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WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

• Notables
• Grants
• Articles Published
• Coming Events

HEADLINES

• Dean’s address to faculty
• Class of 2006
• Minors help tailor studies to students’ needs
• HESC alumnae pledge scholarship endowments
• Frances Story retires as Assistant to Vice President
• Nathan Slaton receives PPI Young Scientist Award
• Plant Pathology sponsors research interns
• Dr. Ted Johnston dies
• College Webmasters organize
• HESC hosts ArAFCS
• Delta Classic July 21
• Genomics candidates
• CSES friends
• CSES Student Awards
• Public Service
• Horse Lovers’ Camp


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Class of 2006 joins alumni ranks

Checking final details are, from  left, Stephanie Bausinger of Tontitown, Nikki Stubblefield of Charleston and Paige Byrd of Greenwood.		Drs. Lona Robertson and Laurie Apple visit with students in the robing room before commencement begins.

(See Commencement program information on college award recipients.)

The Bumpers College Class of 2006 is one of the largest in recent years, with 245 graduates who completed bachelor’s degree requirements in May 2006 and in August and December of 2005.

More than 2,000 persons attended Bumpers College commencement exercises May 13 at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center where 187 graduates crossed the stage to receive a diploma cover (the diploma’s in the mail) from Dean Greg Weidemann.

Ninety-nine received M.S. degrees and 33 received Ph.D. degrees (names are listed below) for completing a course of study and research under the direction of Bumpers College faculty members.

Honors Program graduates, from left, Clayton Bell, Tyler Davs, Melanie Doyal and Dawn Elkins watch their classmates cross the commencement stage.		The Class of 2006 applauds the faculty.

Senior Scholar Tory Hodges of Alpena delivered the commencement address, and Don McCaskill, BSA ’70 MS ’73, was honored as Outstanding Alumnus. See the 2006 Commencement Brochure (PDF) for profiles of award recipients and the list of graduates who participated in commencement.

A Bodenhamer Fellow, Hodges was an agricultural business major with a minor in political science. She will attend Vanderbilt University Law School in the fall. She also received the John W. White Outstanding Student Award and was one of 12 Honors Program Distinguished Graduates.

The Whitaker Center was filled with family and friends of graduates.

McCaskill is vice president for research at Riceland Foods in Stuttgart. As director of Riceland’s applied process and product development program, he has had a major impact on enhancing the value of Arkansas crops by further processing while also creating jobs and expanding payrolls in rural Arkansas.

Doctor of Philosophy degree candidates and major professors

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Robert Ty Baublits, directed by Dr. Fred W. Pohlman

Hernando Florez-Diaz, directed by Dr. Elizabeth Kegley

Broc Alan Sandelin, directed by Dr. A. Hayden Brown

CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Kimberly Cole, directed by Dr. Daniel Donoghue

Rajalingam Dakshinamurthy, directed by Dr. Ralph Henry

S. Karen Gomez, directed by Dr. Kenneth Korth

Preety Mohanial Sharma, directed by Dr. Walter Bottje

Sivaraja Vaithiyalingam, directed by Dr. Chin Yu

CROP, SOIL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Jason Lee Alford, directed by Dr. L. R. “Dick” Oliver

Bill Lee Hendrix, directed by Dr. J. M. “Mac” Stewart

Tetsuaki Ishibashi, directed by Dr. Pengyin Chen and Dr. Larry Purcell

Brian C. Mashburn, directed by Dr. A. Gregory Starling

Ping Zhang, directed by Dr. David Miller

Yueyue  Zhang, directed by Dr. Amy W. Apon

ENGINEERING

Vijay Garg, directed by Dr. Indrajeet Chaubey

Abani Jumar Pradhan, directed by Dr. Yanbin Li

ENTOMOLOGY

Melissa K. Kierke, directed by Dr. Frederick Stephens

ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS

Stephan P. Pollard, directed by Dr. Jennie Popp and Dr. Malcolm Cleaveland

FOOD SCIENCE

Morela Barreto Alcoba, directed by Dr. Ronald Buescher

Earsie Lee Alcorn de Feliz, directed by Dr. Charles Maxwell

Daris Kuakpetoon, directed by Dr. Ya-Jane Wang

Sivarooban Theivendran, directed by Dr. Navam Hettiarachchy

PLANT SCIENCE

Eduard J. Boza, directed by Dr. James Correll

Mengmeng Gu, directed by Dr. Curt Rom

Walter Scott Monfort, directed by Dr. Terrence Kirkpatrick

POULTRY SCIENCE

Lisa Rinee Bielke, directed by Dr. Billy Hargis

Anne Christine Fanatico, directed by Dr. Casey Owens

Jianwei Lu, directed by Dr. Craig Coon

Megharaja Manangi, directed by Dr. Craig Coon

Hilary Odette Pavlidis, directed by Dr. Nicholas Anthony

Alberto Torres-Rodriquez, directed by Dr. Billy Hargis

PUBLIC POLICY

Elizabeth J. Maeda, directed by Dr. George Wardlow

Amilcar Greby Median, directed by Dr. Frank Farmer

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