The U.S. Farm Report kicked off their annual College Roadshow at Mizzou on September 6, with a taping of the show featuring CAFNR alum Tyne Morgan. Since 2018, the U.S. Farm Report has taken their show on the road to land-grant universities to talk to their policy experts and tell stories showcasing the agricultural research happening at campuses across the…
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CAFNR Graduate Student Named One of First Remington R. Williams Award Winners
Rishabh Mahendra, a doctoral student in Agriculture and Applied Economics, was named one of the first seven recipients of the Remington R. Williams Award by the University of Missouri Board of Curators. In honor of Remington R. Williams, student representative to the UM Board of Curators from 2020 until his death in June 2022, the award recognizes exceptional student leaders…
CAFNR Students Tapped for Honor Societies
CAFNR students took part in induction ceremonies for Mizzou honor societies April 28 as part of 2023 Tap Day. Inducted were: Andres Mesa (center), doctoral student in rural sociology, Rollins Society Trillion Rosborough (left), senior in animal sciences, and Kathryn Wenger (right), senior in biochemistry, Omicron Delta Kappa Tap Day is a tradition dating back to 1917, where small groups of…
CAFNR Students Named Gilman Scholars
Allyson Sampson, senior in animal sciences; Dylan Stover, senior in agribusiness management and plant sciences; and Feather Teghtmeyer, senior in natural resource science and management; have received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The competitive national scholarship provides $3,000-$5,000 to study or intern abroad. Teghtmeyer is using the…
CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Kelly Gillespie
Gillespie is a senior graduating in May with a degree in hospitality management
Why did you choose to come to the University of Missouri? All my life, it was a given to my family that I was going to go to Mizzou. To be completely honest, however, Mizzou was not my first choice when looking at colleges. I went all around to 6 other colleges because I thought even though Mizzou and CAFNR…
Amanda Alexander Received Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award as Part of 2023 Celebration of Excellence
Amanda Alexander, associate teaching professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, was named the Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor during the 2023 Celebration of Excellence event, held Tuesday, April 11. Alexander teaches hospitality management courses at all undergraduate levels, from the intro course up to the senior capstone course. Additionally, she advises an average of 32 undergraduate students per semester, as well as…