep and abiding relationships with each other. Take care of yourselves and those around you; ask them how things are going. Listen when someone answers. Offer help when you can. This is our great gift to each other, and the measure of the depth of our community.
Sincerely, John A. White, Chancellor
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2. Students, Faculty, Staff Honors Day Awards Presented
Awards recognizing accomplishments of students, faculty and staff of Bumpers College and the U of A System's statewide Division of Agriculture were presented at an Honors Day Luncheon April 19 in the Arkansas Union's Alltel Ballroom.
Student Awards
Britanny Adams, the daughter of Jeff and Jeannie Bonds of Jonesboro, received the Senior Scholar Award and one of two John W. White Outstanding Student Awards. She was selected to be the Commencement Speaker at the Bumpers College Commencement program at 1 p.m., May 12, in the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center. She is a food science major and plans to pursue graduate studies in food science.
John Christopher "Chris" Looney, the son of Dr. Charles Looney of Camden and Cathryn Looney of Monroe, La., also received the John W. White Outstanding Student Award. An agricultural business major, he was the U of A mascots, Big Red and Ribby, in 2005-2006. He plans to pursue graduate studies in agricultural economics.
Dale Bumpers Distinguished Scholar awards are presented to the outstanding undergraduate transfer student and the outstanding M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students.
The Ph.D. Distinguished Scholar award went to Carol Ojano-Dirain, who received a doctorate in 2006 in cell and molecular biology and is now a program associate in the UA Center of Excellence for Poultry Science. She also received the Sigma Xi Aubrey E. Harvey Graduate Research Award for the graduate student who performed the most outstanding research on the Fayetteville campus during the preceding year.
The M.S. Distinguished Scholar is Burl Seversike of Olympia, Wash. He is receiving a master's degree in crop management and plans to pursue a doctorate to prepare for a career that will involve working with small-scale farmers.
The undergraduate Distinguished Scholar is Troy Weatherley, son of Dwayne Weatherley of Conway and Deanna Taylor of Enola. He transferred from Arkansas State University-Beebe as an Agricultural Education, Communication and Technology major and plans to teach high school agricultural science.
The Spitze Public Policy Legislative Intern Scholarship provides for a summer internship in the Washington office of an Arkansas senator or congressman. This year's recipient is Grant Hunt, son of Kirk and Lori Hunt of Brinkley. He is an agricultural business major and plans to attend law school. He has been president of FarmHouse Fraternity and the AgriBusiness Club and was scribe in Alpha Zeta.
The Presidential Scholar award goes to the junior with the highest grade point average: Laura Carpenter, daughter of Jim and Anne Carpenter of Benton. She is an Honors Program student majoring in apparel studies with minors in marketing and French.
The Bumpers College Alumni Society sponsors an annual scholarship and names two Ring Scholars. The scholarship recipient is Jonathan "Brent" Koonce, son of Thomas and Kay Koonce of Little Rock. He is an animal science/pre-vet major. Ring Scholars are agricultural education, communication and technology majors Ronald Koch, son of Ronnie and Joyce Koch of Clarksville, and Melissa Osburn, daughter of Dobbin and Diane Osburn of Mountainburg.
Faculty and Staff
Nancy Jack, assistant professor of animal science, is the 2007 recipient of the Jack Justus Award for Teaching Excellence and the John W. White Teaching Award for Excellence. She developed the Dorothy E. King Equine Program, which includes the popular new equine science minor at the U of A and a number of popular public events.
The Bumpers College Alumni Society Outstanding Advising Award recipient is Kathleen R. "Kathy" Smith, an apparel studies instructor in the School of Human Environmental Sciences.
The John W. White Outstanding Team Award went to the Division of Agriculture's Functional Foods Program for research to evaluate and characterize phytonutrients in various foods and ways to improve retention in fresh and processed foods. It also includes extension efforts to increase the benefits of functional foods to consumers. Team members are Luke Howard and Terry Siebenmorgen, food science; Rosemary Rodibaugh, state extension nutrition specialist; and John R. Clark, Teddy Morelock and Brad Murphy, horticulture.
John W. White Award for Research Excellence recipient is Dan Donoghue, associate professor of poultry science. He is a leading authority on drug, chemical and pathogen contamination of poultry.
The John W. White Extension Excellence Award at the state level was presented to John Jennings, Division of Agriculture forage specialist and professor of animal science. The John W. White Extension Excellence Award for county staff members went to VeEtta Simmons, staff chair of the Crittenden County office of the Cooperative Extension Service.
The Outstanding Professional Support Award for non-classified staff was presented to James A. "Pete" Hornsby, an animal science research associate and manager of the Stocker and Receiving Cattle Research Unit at Savoy, west of Fayetteville.
The Outstanding Professional Support Award for staff in the state's classified employee system was presented to Division of Agriculture employees Judy Haney with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Roberta Bufford with the Cooperative Extension Service. Haney is an accounting technician in the food science department. Bufford is administrative office supervisor in the White County office of the Cooperative Extension Service.
