PUYALLUP, Wash. – Washington State University State 4-H Teen Leadership Coordinator Jan Klein, was honored Wednesday by the Washington State Legislature as an Outstanding Civic Educator. Klein, who is from the Lincoln County town of Edwall, was recognized for her work with youth on the local, regional, state and national level. The Legislature recognized Klein […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Four Washington residents were inducted into the Washington State 4-H Hall of Fame at the 4-H Forum in Pasco on October 20. They were honored for their leadership, commitment to 4-H youth and volunteers and positive impacts in their communities. Inducted this year were the following individuals: Isabelle Moe, Enumclaw, began judging […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences will honor 62 distinguished college alumni at the dedication of the CAHNRS Alumni Wall of Honor on Saturday, Oct. 27. All of the alumni, including 18 who are deceased, previously received WSU’s Alumni Achievement Award. Their photos will be unveiled during […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Bill Pan, professor of soil science and chair of the crop and soil sciences department at Washington State University, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. Selection as fellow is the highest honor the society can bestow on a member. Pan will be recognized at the 2007 international […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — John McNamara, professor and animal scientist at Washington State University, will receive the Corbin Companion Animal Biology Award at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Sciences in San Antonio, Texas, on July 9. The award recognizes research and teaching in companion animal biology. McNamara developed one of the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The R. James Cook Agronomy Farm will be dedicated June 28 during the noon program of the Precision Farming and Direct Seed Field Day. Last year, Washington State University’s Board of Regents voted to name the university’s precision agriculture and direct seed farm north of Pullman for Cook, who retired in 2005 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Naidu Rayapati, a plant virologist at the Washington State University Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, has received the International Service Award from the American Phytopathological Society. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to plant pathology by international members for countries other than their own. Rayapati was honored for accomplishments in solving […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Outstanding students in Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences students were honored Saturday, April 14, at the 48th annual college awards banquet. Ineke M. Ojanen, a senior from Yakima, received the 2007 Family Consumer Scientist of the Year Award. The award recognizes the college’s outstanding senior majoring […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Faculty and staff of Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences were honored at the 48th annual CAHNRS awards banquet Saturday, April 14. Roger C. Chapman, professor of natural resource sciences and a member of the WSU faculty for more than 30 years, received the R.M. Wade Foundation […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University faculty and students were members of a team honored recently by the Entomological Foundation for work that brought a major pest effecting hybrid poplars in check.