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Department News
Faculty
Three ag econ professors have taken on new responsibilities after being awarded chairs or professorships in the department:
Wade Brorsen, Regents Professor, has been awarded the AJ and Susan Jacques Chair:
Chanjin Chung has been named Charles Breedlove Professor, and Francis Epplin now holds the Jean and Patsy Neustadt Chair.
Jody Campiche, Mike Dicks, Larry Sanders, and Rodney Jones have received the prestigious Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program: Group Award
from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) for their Farm Bill Education Program.
Francis Epplin received the DASNR Sarkeys Distinguished Professor Award.
The student study lounge, room 419 in Ag Hall, has been renamed the Joseph E. Williams Study Room to honor his service to students.
Francis Epplin , Phil Kenkel, and Rodney Holcomb were members of a inter-departmental team that was awarded the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture Partnership Award for Mission Integration.
Shida Henneberry has recently been named as a regents professor. She also was chosen to head the Masters of Ag-International
Option, an interdisciplinary program within DASNR.
Students
Twelve ag econ graduate students were awarded scholarships and fellowships from the department for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012:
Brenna Ellison, Brian Williams, Amanda Simpson, Lance Weaver, Andrew Griffith, Mallory Vestal,
Kristen Kovalsky, Kalyn Neal, Angelica Serrao Paez, Monika Ghimire, Tesfaye Woldesenbet, and Deepayan Debnath.
Ag econ graduate students Amanda Simpson, Kalyn Neal, and Lance Weaver, advised by Jody Campichi, won the Agricultural and Applied Economics
Association Graduate Section Case Study Competition at last year’s annual conference.
Randy Gordon was named Homecoming King for 2011, the third consecutive year that an ag econ student has reigned over OSU homecoming. Carly Schnaithman was also a member of the 2011 homecoming court.
Cody Cramer, ag econ graudate student, served on the homecoming executive team.
Six of the 40 OSU Seniors of Significance for 2011-2012 are ag econ students: Jamie Andrews, Haley Baumgardner, Randy Gordon, Garrett “Blake” Jackson,
Carly Schnaithman, and Alice White.
Jamie Andrews was selected as a Wentz Scholar recipient for the 2011-2012 school year.
Richard Moore and Shannon Watson received Matthew 25:40 scholarships provided by Wes and Lou Watkins.
Two Ag econ students, Mary Catherine Connolly and Jace Tyler White, have been inducted and initiated into the OSU Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Jonathan Wedel is now serving as membership executive on the OUS Student Alumni Board for 2011-2012.
Staff
The Rural Health Association of Oklahoma awarded the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) and the
Oklahoma Office of Rural Health the Rural Program of the Year award for the Community Health Assessment program
developed at OSU and initiated by ag econ regents professor Gerald Doeksen and Cheryl St. Clair , OCES extension associate.
Other ag econ department memhers involved in the program
were associate professor Brian Whitacre and Lara Brooks, former assistant extension state specialist.
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