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3. Biological and Agricultural Engineering Academy Inducts Three
The Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering on April 13 inducted William K. Warnock of Fayetteville, Bruce Netherton of Morrilton and Jon J. Classen of Raleigh, N.C.
Warnock is an administrator, professor and registered professional engineer. He taught in the agricultural engineering and mechanical engineering departments at the U of A, was assistant dean of the College of Engineering from 1988 to 2004 and is now headmaster/principal of Haas Hall Academy of Farmington. He has also worked as an engineering consultant and mechanical engineer.
He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from the U of A and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University. Warnock graduated from Fairview High School in Camden.
Netherton, a native of Maysville, is retired after 35 years with Green Bay Packaging of Morrilton, where he was corporate vice president. Before beginning there, he worked five years with International Paper Co. in Pine Bluff, where he began after college as a trainee and worked up to senior pulp mill engineer.
Netherton has a B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering at the U of A, where he also played baseball for the Razorbacks. In 1972, he was named one of the Outstanding Young Men in Arkansas and identified as one of the 25 Distinguished Citizens of Arkansas. In 1973, he was the first Morrilton Citizen of the Year.
Classen is an Associate Professor of Biological and Agricultural engineering at North Carolina State University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from the U of A and a Ph.D. from Texas A & M. His area of research is animal waste management, demonstrating and evaluating alternative swine waste treatment systems. Classen has helped advance the technology for sequencing batch reactor waste treatment to the point of implementation in North Carolina, and the technology is being used by others for similar projects in other states.
The Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering was founded in 2002 by the Department of Biological and Agricultural engineering, which is part of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering.
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4. Farm Credit Services Job/Internship Interviews - Sign up April 30
Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas is seeking students with majors related to agriculture or business with an agricultural background to fill three Summer Intern positions and one full-time Credit Trainee position.
To schedule an interview for May 1st, attend orientation at 6:00 p.m. on April 30th in the Agriculture Building, Room 115 or e-mail ginger.tippit@farmcredit.com.
Bring your resume and a copy of your college transcript.
Candidates must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, possess a valid driver's license and have transportation. Travel required. Interns are to have no
more than one year remaining to complete their degree.
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5. Poultry Science Club Presents Faculty, Staff, Student Awards
The Poultry Science Club held their annual awards luncheon April 17 on the front lawn of the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science and hosted everyone in the department including faculty, staff, students and farm workers. After a barbecue lunch was served, the following awards were presented to faculty, staff and students.
Chasadee Franklin of the Poultry Science Alumni Group awarded Ashley Swaffar of Farmington the Senior Ring Scholar Award. The Alumni organization will present Swaffar with a U of A senior ring for her outstanding academic and leadership achievements. Swaffar is also the Senior Ambassador for Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences.
"The Man in Black" Award - named specifically for a faculty member who has won the "Hard A--" award year after year was Dr. Dustan Clark. The F. Dustan Clark "Hard A--" Award - Dr. Nick Anthony. Advisor of the Year Award - Karen Eskew. Freshman of the Year Award - Lee Dykes of Fayetteville. Senior of the Year Award - Neda Tilley of Leslie.
New officers for the 2007-2008 school year are as follows: President: Amanda Hancock. Vice President: Samantha Blair. Treasurer: Jessica Reed. Secretary: Brookee Dean. Publicity Officers: Darla Hancock and Betsy Conner.
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6. Poultry Judging Team Competes in National Contest
The UA Poultry Judging team took third place, missing second by just two points (out of a possible 4,900) at the U.S. Poultry & Egg National Poultry Judging Contest April 11-13 at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Members of the UA team included Sawyer Hale, Megan Norton, Ashley Reeves and Jada Thompson all graduates of Lincoln High School and former national high school poultry judging champions. Hale is a History major and the other three team members are Poultry Science majors.
In the category of high-score individual, Norton was named third high individual for the entire contest and Thompson was named sixth. As a whole, the UA students took third place in egg production and quality, fifth place in breed selection and carcass quality and fourth place in market products.
Judging coach for the UA team was Jason Emmert, POSC Associate Professor. Assistant coach was Dennis Mason, AEED Instructor.
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7. Hospitality Students Offer Dinner at Ella's - Mondays and Wednesdays
Students in the Restaurant and Hospitality concentration of the Food, Human Nutrition and Hospitality major, are planning, preparing and serving dinner each Monday and Wednesday through April 28 at Ella's Restaurant in The Inn at Carnall Hall. Instructor Allen Powell, Chef Josh Byers and Ella's management assists the students in preparing the dinner.
The cost of the dinner is $12 plus tax and will be served at 5 p.m. For reservations, call Nola at 575-3245 or e-mail at nmagee@uark.edu. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve availability with limited seating.
Ella's Restaurant is open to the public for breakfast Monday-Sunday 7 a.m.-10a.m., lunch Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and dinner Monday-Saturday 5 p.m.-10p.m. Ella's also serves Sunday Brunch from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Lambeth Lounge opens daily at 4 p.m.
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