2005
Tifton campus folks celebrated their own May 10, 2005 at the annual University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tifton Campus Awards Ceremony.
Awards and Recognitions presented for FY2005
(Beginning July 1, 2004 — Ending June 30, 2005)
- Awards for Excellence
- Certificates of Service
- Recent Retirees
- Student Accomplishments
- Sigma Xi Awards
- Special Achievements
Awards for Excellence
| Award | Recipient |
| Senior Scientist - Research | Ron Gitaitis |
| Senior Scientist - Extension | John Beasley |
| Junior Scientist - Research | Peng W. Chee |
| Junior Scientist - Extension | Stanley Culpepper |
| Teaching | Steve L. Brown, Steve M. Brown and Kenny Seebold |
| Technical Support | Patsie T. Cannon, Travis Ingram, Lola C. Sexton and Melissa A. Tawzer |
| Service Unit Support | Bobby Goodman and Dickie Hilton |
| Administrative Support | Cynthia Harrison |
Certificates of Service
30 Years of Service
- Bonnie Evans - Plant Pathology
- Kenith Mullis - Plant Pathology
- Sharad Phatak - Horticulture
25 Years of Service
- Ronald Gitaitis - Plant Pathology
- Kerry Harrison - Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Sandra McNeill - Assistant Dean's Office
- Tim Ross - Facilities Management and Operations
- Paul Sumner - Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- David Tawzer - Animal and Dairy Science
- Jackson Taylor - Entomology
- June Womack - Assistant Dean's Office
20 Years of Service
- Donna Abad - Business Office
- Anthony Bateman - Horticulture
- Stan Diffie - Assistant Dean's Office
- Betsy Haman - Office of Information and Technology
- Unessee Hargett - Assistant Dean's Office
- Ed Troxell - Biological and Agricultural Engineering
15 Years of Service
- Leslie Cromer - Assistant Dean's Office
- Michael Gibbs - Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Cynthia Harrison - Assistant Dean's Office
- Della Hunt - Conference Office
- Keith Kightlinger - Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Charles Roberson - Facilities Management and Operations
- John Ruter - Horticulture
10 Years of Service
- Machelle Clements - Assistant Dean's Office
- Cindy Esco - Office of Communications
- Jenny Granberry - Assistant Dean's Office
- Cindy Hester - Assistant Dean's Office
- Michael Pippin - Facilities Management and Operations
- John Ruberson - Entomology
- Ronnie Sumner - Animal and Dairy Science
Student Accomplishments
Emily Cantonwine - A graduate student with Albert Culbreath in Plant Pathology successfully defended her dissertation titled "Use of Genetics and Cultural Practices to Suppress Foliar Diseases of Peanut and Reduce Fungicide Requirements," 2005
Caci Cook - Dean's List, Fall 2004
Sara Gremillion - Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology, working with Albert Culbreath, placed second in the Joe Sugg graduate student paper competition at the American Peanut Research and Education Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, July 2004
Quinton Hadsock - Dean's List, Fall 2004; and GA Association of Professional Agricultural Consultants Scholarship, 2005
Stacey Jones - Roland Harris Scholarship, 2005
William Nance - Dean's List, Fall 2004
Charlie Pickett - Dean's List, Fall 2004
Sharon Reeves - President Scholar, Fall 2004
Andrea Swieczkowski - Student Teaching Scholarship, 2005
Victoria Wells - Dean's List, Fall 2004; Crop Alliance Production Scholarship, 2005; and Nesbitt-Flatt Outstanding Senior Award, 2005
Sigma Xi Awards
Dr. Ronald Gitaitis - Distinguished Service Award
Awarded to recognize scientific achievement regardless of time period. Intended to acknowledge sustained contributions or high originality and impact by scientists.
Dr. Steve L. Brown - Creative Research Award
Awarded to recognize an especially significant research accomplishment, discovery, or scientific achievement within the last five years.
Benjamin Baldree - Service to Research Award
Awarded to recognize individuals who would not normally be eligible for other Sigma Xi Awards, but who have, through unusual initiative and effort, made a contribution to science above and beyond that expected.
Charles Mullis - Outstanding Technical Support Award
Awarded to recognize outstanding technical support of research and contribution to scientific achivement.
