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|2016 CASNR E-NEWSLETTER |[pic] |

|VOLUME 11, ISSUE 4 | |

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|IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | |

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|VIDEO: New College of Agricultural Sciences | |

|and Natural Resources video launches in | |

|April | |

|Texas Tech Communications & Marketing Office| |

|this month unveiled a new College of | |

|Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources | |

|video, featuring CASNR Dean Michael Galyean | |

|and Cindy Akers, Associate Dean for Academic| |

|and Student Programs. For nearly a century, | |

|agricultural science has played a pivotal | |

|role in the success of the university.  more| |

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|AG COUNCIL 360 | |

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|Bradley Selby named March ‘Aggie of the | |

|Month’ | |

|Name: Bradley Selby; Major: Agricultural and| |

|Applied Economics; Classification: Senior; | |

|Organization: Alpha Gamma Rho; Hometown: | |

|Era; Month: March  more » | |

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|GLOBAL VIEW | |

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|On The Map: CASNR unveils updated imbedded | |

|Google research map database | |

|CASNR has a global footprint with more than | |

|80 international projects in 42 countries. | |

|See our new imbedded map database here. The | |

|updated web section includes featured | |

|international news and CASNR’s study abroad | |

|opportunities. | |

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|DID YOU KNOW? | |

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|Make a Gift: Your gifts to CASNR help | |

|support scholarships and more | |

|CASNR’s leaders believe that Texas Tech is a| |

|campus of opportunity. Students who become | |

|Red Raiders have the opportunity to grow, | |

|learn and develop leadership skills, and | |

|CASNR graduates continue to be a testimony | |

|to CASNR’s success | |

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|UPCOMING | |

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|ν CASNR 50th Class Reunion | |

|May 5, 2016 | |

|McKenzie-Merket Center | |

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|ν CASNR Commencement | |

|May 21, 2016 | |

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|ν Dick Auld (25 years) | |

|Retirement Reception | |

|May 22, 2016 | |

|PSS Greenhouse Complex | |

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|ν CASNR First Day | |

|Summer Session I | |

|June 7, 2016 | |

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|ν CASNR Summer | |

|Commencement | |

|Aug 13, 2016 | |

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|ν CASNR Faculty Retreat | |

|Aug 26, 2016 | |

|International Cultural Center | |

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| |Four standout faculty members from Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources received awards|

| |for their quality teaching and research during the university’s annual Faculty Honors Convocation on Apr. 21 in the |

| |Red Raider Ballroom of Tech’s Student Union Building. Separately, during the ceremony Emeritus Faculty Certificates |

| |were presented to Max Miller with the Department of Animal and Food Sciences and Stephan Maas with the Department of |

| |Plant and Soil Science.  more » |

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| |Faculty, top students highlight CASNR Honors Banquet at Alumni Center |

| |Standout students, staff and faculty from across Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources |

| |were honored Apr. 21 at its annual Honors Banquet at the university’s McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center in Lubbock. |

| |Sponsored by the Ag Council, the event featured a variety of honors. Holton Westbrook with Agricultural & Applied |

| |Economics was named CASNR’s outstanding student. more » |

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| | Second trailer released; ‘Between Earth and Sky’ film moves toward completion |

| |Between Earth and Sky, a collaborative film effort featuring CASNR’s Associate Dean for Research David Weindorf, has |

| |released its second film trailer on .  The film is the first of its kind to explore |

| |global climate change through the lens of soil science by shining a light on arctic soils and ecosystems, and the |

| |livelihood of Alaskan-Americans. more » |

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| |Texas Tech names new leadership for Department of Landscape Architecture |

| |A nationally-recognized leader in landscape water resource management has been named the new chairman of Tech’s |

| |Department of Landscape Architecture on April 19. Eric Bernard takes the helm of the successful academic unit after |

| |serving in the private sector and more than 15 years at the University of New Mexico and Kansas State University. |

| | more » |

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| |Distance-delivered Master’s Degree in Agricultural Communications launches |

| |Texas Tech University’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communications has announced the launch of a new |

