CASNR Today
E-NEWSLETTER / MARCH 2008
VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
Meat judging team claims
fourth consecutive
championship
Texas Tech University’s
meat judging team proved,
once again, it’s simply a cut
above the rest. The fourmember team edged out the
defending national champions
to earn its fourth consecutive
championship at the Houston
Livestock Show & Rodeo
Intercollegiate Meat Judging
Contest held March 8. more »
Rigby presented Texas
Wildlife Society’s
Cottam Award
CASNR faculty win $1 million research grant competition
A master’s graduate
student from Texas Tech
University’s Department of
Natural Resources
Management received first
place honors Feb. 15 in the
Texas Chapter of The Wildlife
Society’s Clarence Cottam
Award Competition in San
Faculty, staff recognized for length of service
A group of researchers working on sequencing the cotton genome has won the 2007
Texas Tech Research Development Fund Competition. Thea Wilkins, Bayer Crop
Science Regents Professor in Genomics, leads a group of seven co-principal
investigators on the project which won the $999,000 grant. more »
Texas Tech University recognized outstanding faculty and staff members of the College
of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources today with recognition of their length of
service to the university community. more »
Antonio. more »
Three professors promoted by Tech Board of Regents
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Three College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources faculty members were
singled out for advancement by the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents
during their March 7 meeting in El Paso. more »
International Textile
Center unveils new lab
Warren Ballard named Texas Tech Horn Professor
Texas Tech University’s
International Textile Center
laboratory complex recently
added an additional 5,500square-feet of laboratory space,
according to program officials.
With the new elbow room, all
high-volume, heat-producing
instruments for testing fibers
and yarns at the research
facility were relocated to the
new space, and today the
expanded laboratory is fully
functional. more »
CASNR scientist helps
protect precious playas
A proposal by Texas Tech
University researchers for a
wetland management district to
protect playa lakes is awaiting
approval from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. more »
ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS
CASNR Distinguished
Alumni honored at
Merket Center
Texas Tech University’s
College of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources will
honor seven individuals during
its 28th Distinguished Alumni
Award program on Monday
(Feb. 18) at the university’s
Merket Alumni Center. more »
NEW FACULTY & STAFF
Eric Belasco
Jane Piercy
Steve Fraze
Lori Dudley
Rachel Bobbitt
Chenggang Wang
A widely-published author and nationally-recognized professor from Texas Tech
University’s Department of Natural Resources Management has been named the
university’s newest Paul Whitfield Horn Professor, the highest honor bestowed upon a
faculty member. more »
International Textile Center merges into PSS
Effective December 1, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved
the merger of the International Textile Center into the Department of Plant and Soil
Science. more »
Vivien Allen presented ‘Award of Illumination’
A nationally recognized member of Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and
Soil Science was presented a special “Award of Illumination” Jan. 30 at the annual
meeting of the American Forage and Grassland Council and the Society for Range
Management in Louisville, Kentucky. more »
Tech Collegiate FFA and 4H organizations active during semester
National FFA Secretary Becky Sullivan was welcomed on the Texas Tech University
campus this spring, as part of a national tour of top-flight agricultural programs. more »
Longtime landscape architecture educator passes away at 61
Jean Stephans Kavanagh, an associate professor in Texas Tech University’s
Department of Landscape Architecture, died Jan. 25 after a brief battle with cancer.
She was 61. more »
Students participate in congressional internship program
Three outstanding students from Texas Tech University are interning this spring in
significant congressional offices in Washington D.C. as part of a College of Agricultural
Sciences and Natural Resources Congressional Internship Program. more »
Allen awarded cotton biotechnology award
Randy Allen, a professor of molecular biology in Texas Tech University’s Department of
Plant and Soil Science, was named the winner of the 2007 Cotton Biotechnology Award
last week at the Cotton Improvement Conference, which was part of this year’s Beltwide
Cotton Conferences in Nashville. more »
Cooksey named associate vice chancellor for development
The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ director of development
and external relations has been named associate vice chancellor for development with
Texas Tech University System’s Institutional Advancement Office. more »
Texas Tech honors December CASNR graduates
Texas Tech University awarded diplomas to 2,370 students during December
graduation exercises, including more than 90 from the College of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources on Dec. 15 at the United Spirit Arena in Lubbock.
Commencement speaker for the afternoon program was Texas Lieutenant Governor
David Dewhurst. more »
Administrative Council
DR. JOHN BURNS
Interim Dean
john.burns@ttu.edu
DR. NORMAN HOPPER
Associate Dean for Academic
& Student Programs
n.hopper@ttu.edu
DR. SUKANT MISRA
Associate Dean for Research
sukant.misra@ttu.edu
DR. KEVIN POND
Animal & Food Sciences
kevin.pond@ttu.edu
DR. EDUARDO SEGARRA
Agricultural & Applied Economics
eduardo.segarra@ttu.edu
DR. ERNEST FISH
Natural Resources Management
ernest.fish@ttu.edu
DR. MATT BAKER
Agricultural Education
& Communications
matt.baker@ttu.edu
DR. STEVE FRAZE
Interim Director, Agricultural Recruitment &
Career Center
steve.fraze@ttu.edu
DR. ALON KVASHNY
Landscape Architecture
alon.kvashny@ttu.edu
JANE PIERCY
Director, Development Office
jane.piercy@ttu.edu
DR. THOMAS THOMPSON
Plant & Soil Science
thomas.thompson@ttu.edu
NORMAN MARTIN
Marketing & Communications
norman.martin@ttu.edu
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
PO Box 42123
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2022
806.742.2808 phone
806.742.2836 fax
norman.martin@ttu.edu