Updated on 8/24/2018. All releases now online. Click on the award/name of interest.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture recognized some of its top faculty, staff, researchers and extension experts at UTIA’s annual Awards and Promotions Luncheon held on the UTIA campus in Knoxville August 17, 2018. Many of the awards are gifts made possible by past faculty, alumni and friends of the Institute.
Chancellor Tim Cross hosted the award winners and praised them for their work. “The people we recognized at our ceremony exemplify the Institute of Agriculture’s commitment to our mission of providing real life solutions through teaching, discovery and service on campus - throughout Tennessee and across the world,” Cross says. “Their hard work and dedication inspires all of us to be our best.”
The 2018 winners are:
Bill and Ann Hicks New Extension Worker Award – Rachel York, UT Extension, Unicoi County
Lloyd and Nettie Downen Award – Rob Holland, UT Center for Profitable Agriculture, Columbia
G.L. Carter 4-H Agent Award – Amanda Woody, UT Extension, Pickett County
Charles
and Patricia Goan Excellence in Customer Service Award – Kim Giorgio, UT Center for Profitable Agriculture, Columbia
Alice Ann Moore 4-H Agent Award – Dan Owen, UT Extension, Lincoln County
Tennessee Association of Agricultural Agents/Hicks Award –
Charles and Julie Wharton Award of Extension Achievements –
J.E. Moss Achievement Awards –
Webster Pendergrass Award – Chris Clark, UT Agricultural and Resource Economics
Mildred Pendergrass Award – J.R. Arnold, Clyde Austin 45-H Center, Greeneville
AgResearch Impact Award – Carl Sams, UT Plant Sciences
Williams – E.R. “Prof” Lidvall Teaching Award – Andrew Pulte, UT Plant Sciences
William D. Bishop Award – Ty Petty, UT Extension, Unicoi County
William
T. Miles Award for Community Service – Phillip Myer, Animal Science
T.J. Whatley Young Scientist Award –
Chris Boyer, UT Agricultural and Resource Economics
In addition to these awards, the following UTIA professionals received promotions to professor:
Doris D’Souza, Food Science
David Harper, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
Graham Hickling, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
Kimberly Newkirk, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, CVM
Forbes Walker, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
Annette Wszelaki, Plant Sciences
Jennifer E. Stokes, DVM, was promoted to a clinical professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences.
Please see
this link for a list of all the 2018 UTIA promotions.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture celebrates 50 years of excellence in providing Real. Life. Solutions. through teaching, discovery and service. ag.tennessee.edu.
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Contact: Charles Denney, UTIA Marketing and Communications, 865-382-8058, cmdenney@utk.edu