2011 CASNR E-NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 6, ISSUE 15
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Can Do; Texas Tech Ag
Council aids South Plains
Food Bank
holiday effort
Texas Tech’s Ag
Council is doing its
part to help
provide canned
goods to the South Plains Food
Bank during this holiday season.
On Wednesday (Dec. 7) more than
3,954 pounds of food were
collected by members of the
organization at their monthly
meeting in the Animal and Food
Sciences Building. more »
AFS’s Gragg, Chaney win top
food and environmental
safety awards
in Chicago
Sara Gragg and
Evan Chaney,
doctoral students
from Tech’s
Department of Animal and Food
Sciences, were presented the top
two Food and Environmental
Safety awards for outstanding
research presentation at the
annual meeting of the Conference
of Research Workers in Animal
Diseases held in Chicago, Dec. 4-6.
more »
CASNR IN PHOTOS
Slideshow: Christmas time’s
a'coming as Dean’s Office
Texas Tech to offer groundbreaking doctoral program for ag education
leaders
Texas Tech University has announced the launch of a new, human dimension-focused
doctoral program to prepare graduates for senior academic leadership roles in
agricultural communications and education. The Doctor of Philosophy Degree in
Agricultural Communications and Education will be taught by faculty from Tech’s
nationally-recognized Department of Agricultural Education and Communications starting in January.
more »
CASNR partners in project targeting cancer prevention in rural
communities
Texas Tech researchers are teaming up with United Supermarkets on a $295,000
project that aims to address some of today’s most preventable sources of cancer –
obesity, tobacco use and sunburn – in the Panhandle communities of Dalhart and
Muleshoe. If successful, similar intervention programs could be replicated in other
communities across the state. more »
Texas Tech Soil Judging Team shines at regional competition; nationals
next
Students from Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science captured first place in
the team competition and third overall today (Nov. 11) at the Students of Agronomy
Soils & Environmental Sciences Region IV Collegiate Soil Judging Contest in College
Station. The team’s overall finish earned it the opportunity to compete in the National
Soil Judging Contest next spring at the University of Wisconsin. more »
AFS’s Rathmann receives John W. and Doris Jones Endowed Professorship
Open House
welcomes all
Happiness is
coming to town,
and we at CASNR
wish you the best
of the holiday season. On Dec. 7,
CASNR’s faculty, staff and
students, along with friends across
the Texas Tech campus, gathered
for our annual Dean’s Office
Christmas Open House. Learn
More >>
Slideshow: Pig Roast Fete
spotlights outstanding
agriculturalists, student
leaders
CASNR honored
three area
residents with
Gerald W. Thomas
Outstanding
Agriculturalist Awards during its
annual Pig Roast at the Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center Banquet
Hall. This year’s recipients were
Donnell Brown of Throckmorton
for agricultural production, Jim
Conkwright of Lubbock for public
service, and Mike Engler of
Amarillo for agribusiness. Learn
More >>
UPCOMING EVENTS

 First Class Day
January 19, 2012
 Spring Break
March 10 -18, 2012
 Invitational FFA & 4-H Judging
Contests
March 31, 2012
Lubbock, Texas
Ryan Rathmann, one of the nation’s top livestock judging team coaches, has been
selected as the first John W. and Doris Jones Endowed Professor in Texas Tech
University’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences. The honor, funded from a gift
from the G. R. White Trust, was presented during a special presentation today (Dec. 5)
at the university’s animal and food sciences building. more »
Research: Baseline bedding needs for swine transport tallied; Texas
Tech study
The assembly-line efficiency of U.S. meatpackers and swine processors goes off the
rails a bit for about 4 percent of the 100 million pigs transported annually to butchering
day. But something as simple as an adequate bed of wood shavings or wheat straw
underfoot and matched to the weather goes a long way in improving animal survival,
report Texas Tech researchers. more »
In Profile: Landscape architecture’s DeMera Ollinger bound for botanic
Brazil
DeMera Ollinger started her college career at West Texas A&M University digging into
English literature. But it wasn’t until she started working at an Amarillo greenhouse
that an opportunity to combine her creative passion with a newfound interest in plants
took root. That change in vocation direction led her to the Hub City and a new major in
Texas Tech’s Department of Landscape Architecture. more »
NRM, South Plains College launch new program boosting game warden
careers
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hires about 50 new game wardens annually –
if it can find that many people trained for the job. Texas Tech and South Plains College
are now partners in a new transfer program designed to fill that need. more »
Weinheimer tapped for research assistant professor, water center
leadership
Justin Weinheimer, a skilled research economist with Texas Tech’s Department of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, has been named a research assistant professor
and assistant director of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’
Water Center, officials with the university report. He officially stepped into his new
posts on Nov. 1. more »
The Thread: CASNR caps and tees crank up style; updated AEC shirt unveiled
The broad diversity of student organizations within Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources can be seen in its eclectic variety of specialty T-shirts. From blazing reds to subdued
beige, the shirts reflect in interests, pride and deep down belief that, “From Here, It’s Possible.” Photos:
N. Martin. Learn More >>
Administrative Council
DR. MICHAEL GALYEAN
Interim Dean
michael.galyean@ttu.edu
DR. SUKANT MISRA
Associate Dean for Research
sukant.misra@ttu.edu
DR. CINDY AKERS
Assistant Dean for Academic and Student
Programs & Director, Dr. Bill Bennett
Student Success Center
cindy.akers@ttu.edu
DR. NORMAN HOPPER
Coordinator of Special Projects
and Piper Professor
n.hopper@ttu.edu
DR. EDUARDO SEGARRA
Agricultural & Applied Economics
eduardo.segarra@ttu.edu
DR. MARK WALLACE
Natural Resources Management
mark.wallace@ttu.edu
DR. STEVE FRAZE
Agricultural Education
& Communications
steven.fraze@ttu.edu
DR. RICHARD ZARTMAN
Plant & Soil Science
richard.zartman@ttu.edu
DR. LESLIE THOMPSON
Animal & Food Sciences
leslie.thompson@ttu.edu
DR. ALON KVASHNY
Landscape Architecture
alon.kvashny@ttu.edu
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
PO Box 42123
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2123
806.742.2808 phone
806.742.2836 fax
JANE PIERCY
Development & Alumni Relations
jane.piercy@ttu.edu
NORMAN MARTIN
Marketing & Communications
norman.martin@ttu.edu