CASNR Today
E-NEWSLETTER / OCT. 2009
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10
UPCOMING EVENTS
Nov. 5 – Pig Roast: CASNR will
honor three South Plains
residents with outstanding
agriculturalist awards on
Thursday (Nov. 5) during its
annual Pig Roast, which honors
scholarship donors, recipients
and intercollegiate judging
teams, at the Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center Banquet
Hall.
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
New Helen DeVitt Jones
graduate scholarships
available; deadline soon
A new $5,000 scholarship
opportunity is now available for
students interested in graduate
education at Texas Tech
University’s College of
Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources. Available in
all academic departments
beginning in the fall session of
2010, the 10 Helen DeVitt
Jones Graduate Student
Scholarships are a one-year,
one-time opportunity. more »
Texas Tech awarded USDA grant for new carbon cycling focus
A leading research scientist from Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil
Science and her team have been awarded a $200,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) grant to study how carbon cycles through large-scale agricultural systems. more »
SLIDESHOW: CASNR Homecoming Breakfast 2009
Alumni of Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
got another warm welcome Oct. 10 as the graduates, young and old, celebrated the
college’s Homecoming Breakfast festivities at the Animal and Food Sciences’ livestock
arena in Lubbock. Later that day the Red Raiders walloped Kansas State 66-14. Photos: N.
Martin. Learn More >>
In Profile: Landscape Architecture’s Melissa Currie
Though some might believe that Melissa Currie, a native of Niceville, Fla., who spent most
of her college years in Ithaca, New York, would feel out of place in the windswept South
Plains, the new addition to the faculty in Texas Tech University’s Department of Landscape
Architecture couldn’t disagree more.” more »
Allen named ‘Reserve Champion All-Around Cowboy’ at Vernon
FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
The Texas Tech University rodeo team turned in strong performances last weekend at the
Vernon College Rodeo in Wichita Falls, with the standout rides from Canada’s Luke Creasy
and Iowa’s Logan Allen, officials reported today. more »
Irlbeck joins AEC faculty
as assistant professor
Faculty, students, alumni honored at AFS hall of fame banquet
Erica Irlbeck has been
named an assistant professor
in Texas Tech University’s
Department of Agricultural
National championship buckles were presented to the 2009 Meat Animal Evaluation and
Meat Science Quiz Bowl teams, in addition to commemorating the 10-year anniversary of
the 1999 National Champion Meat Judging Team, on Friday (Oct. 9) at Texas Tech
University’s Hall of Fame and Meat Science Recognition Banquet in the United Spirit Arena.
more »
Education and Communications, according to officials
with the College of Agricultural
Sciences and Natural
Resources. She began her
teaching and research duties
on Sept. 1. more »
Raising the Bar: CASNR rolls to near record enrollment
Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources reached a benchmark
in student enrollment with a near record number of students signed up for classes in the
fall semester, university officials said this week. Final enrollment stood at 1,685, up 8.8
percent from last fall’s 1,548. more »
International: CASNR leads training for two Thai Cochran Fellows
CASNR hosted two agricultural experts from Thailand in October as part of a 25-year old
program sponsored by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Known as the Cochran
Fellowship Program, it’s the first time that Texas Tech has been selected to host Cochran
fellows in the area of food safety and security. more »
Texas Tech rodeo places well at West Texas A&M University
The Texas Tech University women’s rodeo team took second place this weekend at the
West Texas A&M University Rodeo in Perryton. Hosted by Frank Phillips College and West
Texas A&M, the National Collegiate Rodeo Association event featured 16 colleges from
across the region. more »
Administrative Council
DR. JOHN BURNS
Dean
john.burns@ttu.edu
DR. STEVE FRAZE
Agricultural Education
& Communications
steven.fraze@ttu.edu
DR. NORMAN HOPPER
Associate Dean for Academic
& Student Programs
n.hopper@ttu.edu
DR. KEVIN POND
Animal & Food Sciences
kevin.pond@ttu.edu
DR. SUKANT MISRA
Associate Dean for Research
sukant.misra@ttu.edu
DR. EDUARDO SEGARRA
Agricultural & Applied Economics
eduardo.segarra@ttu.edu
DR. ALON KVASHNY
Landscape Architecture
alon.kvashny@ttu.edu
DR. PHILIP GIPSON
Natural Resources Management
philip.gipson@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
DR. THOMAS THOMPSON
Plant & Soil Science
thomas.thompson@ttu.edu
DR. CINDY AKERS
Student Services Center
cindy.akers@ttu.edu
JANE PIERCY
Development & Alumni Relations
jane.piercy@ttu.edu
NORMAN MARTIN
Marketing & Communications
norman.martin@ttu.edu