College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Awards
CALS Awards Banquet will be on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in celebration of our outstanding students, faculty and staff in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Congratulations to our 2023 award recipients
- Outstanding Freshman: Annika Tee, animal and veterinary science: business option
- Outstanding Sophomore: Cassandra Moody, agricultural education
- Outstanding Junior: Klayton Hanrahan, agribusiness
- Outstanding Senior: Kaitlin Mirkin, animal and veterinary science: pre-vet option
- Outstanding Transfer Student: Maggie Hammon, agricultural science, communication and leadership
- Outstanding Graduate Student-Teaching: Maggie Zee, family and consumer sciences
- Outstanding Graduate Student-Research: Gabrielle Becker, animal physiology
- Outstanding Student Leader: Avelardo Vargas, animal and veterinary science: dairy option
- Outstanding Advisor: Hydee Becker, Family and Consumer Sciences
- RM Wade Teaching Award: Lori Wahl, Family and Consumer Sciences
- Heimsch Research Award: Pedram Rezamand, Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences
- Club of the Year: Collegiate Young Farmers and Ranchers
- Outstanding Technical Support: Chelsey Lowder, Aberdeen Research and Extension Center
- Outstanding Professional Support: Bita Amiri, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology
- Outstanding Administrative Support: Bebe Dodds, Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center
- Outstanding Service/Maintenance Support: Terry Saunders, Facilities