The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources honors its outstanding faculty, staff and students each spring at the Celebration of Excellence ceremony. Celebration of Excellence 2024 was held Tuesday, April 16, at Bond Life Sciences Center. Awards were given for academic accomplishments, teaching, research, advising, extension, inclusion and safety leadership.
Frederick B. Mumford Awards
Outstanding Staff: Genevieve Howard
Outstanding Faculty: Ron Mittler
Distinguished Service: Ernie Verslues
Outstanding CAFNR Student Awards
Outstanding Freshman: Charlie Lewis
Outstanding Sophomore: Harleigh Lewis
Outstanding Junior: Kathryn Wenger
Outstanding Senior: Lauryn Robnett
Outstanding Student Organization: Mizzou Women in Natural Resources (WNR)
Graduate Student Awards
William R. Lamberson Distinguished Dissertation: Harpreet Kaur (advisor: Kelly Nelson)
Staff Award
Outstanding Staff: Jeri Lou Zimmerman
Inclusion Cultivator Award
Safety Leadership Award
Teaching Awards
Outstanding Early Career Teacher: Samuel Lord & Craig Schenck
Outstanding Mid-Career Teacher: Allison Meyer
Outstanding Senior Teacher: Mauro Palmero
Advising and Mentoring Awards
Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor: Libby Johnson
Outstanding Graduate Mentor: Corinne Valdivia
CAFNR Teaching Academy Inductees
J.W. Burch State Specialist Agricultural Extension Award
Research Awards
Early Investigator Research: Soyon Park
Outstanding Mid-Career Research: Jaume Padilla
Distinguished Research: Jay Thelen