Accolades
May 15, 2025
14 CAFNR students awarded Mizzou Forward Undergraduate Research Training Grants
Fourteen CAFNR students have been awarded Mizzou Foward Undergraduate Research Training Grants. The purpose of these fellowships is to financially support undergraduate students who are serious about pursuing a graduate education in STEM and NSF-funded fields in order to enhance their opportunity to be admitted into the graduate school of their choice.
May 13, 2025
Mizzou Meteorology Club helps Mizzou achieve StormReady designation from the National Weather Service
The University of Missouri has earned a StormReady designation from the National Weather Service. The recognition is awarded to communities and institutions that demonstrate a strong commitment to severe weather preparedness and communication.
May 8, 2025
Seven CAFNR staff members honored with Driver to Distinction Award
CAFNR Vice Chancellor and Dean Christopher Daubert recognized seven CAFNR staff members with the CAFNR Driver to Distinction award at the faculty and staff meeting on April 29, 2025.
May 7, 2025
Rob Myers receives the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award
Rob Myers, director of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and an Extension Professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, has received the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award.
May 7, 2025
Bing Yang named Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society
Bing Yang has been named a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society (APS).
May 7, 2025
Walter Gassmann receives Noel T. Keen Award
Walter Gassmann, professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology, and director of the Bond Life Sciences Center, has received the Noel T. Keen Award from the American Phytopathological Society (APS).
May 7, 2025
David Mendoza-Cozatl receives Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Activity in the Biological Sciences
David Mendoza-Cozatl, assistant professor of plant sciences and a member of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG), has been given the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Activity in the Biological Sciences.
May 7, 2025
Hank Stelzer receives Donald W. Fancher Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Continuing Education
Hank Stelzer, associate professor of forestry, state extension specialist in forestry and education director of extension natural resources, has been given the Donald W. Fancher Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Continuing Education.
May 7, 2025
Mandy Bish recognized with Provost’s Award for Creative Extension Programming by New Faculty
Mandy Bish, assistant professor and extension plant pathologist, has been chosen to receive the Provost’s Award for Creative Extension Programming by New Faculty. Bish also serves as the MU Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator and director of SCN Diagnostics. Her research is focused on identifying economical and sustainable solutions for disease management in crop production with specific focus on corn and soybeans. This award recognizes faculty with a current (at least 25 percent) extension assignment who have made exceptional accomplishments in their first four years of service to MU in the field of extension or continuing education.
April 25, 2025
Mizzou Meat Judging Team earns awards at Southeastern Intercollegiate Meats Judging contest
The Mizzou Meat Judging team rounded out their spring semester judging at the Southeastern Intercollegiate Meats Judging contest.