Table of Contents

• Notable
• Grants
• Articles Published
• New Projects
• New Publications

Headlines

• About 3000 Celebrate Class of 2009 Commencement
• Teddy E. Morelock: 1944-2009
• Joseph N. Beasley: 1924-2009
• Departments name outstanding students
• Hospitality students win Best Paper Award
• John Marcy named IFT Fellow, conducts culinary course
• Kuenzel wins John Imhoff Outstanding Research Publication Award
• Jennie Popp receives Faculty Gold Medal Award
• Vijay Durairaj wins avian disease paper competition
• John Snider wins presentation competition
• Recycling plan wins Wal-Mart business plan challenge
• Publication projects receive national awards
• Horticulture Field Day June 18 at SWREC
• Field Day at Batesville features 'Model Farm'
• Poultry field day focuses on windrowing litter
• Animal Science honors Graduates of Distinction
• Craig Roberts is CSES Outstanding Alumnus
• Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering inducts two
• Biodiesel plant demonstration set for Earth Day events
• Faculty and students host FFA Career Development Event
• MANRRS students win awards at conference
• 'Burger Bites' wins Food and Beverage Innovations contest
• AEED sponsors bass fishing tournament

Headlines

• About 3000 Celebrate Class of 2009 Commencement
  Approximately 237 undergraduate degree candidates were part of one of the largest Bumpers College Commencement audiences ever, estimated at about 3,000 in the Randal Tyson Track Center on May 9.
  

• Teddy E. Morelock: 1944-2009
  Teddy E. Morelock, 65, university professor of horticulture, died April 18 at his home in Fayetteville.
  

• Joseph N. Beasley: 1924-2009
  Professor Emeritus Joseph Noble Beasley, 85, of Farmington died Thursday, May 14, at Washington Regional Medical Center.
  

• Departments name outstanding students
  Outstanding seniors and graduate students named by each academic department in Bumpers College.
  

• Hospitality students win Best Paper Award
  A team of undergraduates in the hospitality and restaurant management program won the Best Paper Award at a symposium.
  

• John Marcy named IFT Fellow, conducts culinary course
  John Marcy, recently named a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, conducted a culinary course for Tyson product developers.
  

• Kuenzel wins John Imhoff Outstanding Research Publication Award
  Wayne Kuenzel received the John Imhoff Outstanding Research Publication Award by the University of Arkansas Chapter of Sigma Xi.
  

• Jennie Popp receives Faculty Gold Medal Award
  Jennie Popp is one of seven faculty members awarded the Office of Post-Graduate Fellowships Departmental Gold Medal Award for outstanding support for students competing for nationally competitive awards.
  

• Vijay Durairaj wins avian disease paper competition
  Vijay Durairaj received a first place award at the 2009 Southern Conference on Avian Diseases meeting.
  

• John Snider wins presentation competition
  John Snider won a first place award and Komal Singh Rasaputra placed in separate categories for graduate student competitions at the Arkansas Academy of Science meeting in March.
  

• Recycling plan wins Wal-Mart business plan challenge
  Cesar Coto was a member of a team that developed a plan that won first place and $20,000 in the Wal-Mart Better Living Business Plan Challenge.
  

• Publication projects receive national awards
  Two Division of Agriculture publication projects were selected for Silver Awards (second place) to be presented at the national meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences.
  

• Horticulture Field Day June 18 at SWREC
  The next Division of Agriculture field day will be a Horticulture Field Day June 18 at the Southwest Research and Extension Center.
  

• Field Day at Batesville features 'Model Farm'
  A field day at the Livestock and Forestry Research Station at Batesville featured a 130-acre model farm.
  

• Poultry field day focuses on windrowing litter
  Windrowing litter was the main topic at a poultry field day May 5 at the Applied Broiler Research Farm at Savoy.
  

• Animal Science honors Graduates of Distinction
  The department of animal science honored Bill Clower, BSA ’52, MS ’53, Bill Dorough, BSA ’53, and Gary Golden BSA ’74.
  

• Craig Roberts is CSES Outstanding Alumnus
  Craig Roberts, MS ’82 PhD ’85, professor of plant sciences and extension forage specialist at the University of Missouri, was presented the 2009 Outstanding Alumnus Award at the Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences awards banquet.
  

• Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering inducts two
  Kevin Henry, BS ’99, and Carl Peters, BS ’59 MS ’62, were inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
  

• Biodiesel plant demonstration set for Earth Day events
  A Division of Agriculture project to convert used cooking oil to biodiesel was on display as an Earth Day exhibit April 21 and 22. Entomology students had a booth at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.
  

• Faculty and students host FFA Career Development Event
  Bumpers College faculty and students hosted the annual state FFA Career Development Event April 17.
  

• MANRRS students win awards at conference
  Graduate students compete at National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences Conference.
  

• 'Burger Bites' wins Food and Beverage Innovations contest
  Winners of the Food and Beverage Innovations contest sponsored by the food science department and the Ozark Food Processors Association were announced at the OFPA annual meeting April 7.
  

• AEED sponsors bass fishing tournament
  The agricultural and extension education department sponsored a bass fishing tournament to raise scholarship funds.