CAFNR, Page 55

Tara O'Brien

Dec. 13, 2019

Taking Student Recruitment to the Next Level
Trivia in the Wild will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2020 with a new goal – raising $10,000. That amount will allow the group to endow the Laura J. Hertel School of Natural Resources Alumni Scholarship, which goes to incoming SNR students. Photo courtesy of Jenna Fusinatto.

Dec. 13, 2019

Wild About Trivia
CAFNR's fall 2019 commencement ceremonies will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, at the Hearnes Center.

Dec. 5, 2019

Fall 2019 Commencement
CAFNR students, from left to right, Theresa Scheier, Leyton Rebori, Joseph Koo and Ella Wright, were awarded scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Nov. 26, 2019

Honoring Top Students
Shibu Jose’s appointment as associate dean for research and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station is effective immediately.

Nov. 22, 2019

Growing CAFNR’s Research Footprint
Students work with horses at the MU Equine Teaching Facility at South Farm. The Division of Animal Sciences recently unveiled a new equine science and management certificate.

Nov. 14, 2019

Learning by Doing
John Tummons receiving award

Nov. 11, 2019

Teaching Excellence
Kristi Livingston holds a Farmers for Bush sign. When working on George H.W. Bush's campaign, she came up with the design of the sign to show agriculture's support of Bush.

Nov. 8, 2019

Unexpected Decisions, Endless Opportunities
Bob Sharp (center) recently joined a prestigious group of University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources faculty as a Curators' Distinguished Professor, MU’s highest and most prestigious rank. Sharp is a professor in the Division of Plant Sciences and serves as the director of the campus-wide Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG).

Nov. 7, 2019

A Prestigious Honor
The University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) celebrated the grand opening of the new Land of the Osages Research Center on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The center will further research in agroforestry, a sustainability-focused system that combines trees and shrubs with crops — and sometimes livestock — to be managed on the same piece of land as a single ecosystem. Pictured, from left to right: Sarah Lovell, director for the Center for Agroforestry and co-superintendent of the Land of the Osages Research Center; Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief of the Osage Nation; Norman Akers, Chairman of the Traditional Cultural Advisors Committee; Alexander Cartwright, Chancellor, University of Missouri; Joe Tillman, Speaker of the Osage Nation Congress; Christopher Daubert, vice chancellor and dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.

Nov. 4, 2019

A Grand Celebration