Students
The Plant and Soil Sciences department offers a comprehensive educational experience for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in trying to solve some of the world’s most pressing needs with respect to food, feed, fiber and fuel. Students have the opportunity to develop the basic skills they need to become leaders in plant and soil-related professions. Students are also given the opportunity to focus their experience on a specific area of interest.
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| Class Schedule Book | Graduation | |
| Course Descriptions | Spring 2010 Class Schedule | |
| Diploma Application | Student Information System | |
| Enrollment Guide Spring 2010 | Transcripts | |
| Exam Schedule | University Catalog | |
STUDENTS IN THE NEWS
Michael Reinert DASNR's International Student of the Week
Michael is a senior Plant and Soil Science major, concentrating on Crop Science, from Fairmont, OK. Michael was a part of CASNR’s summer-long study abroad in Brazil in 2009, and learned a fair amount of Portuguese during his visit. Michael heard of the Brazil exchange program after the first year’s participants, both American and Brazilian, shared their experiences. He was most interested in visiting Brazil because it is such an important agricultural country, and the structure of the program was appealing. ...more
Tilin Fang Invited to National Wheat Genomics Career Session
Tilin Fang (Ph.D. student of Dr. Yan) just received a formal invitation to present a 30 minute talk in the Early Career Session at the National Wheat Genomics Workshop to be held in Lincoln, NE, March 8-9. Tilin is working on a collaborative project between Drs. Yan and Carver and scientists in Washington state and China, where they have discovered a major resistance gene/QTL against multiple stripe rust races in wheat.
Congratulations Tilin!
Jared Crain, DASNR's International Student of the Week
Jared is a Plant and Soil Senior from Woodward, Oklahoma, and has done quite a bit of traveling in his four years at OSU. He started his international experiences in Mexico during an intensive language program, and has since visited Argentina, Honduras, and Mexico twice more. Thanks to his travels and OSU classwork, Jared speaks Spanish fairly well.
Jared has a number of activities to keep him busy when he’s not traveling. Besides taking a healthy course load every semester, he’s a member of Alpha Zeta and has the important job of treasurer for the Agronomy Club. He also volunteers as a small group leader for Oklahoma FFA Alumni Camp. Jared was very involved with FFA in high school, and still enjoys working with younger kids and agriculture. ...more
DASNR International Student of the week Yesuf Assen.
The Office of International Ag Programs would like this week to introduce Yesuf Assen Mohammed, a Ph.D. student in Soil Science. He is originally from Ethiopia, speaks Amharic and English, and is at OSU as one more stop on his global tour, learning about soil fertility and how to improve agricultural production. ...more
FFA Contest Winners
Plant and Soil Science students Brian Livesay and Meagan Morris both competed at the National FFA Convention. Brian won the fruit production proficiency award, and Meagan won fifth high individual in the floriculture contest. ...more
Agronomy Club traveled to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Students attending the SASES meetings from left to right: Elke Grenther, Steven Snelson, Michael Reinert, Rovert Calhoun, Bryce Payne, Jared Crain, Guilherme Hara, Victor Otsubo, cody Claflin, and Carla Cassiano.
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At the end of October, students in the Agronomy Club traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the Students of Agronomy, Soil and Environmental Science International Meeting. One of our students was elected to a national officer position and two other are serving on the national committee. Also, one student received second in the National Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...more