| |agricultural communications master’s level graduate program aimed for students at a distance. The online degree track |

| |provides cutting-edge development of professional communications skills for related careers in agribusiness, |

| |government. more » |

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| |AEC professor receives Winrock’s Presidential Volunteer Service Award |

| |David Lawver, a professor in Tech’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, has been selected to |

| |receive a Presidential Volunteer Service Award from Little Rock-based Winrock International. Established in 2003, the |

| |award is available on an annual basis to individuals who’ve met or exceeded requirements for volunteer service and |

| |have demonstrated exemplary citizenship.  more » |

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| |Soil Judging Team shines in national soil judging competition at Kansas State |

| |Texas Tech’s Soil Judging Team took eighth place at the National Soil Judging Contest held April 7-8 at Kansas State |

| |University in Manhattan. Sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy, the event included 23 teams from across the |

| |nation. The Red Raiders were led by two individual performances: David Brockman, a senior from Newcastle and Trey |

| |Roach, a senior from Keller. more » |

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| |AFS’s Baggerman receives NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award |

| |A doctoral student with Texas Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences has been selected to receive this year’s |

| |North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award. Jessica Baggerman, a |

| |native of Pampa, will receive the honor at the group’s annual conference in June at the University of Hawaii.  more » |

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| |Steadfast Leader; CASNR receives OIA Campus Internationalization Award |

| |Texas Tech’s CASNR has been selected to receive this year’s Campus Internationalization Award. The honor, presented on|

| |April 8 by the university’s Office of International Affairs, is part of the groups’ annual Global Vision Awards |

| |program. Erica Irlbeck, an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, |

| |accepted the award for CASNR.  more » |

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| |GALLERY: Town Hall addresses development of new veterinary school |

| |Texas Tech Chancellor Robert Duncan welcomed students, staff, and faculty to CASNR’s Town Hall Discussion on the |

| |Development of a Veterinary School. The event, held on Mar. 30 at the Animal and Food Sciences building, featured a |

| |review of the strengths Tech’s animal science and health programs hold on the Texas South Plains and Panhandle by |

| |CASNR Dean Michael Galyean.  more » |

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| |A Good Run; Texas Tech livestock, wool judging teams wrap up spring season |

| |The Texas Tech Livestock and Wool Judging teams wrapped up a strong spring season with solid performances at the |

| |Houston and San Antonio stock shows. The livestock team took first place at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo |

| |Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Contest on Mar. 14. Tech outpaced rivals Oklahoma State and Kansas State.  more » |

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|Administrative Council | | |

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|DR. MICHAEL GALYEAN |DR. MICHAEL ORTH |DR. ERIC HEQUET |

|Dean |Animal & Food Sciences |Plant & Soil Science |

|michael.galyean@ttu.edu |michael.orth@ttu.edu |eric.hequet@ttu.edu |

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|DR. CINDY AKERS |DR. STEVE FRAZE |NORMAN MARTIN |

|Associate Dean for Academic |Agricultural Education |Marketing & Communications |

|& Student Programs |& Communications |norman.martin@ttu.edu |

|cindy.akers@ttu.edu |steven.fraze@ttu.edu | |

| | |JANE PIERCY |

|DR. MICHAEL BALLOU |DR. CHARLES KLEIN |Development & |

|Associate Dean for Research |Landscape Architecture |Alumni Relations |

|michael.ballou@ttu.edu |charles.klein@ttu.edu |jane.piercy@ttu.edu |

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|DR. DAVID WEINDORF |DR. MARK WALLACE |ANN ULMER |

|Associate Dean for Research |Natural Resources Management |Grants Administrator |

|david.weindorf@ttu.edu |mark.wallace@ttu.edu |ann.ulmer@ttu.edu |

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|DR. PHILLIP JOHNSON | | |

|Agricultural & Applied Economics | | |

|phil.johnson@ttu.edu | | |

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| |College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources |

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| |Lubbock, Texas 79409-2123 |

| |(806) 742-2808 phone |

| |(806) 742-2836 fax |

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