Accolades
May 21, 2021
CAFNR Faculty, Staff and Students Earn MU Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards
Numerous CAFNR faculty, staff and students were recently honored during the seventh annual MU Graduate and Postdoctoral Award ceremony.
May 20, 2021
No-Ya Yu Wins “Three Minute Thesis” Competition
No-Ya Yu won the “Three Minute Thesis” competition.
May 19, 2021
Jenny Melo Velasco Receives Dissertation Research Funding from Rural Sociology Society
Jenny Melo Velasco received a $2,000 award to fund her research on "Digital Agricultural Technologies in Latin America."
May 19, 2021
Jamille Palacios Rivera Receives Professional Development Award from The Huddle
Jamille Palacios Rivera received a 2020-21 professional development award.
May 19, 2021
Jill Moreland Receives 2020 DASS Excellence Award
Jill Moreland, program director and advisor chair in agricultural and applied economics, received the 2020 DASS Excellence Award. This award recognizes an employee within the Division of Applied Social Sciences who characterizes excellence in job performance, teamwork and personal qualities.
May 19, 2021
Dae-Young Kim and Beomjoo Kim Earn Best Paper Award
Dae-Young Kim, a professor of hospitality management, and Beomjoo Kim, a master’s student in hospitality management, received the best paper award at the Tourism Sciences Society of Korea (TOSOK) International Tourism Conference. Their paper was titled, “Effects of source and message on travel YouTube: Cognitive and affective destination images of S. Korea.” Dae-Young Kim’s research mainly focuses on consumer behavior and hospitality/tourism marketing. These two closely related fields involve the use of various research methods and applied strategies. Under the umbrella of the traveler behavior and marketing, his research specialties include information technology, meetings and event management, advertising effectiveness, and…
May 18, 2021
Cheryl Recker Earns Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award — Technical/Paraprofessional
The Mizzou Staff Advisory Council honored 10 Outstanding Staff Awards recipients and those celebrating 40 years or more of service to Mizzou with a virtual celebration recently. The finalists and winners of the Outstanding Staff Awards were nominated by their peers for their exemplary service and dedication to Mizzou. Cheryl Recker, a senior research and lab technician at the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC) in New Franklin, received the Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award — Technical/Paraprofessional. Recker graduated from CAFNR with a degree in plant sciences and has worked with CAFNR since 2017.
May 4, 2021
CAFNR Leads Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City’s Annual Mizzou Showcase
The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) was able to highlight its programs and initiatives during the virtual Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City’s annual Mizzou Showcase in April.
May 3, 2021
Greg Snellen Named Alumnus of the Year by CAFNR Alumni Association
Greg Snellen has been named the 2021 Alumnus of the Year by the CAFNR Alumni Association.
May 3, 2021
Keith Spackler Receives Citation of Merit Award from the CAFNR Alumni Association
Keith Spackler has received the 2021 Citation of Merit from the CAFNR Alumni Association as part of its annual awards.