2006

Tifton campus folks celebrated their own May 9, 2006 at the annual University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tifton Campus Awards Ceremony. 

Awards and Recognitions presented for FY2006
(Beginning July 1, 2005 — Ending June 30, 2006)

• Awards for Excellence
• Certificates of Service
• Recent Retirees
• Student Accomplishments
• Sigma Xi Awards
  
• Special Achievements

Awards for Excellence

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Special Achievements

John Beasley, Crop and Soil Sciences - 2006, President of the Southern Branch of the American Society of Agronomy

John K. Bernard, Animal and Dairy Science - Appointed to the Journal Management Committee for the Journal of Dairy Science in July 2005; elected Director of the Production Division of the American Dairy Science Association in 2005

Tim Brenneman, Plant Pathology President - Southern Division of the American Phytopathological Society; Outstanding Presentation, Southeastern Pecan Growers Association

Steve L. Brown, Entomology - Received the Walter B. Hill Award

Peng Chee, Crop and Soil Sciences - Tenured/promoted to Associate Professor (pending final Board of Regents approval)

Patrick Conner, Horticulture - Outstanding Presentation Award 2004, awarded by Southeastern Pecan Growers Association, March 2005

Albert Culbreath, Plant Pathology - President-Elect and Program Chair of the American Peanut Research and Education Society; Disease Management Section Chair of the American Phytopathological Society’s Scientific Program Board (2005-2007)

Stanley Culpepper, Crop and Soil Sciences - August 2005, received IR-4 Meritorious Service Award for registration of weed management tools in Specialty Crops

Juan Carlos Diaz Perez, Horticulture - Chair-elect of the Organic Horticulture Working Group of ASHS

Sara Gremillion, Plant Pathology - Ph.D. candidate working with Albert Culbreath was the 2006 recipient of the Kenneth E. Papa Outstanding Ph.D. student award for the Department of Plant Pathology; won second place in the 2005 American Peanut Research and Education Society Best Student Paper Competition, and second place in the 2006 Georgia Association of Plant Pathology Student Paper Competition

Betsy Haman, Office of Information Technology - Graduated from Macon State College with her B.S. in Information Technology

Wayne Hanna, Crop and Soil Sciences - 2006, received Honorary Member Award from Turfgrass Producers International

Gary M. Hill, Animal and Dairy Science - Awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Southern Section American Society of Animal Science at the February 6, 2006, Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL

Gerard Krewer, Horticulture - Silver Plate-Key Note Speaker, Argentina Blueberry Growers Association, 2005

Curt Lacy, Agricultural and Applied Economics - Elected Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC)

Dewey Lee, Crop and Soil Sciences - 2006 Extension Division Chair, in the American Society of Agronomy

Andrew MacRae, Crop and Soil Sciences - Weed Science Post-Doctoral Scientist, received the Technical Service Award from the IR-4 Program

Duncan McClusky Library - Updating my section on Agriculture Journals for the book Magazines for Libraries; Chair of Keep Tift Beautiful; appointed to the city board, EMAG; appointed Secretary of the Kiwanis Club of Tifton in October; Listed in the 60th Edition of Who’s Who in America

Robert McPherson, Entomology - President, Georgia Entomological Society 2005-2006

J. Michael Moore, Crop and Soil Sciences - 2006, President of the Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents

Peggy Ozias-Akins, Horticulture - Elected Fellow of the American Peanut Research and Education Society, 2005; Plant program chair for 2006 Annual meeting of the Society for In Vitro Biology; workshop co-organizer for 2006 Annual meeting of the Society for In Vitro Biology

David Riley, Entomology - Received a plaque from the Entomological Society of America for exceptional service on the National Committee on Membership for turning around a five-year loss in membership in 2004 and participating in the continued growth since that time

Phillip Roberts, Entomology - Received the D.W. Brooks Award

Nathan Smith, Agricultural and Applied Economics - Elected Chair of the Southern Extension Public Affairs Committee; Appointed to Chair the 2006 Bailey Award Committee for the American Peanut Research and Education Society

Katherine Stevenson, Plant Pathology - 2006 Outstanding Presentation Award from the Georgia Association of Plant Pathologists, for presentation titled "Fungicide Resistance Management in Peanuts" at annual meeting March 13-14, Emerald Pointe Resort in Lake Lanier Islands, GA; Serving a three year term (2006-2009) as Senior Editor of the American Phytopathological Society’s online APSnet Education Center and the online journal, The Plant Health Instructor

Lenny Wells, Horticulture - 1st Place Poster, awarded by GACAA, November 16, 2005; Program chair for 2006 Southeastern Pecan Growers Assoc. Annual Meeting; 2006 pecan workshop program chair for SR-ASHS

Joe W. West, Animal and Dairy Science - Received the 2005 Outstanding Faculty Award from the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association

USDA-ARS

Rex Blanchett, SE Watershed - Promoted to GS-9 2006

Gary Feyereisen, SE Watershed - Promoted to GS-12 April 2006

Dana Sullivan, SE Watershed - Elected Vice-president of the Georgia Chapter for the Soil and Water Conservation Society

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