PaSS News
Morris native named OSU Outstanding Master's Student The Phoenix Award recognizes exemplary achievement in leadership, scholarship, professional involvement and university and community service. more... |
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OSU Student Employee of the Year announced
2008-04-18
Yesterday, the OSU Student Employee of the Year was announced in a very nice reception opened by Dr. Marlene Strathe and Mr. Gary Clark. Plant and Soil Sciences student employee Katy Brookman was one of six finalists for the award.
Unfortunately, Katy was not selected employee of the year. However, she remains #1 to all of us here in PaSS! She did come away with a nice certificate and a basket of goodies. Ruth Mudrock, OSU Library received the 2008 OSU Student Employee of the Year Award. |
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College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Scholarship and Awards Banquet
2008-04-16
Jared Crain of Woodward, a plant and soil sciences major, was the 2008 recipient of the Charles and Magda Browning Outstanding Freshman Award. more...
CASNR student regional experience a 'huge success'
2008-04-15
Agronomy, soils and environmental sciences students from across the region came to Stillwater, had fun while learning a lot and went away impressed, thanks in large part to Oklahoma State University’s Agronomy Club. more...
Oklahoma State University student Savannah Smith of Talihina has been awarded a Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarship for her senior year.
2008-04-09
| Savannah is the sixth OSU student ever to receive this scholarship. Although Savannah is majoring in Environmental Science, we in Plant and Soil Sciences consider her one of our own. She is currently working in Dr. Chad Penn’s environmental soil chemistry lab and is planning to continue with her Masters degree in PaSS. more... |  |
The OSU Agronomy Club hosted the 2008 Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES) Northern Regional meeting in Stillwater over the weekend (April 5-6, 2008).
2008-04-07
Over 120 students and their club advisors participated in the event. more...
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PaSS graduate student Heidi West is a winner of an Annie’s Sustainable Agriculture Scholarship!
2008-04-02
This $2,500 scholarship from Annie’s Homegrown is part of a total of $50,000 in scholarship assistance awarded each year to some very deserving students. more...
Ms. Katy Brookman, student employee in PaSS,
2008-03-26
has just been named a finalist for the 2007-2008 OSU Student Employee of the Year! Katy is one of six students campus-wide who made it to the finals. The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday, April 17 more....
Dr. Kakani awarded $25,000 from the Department of Energy and the Sun Grant Initiative for work on biofuel feedstocks.
2008-03-26
The Sun Grant Initiative is working with the Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of Biomass Program to develop and implement a Regional Biomass Partnership to address barriers associated with the development of a sustainable and predictable supply of biomass feedstocks. more...
Three PaSS faculty showcased in "Building Oklahoma's Future: the 2nd Century Initiative" brochure.
2008-03-26
Highlighted are Biofuels, Dr. Yanqi Wu; Small Grains, Dr. Jeff Edwards; and Dr. Chad Godsey, Oklahoma's first statewide No-Till Conference more...
Jared Crain selected to receive a Wentz Research Project for 2008-2009
2008-03-26
Jared Crain was just selected to receive a Wentz Research Project for the 2008-2009 academic year!
The Lew Wentz Foundation and OSU provide support for the nationally recognized Wentz Research Project awards. This is a one-year research project award ($4,500) given to undergraduate student scholars to conduct independent research with the guidance of a faculty mentor. more...
PaSS alumnus inducted into Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame
2008-03-14
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Dr. C. Michael French, associate director-programs for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s Cooperative Extension Service, was honored Friday for his educational achievements with induction into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame. Dr. French is an alumnus of Oklahoma State University, where he earned his master’s in 1975 and his Ph.D. in agronomy-weed science in 1978 from the Department of Agronomy. more... |
Statewide no-till meeting is a huge success
2008-02-28 (High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal, By Doug Rich )
The first statewide no-till meeting in Oklahoma was a huge success. Over 200 very interested producers attended the two-day conference in Oklahoma City Feb. 11 and 12. ...more
Funding Received
2008-02-25
Dr. Chad Godsey received funding for his Southern Regional Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) On-Farm Research Grant Proposal entitled “Increasing the Sustainability of Oklahoma Cropping Systems Using Cover Crops.”
The Blessings of Good News- Even When You Are in China!
2008-02-20
We actually heard it first from Dr. Jim Trapp of Oklahoma State University as we were traveling to the Great Wall on Tuesday morning Chinese time- the word that Gary Sherrer was gotten a medical report that is nothing short of fabulous- Gary has been battling cancer for several months now and has just heard from the Doctor that the mass they have been working on is gone- he will be taking a couple of additional treatments as insurance- but the report cheered our spirits over here in Asia. more...
PaSS Student is Featured as DASNR International Student of the Week
2008-02-06
This week’s international student of the week is Yuriko Mori. She is a third year student in Plant and Soil Sciences. She was born in Fuji, Japan. Yuriko speaks Japanese and English. Yuriko is a member of ECO-OSU, a student organization devoted to increase awareness in environmental issues. Currently Yuriko is in Oregon as an exchange student. She will come back to OSU in fall 2008 to complete her degree. more...