Special Achievements
Benjamin Baldree, Crop and Soil Sciences/Assistant Dean's Office - Awarded the 2005 Tifton Sigma Xi Service to Research Award
John K. Bernard, Animal and Dairy Science - Promoted to Professor, 2005
Tim Brenneman, Plant Pathology - Serving in 2005 as President of the Southern Division of the American Phytopathological Society
Steve "Bug" Brown, Entomology - Awarded the 2005 Tifton Sigma Xi Creative Research Award
Albert Culbreath, Plant Pathology - Recognized by the American Phytopathological Society for Outstanding Services as Southern Division Councilor, 2001-2004
Juan Carlos Diaz Perez Horticulture Promoted to Associate Professor, 2005
James D. Dutcher, Entomology - Awarded "The Golden Seal Green Ribbon Excellence in Research Award" at the Southeastern Pecan Growers Association, March 2005
Ron Gitaitis, Plant Pathology - Awarded the Sigma Xi Distinguished Research Award by the Tifton Sigma Xi chapter, 2005
Gary Hawkins, Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Received 2004 Excellence in Teamwork Award, presented by the Joint Council of Extension Professionals; and Elected President of the Georgia Section of the Soil and Water Conservation Society
Gary M. Hill, Animal and Dairy Science - Service Recognition Award Certificate for serving as Associate Editor, Agronomy Journal 1998-2004, presented by Agronomy Society of America, November 15, 2004
Terry Kelley, Horticulture - Received a Southern Region ASHS publications award for UGA/CPES Publication No. 5-2003, Georgia Vegetable Extension-Research Report, 2002
Keith Kightlinger, Agricultural and Applied Economics - Elected Co-Chair, National Farm Income Tax Extension Committee, 2005
Robert M. McPherson, Entomology - Elected President of the Georgia Entomological Society of America , 2005-2006
Peggy Ozias-Akins, Horticulture - Received the National Sigma Xi Tifton Chapter Distinguished Service Award, 2005
Glen Rains, Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenure, 2005
Don Shurley, Agricultural and Applied Economics - 2005 Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Extension Award
Nathan Smith, Agricultural and Applied Economics - Elected Secretary, Southern Extension Public Affairs Committee and will serve as member of the National Public Policy Education Committee, 2005
Paul Sumner, Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Received the Tifton Campus Award of Excellence for Senior Scientist - Extension, 2004
George Vellidis, Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Received the Tifton Campus Award of Excellence for Teaching, 2004
Lenny Wells, Horticulture - New state pecan specialist, has joined the Horticulture department for 50% of his time, 2005
Teams
Agricultural & Applied Economics: Nathan Smith, V. Subramanium, S. Fletcher and John Baldwin - First Place Poster Award for "Is Conservation Tillage An Economically Warranted Production Strategy Under the 2002 Peanut Program: A Perspective of Southern Peanut Production?" Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2005
Biological and Agricultural Engineering: George Vellidis, David Bosch, Richard Lowrance, Joe Sheridan, Jennifer Suttles and Lynn Usery - ASAE Paper of the Year Award (only 8 of 360 papers were selected to receive this award), 2005
Biological and Agricultural Engineering: Paul Sumner, Extension Vegetable Team - Received a Blue Ribbon Award for Publications from American Society for Horticultural Science, Southern Section, 2005
Horticulture: John Ruter and Wayne Hanna - Released two ornamental grass selections, 2005
Plant Pathology: Albert Culbreath, Steve (Bug) Brown, Jim Todd, Dan Gorbet, John Baldwin and John Beasley - Published a feature article in Plant Disease titled "Development of a Method of Risk Assessment to Facilitate Integrated Management of Spotted Wilt of Peanut," 2005
USDA-ARS
Lloyd Copeland, Crop Protection and Management Research Unit - Won the USDA-ARS, South Atlantic Area, 2004 Technician of the Year Award (presented in February 2005 at SAA Research Leader Meeting in Savannah, GA)
C. Corley Holbrook, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, 2005
Charles Mullis, Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit - Outstanding Technical Support Award from Tifton Sigma Xi, 2005
Don Wauchope, Southeast Watershed Research Unit - Elected as Chair of the Agrochemicals Division of the American Chemical Society, 2005