2013 CASNR E-NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 3
NEW ON THE SCENE
Tech AFS department adds
expert in feedlot beef cattle
nutrition,
metabolism
Jhones Sarturi has
been named an
assistant professor
in Texas Tech
University’s Department of Animal
and Food Sciences, according to
officials with the College of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources. He officially stepped
into new his teaching and research
post on March. 1. more »
AG COUNCIL REPORT
Texas Tech’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communications will carry on a departmental
legend for years to come. An endowed scholarship to honor Mary Lou Flom, administrative business
assistant for the department, has been established in her name. The scholarships will go to
undergraduate students in the department. more »
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CASNR Aggie of the Month:
Dan Crownover
Texas Tech’s landscape architecture program on list of best undergrad
schools
Major: Interdisciplinary
Agriculture;
Classification:
Junior; Age: 20;
Organization: Block & Bridle;
Hometown: Italy; Month:
September 2012. more »
DesignIntelligence reports that this year’s rankings by deans, administrators, students
and practitioners show that there is considerable quality in design schools but also
reveals an unrelenting and increasingly dynamic restlessness for renewed strength and
fresh relevance. more »
In Profile: AFS grad Franklin continues life-long dream of entering
medical field
With the help of family, agriculture and the Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources, Jordanna Franklin is achieving her life-long dream of entering
the medical field. The fourth-year medical student will graduate in May from the Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center, with hopes to begin a pediatric residency soon
UPCOMING
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CASNR Hosts Renowned
Bioethicist; Bernard Rollin to
discuss animal ethics
One of the nation’s
groundbreaking bioethicists,
Bernard Rollin, will be a featured
after. more »
Rate of Return; Categorizing farms according to size is tough row to
hoe
It seems simple enough. What is a farm? The U.S. Agriculture Department defines it as
“any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and
sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year.” “Very large farms” are
speaker on Tuesday (April 23) at 6
p.m. in Texas Tech University’s
International Cultural Center.
Hosted by Tech’s College of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources Agricultural Awareness
Week, admission to the animal
rights and animal consciousness
presentation is free and open to
the public.
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 NACTA Judging Conference
April 3-5, 2013
(more information)
 Invitational Contests
April 6, 2013
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 Area FFA Contests
April 13, 2013
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 AFS Spring Banquet
April 13, 2013
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 State FFA Contests
April 20, 2013
 CASNR Honors Banquet
April 26, 2013
 4-H Livestock
Ambassador Program
July 22-24, 2013 (application
due June 21)
defined as having gross sales of more than $500,000. more »
Ninth Consecutive Year; Meat judging team reigns at Houston Livestock
Show
Texas Tech’s meat judging team walked away with first place honors on Sunday (Mar.
3) at the Houston Livestock Show’s Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest. The
competition was the ninth consecutive year the Red Raiders have won the Houston
competition. more »
Walking on Eggshells; Debate over Lesser Prairie Chicken listing flares
up
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must decide by Sept. 30 whether to propose listing
the Lesser Prairie Chicken, a grayish-brown grouse that lives in Colorado, Kansas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. more »
Mmmmmm; AFS ‘Pork Wellington Bites’ take prize at NAMA contest in
Vegas
Four students from Texas Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences cooked up a
winner today (Feb. 13), taking the University Cook-off People’s Choice Award with their
“Pork Wellington Bites” at the North American Meat Association Convention in Las
Vegas. more »
Year by Year; CASNR faculty, staff recognized for length of service at
ICC
Texas Tech University recognized 38 outstanding faculty and staff members with the
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources today (Mar. 27) with recognition
of their length of service to the university community. The awards ceremony was held
at Tech’s International Cultural Center Hall of Nations. more »
Above and Beyond: AFS’s Brooks tapped for Professing Excellence
Award
An outstanding instructor and veterinarian with Texas Tech’s Department of Animal
and Food Sciences has been selected to receive a Professing Excellence Award. The
honor will be presented to Tiffanie Brooks in a special ceremony at 3 p.m. on
Wednesday (Mar. 30) at the Red Raider Lounge in the university’s Student Union
Building. more »
Administrative Council
DR. MICHAEL GALYEAN
Dean
michael.galyean@ttu.edu
DR. SUKANT MISRA
Associate Dean for Research
sukant.misra@ttu.edu
DR. CINDY AKERS
DR. STEVE FRAZE
Agricultural Education
& Communications
steven.fraze@ttu.edu
DR. LESLIE THOMPSON
Animal & Food Sciences
leslie.thompson@ttu.edu
DR. ALON KVASHNY
DR. RICHARD ZARTMAN
Plant & Soil Science
richard.zartman@ttu.edu
JANE PIERCY
Development & Alumni Relations
jane.piercy@ttu.edu
NORMAN MARTIN
Marketing & Communications
Associate Dean for Academic
& Student Programs
cindy.akers@ttu.edu
DR. EDUARDO SEGARRA
Agricultural & Applied Economics
eduardo.segarra@ttu.edu
Landscape Architecture
alon.kvashny@ttu.edu
DR. MARK WALLACE
Natural Resources Management
mark.wallace@ttu.edu
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
PO Box 42123
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2123
806.742.2808 phone
806.742.2836 fax
norman.martin@ttu.edu
REAGAN RIBORDY
Grants Administrator
reagan.ribordy@ttu.edu