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• Arkansas food scientists in top 10 for 'scholarly productivity'

• Energy savings guaranteed to pay for Tyson Building upgrade

• Field day features research in organic fruit production

• Teaching Academy honors Oliver, inducts Jack and Popp

• Apparel studies students win design contest

• 'Razorback Roundup' sales total $46,722

• Foundation gift designated for poultry science recruiting

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Teaching Academy honors Oliver, inducts Jack and Popp

The University of Arkansas Teaching Academy at its annual banquet Nov. 8 presented the third annual John and Lois Imhoff Award for Outstanding Teaching and Student Mentorship to Dick Oliver, professor of weed science in the crop, soil and environmental sciences department. The academy inducted Nancy Jack, animal science, and Jennie Popp, agricultural economics and agribusiness, as new members.

The Imhoff award is given to a faculty member who teaches entry-level courses and has proven to be an outstanding teacher and mentor. Oliver received a $1,000 honorarium and a memento of service. Oliver is a native of Stuttgart. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Arkansas before earning his doctoral degree in weed sciences at Purdue University. He began teaching at the University of Arkansas in 1976, was appointed University Professor in agronomy in 1994 and was named to the Elms Farming Chair for Weed Science in 1995.

Oliver has earned numerous teaching and research awards during his career, including the Award of Excellence from the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy (1998); Educator of the Year award from the Southern Weed Science Society (2000); and the Jack G. Justus Endowment Award for Teaching Excellence from Bumpers College (2004). Oliver teaches weed science at all undergraduate and graduate levels, and advises student competition teams that have won first place in their southern region for 21 of the past 27 years.

Oliver was selected from a group of three finalists for the Imhoff Award. The other finalists, Jenny Xu, instructor of Chinese, and Marianne Neighbors, professor of nursing, were also recognized at the Teaching Academy banquet. The Imhoff award was created by a gift from the John and Lois Imhoff Trust to the UA Teaching Academy.

Nancy Jack, assistant professor of animal science, is the director of the D.E. King equine program. She won the top two teaching awards in the Bumpers College in 2007 and advises the student equine club.

Jennie Popp, associate professor of agricultural economics, teaches introductory economics courses, environmental economics and helped develop the campus-wide orientation course. She is adviser to the agribusiness club, and has won both teaching and advising awards in Bumpers College.

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