2012 CASNR E-NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 7
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Texas Tech’s ‘Vision &
Tradition Campaign’
surpasses $900
million mark
‘Vision and
Tradition: The
Campaign for
Texas Tech’ has
surpassed $900 million as funds
are raised toward its $1 billion
goal. Already surpassing gifts
raised from previous campaigns,
the ‘Vision & Tradition’ capital
campaign is easily the most
successful and largest fundraising
effort in the history of the Texas
Tech University System, university
leaders report. more »
TEAMWORK
Tech ranch horse team
continues successful legacy
at national
competition
Texas Tech’s
Ranch Horse Team
placed second at
the American
Stock Horse Association National
Collegiate Championship Show in
Amarillo. During the two-day
event in mid-April the Red Raiders
competed against 12 colleges and
more than 100 individual
competitors from across the
country. more »
Beef producers have become quite successful at detecting and preventing contamination of E. coli
0157:h7 in their raw beef products — that’s thanks to years of experience after the Shiga toxinproducing bacterial strain (STEC) was first declared as an adulterant in raw beef in 1994. more »
AAEC alum unveils story of father’s tragic death in new book, By His
Own Blood
A California-based alum from Texas Tech’s Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics has authored his first book – “By His Own Blood.” The work by John
Montandon is an account of his father’s horrific death and the author’s search for
answers and healing. more »
In Profile: LA’s Alice McLarty takes on monumental tasks in Washington
For landscape architect Alice McLarty there are no routine jobs among her daily duties;
not when the names of her projects are synonymous with some of the nation’s most
important treasures. Over the past 20 years the ’87 graduate of Texas Tech’s
Department of Landscape Architecture can list the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
and the Mall Grounds among her work sites. more »
Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team takes third at Reciprocal Meat
Conference
Texas Tech’s Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team rolled to a third place finish last month at
the American Meat Science Association’s Reciprocal Meat Conference in Fargo, N.D.
“This group of students worked extremely hard and it showed in Fargo,” said Loni
Woolley, a meat science graduate student and one of the team’s coaches. more »
FACULTY NOTES
New PSS graduate class opens door to Texas International Cotton
School
Texas Tech alum, noted soil
scientist Wayne Hudnall dies
at 66
Texas Tech is offering a special summer school class that focuses entirely on West
Texas’ most important agricultural crop – cotton. For two weeks during the height of
the summer season, the university’s students will be able to sign up for a nontraditional classroom experience known as the Texas International Cotton School.
Wayne Hudnall, a
widely-published
author and
nationallyrecognized soil
scientist in Texas Tech University’s
Department of Plant and Soil
Science has died. He was 66. He
passed away today (July 1) after a
long illness. more »
UPCOMING EVENTS

 Vocational Agricultural
Teachers Association of Texas
Annual Convention
July 30 - August 3, 2012
Amarillo, Texas
 Texas International
Cotton School
August 6-17, 2012
Lubbock, Texas
 Texas Alliance for Water
Conservation Summer
Field Day
Thursday. August 9, 2012
Ollie Liner Center
Plainview, TX
 Fall Classes Begin
Monday; August 27, 2012
more »
Water, Energy & Natural Resources Innovation & Research Cluster
launches
To answer the increasing complexity of water resources issues, Texas Tech is in the
early stages of developing a Water, Energy, and Natural Resources Innovation and
Research Cluster. As part of that effort, an internal water summit was held Wednesday
(July 11) at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center. more »
In Profile: Blum takes Ag Council lead with a focus on active
participation
The daughter of two agricultural science teachers, Brittany Blum said she has always
known agriculture would be her true passion. When it came time to choose a
university, she felt confident that choosing to major in animal science at Texas Tech
University would provide opportunities to further her interests and passions. more »
NRM’s Zavaleta tapped for Fulbright U.S. Student Program Scholarship
A graduate student from Texas Tech’s Department of Natural Resources Management
has been selected to receive a scholarship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program,
sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Jennifer Zavaleta, a master’s student from
Irving, was accepted to go to Chile to perform a “Program Evaluation of Chile’s LongTerm Socio-Ecological Research Network.” more »
AEC’s Bogle honored by International Broadcasters IdeaBank in Ottawa
A senior from Texas Tech’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communications
has been selected to receive a prestigious 2012 International Broadcasters IdeaBank
Scholarship. Lauren Bogle of Dexter, NM, was notified of the $7,500 scholarship in May
at the group’s annual international meeting in Ottawa, Canada. more »
Salmonella-focused research poster takes first at Reciprocal Meat
Conference
A Texas Tech Department of Animal and Food Sciences doctoral student was awarded
first place June 18 in the Ph.D. division of the research poster contest at the 2012
Reciprocal Meat Conference in Fargo, N.D. Sara Gragg’s poster was titled, “Prevalence
and Characterization of Salmonella Recovered from Lymph Nodes and Feces of Cattle
at Harvest in Mexican Slaughter Facilities.” more »
Administrative Council
DR. STEVE FRAZE
Agricultural Education
& Communications
steven.fraze@ttu.edu
DR. MICHAEL GALYEAN
Dean
michael.galyean@ttu.edu
DR. SUKANT MISRA
Associate Dean for Research
sukant.misra@ttu.edu
DR. CINDY AKERS
Associate Dean for Academic
& Student Programs
cindy.akers@ttu.edu
DR. EDUARDO SEGARRA
Agricultural & Applied Economics
eduardo.segarra@ttu.edu
DR. LESLIE THOMPSON
Animal & Food Sciences
leslie.thompson@ttu.edu
DR. ALON KVASHNY
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
DR. RICHARD ZARTMAN
Plant & Soil Science
richard.zartman@ttu.edu
JANE PIERCY
Development & Alumni Relations
jane.piercy@ttu.edu
NORMAN MARTIN
Marketing & Communications
norman.martin@ttu.edu
REAGAN RIBORDY
Grants Administrator
reagan.ribordy@ttu.edu