Natural Resource Science and Management

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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.
Hank Stelzer

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.
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April 29, 2025

CAFNR Senior Spotlight – Q&A with Vinny Campo

Campo is a senior graduating in May with a degree in natural resource science and management.
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April 24, 2025

CAFNR students and mentor recognized at Show Me Research Week

Each year, the University of Missouri hosts Show Me Research Week, a celebration of student research and creative activity representing almost every field and discipline on campus.
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Feb. 5, 2025

First woman of Mizzou wildlife

Katheryn Paullus, BS ’47, Mizzou’s pioneering female graduate in conservation, transformed the field with bobwhite quail research that inspired generations.
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Nov. 11, 2024

Q&A with first-generation student Cameron Lor

In honor of National First-Generation Student Week, Cameron Lor, senior natural resource science and management major from Lee's Summit, Missouri, discusses his experience as a first-generation college student.
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Nov. 11, 2024

Q&A with first-generation student Branden Lor

In honor of National First-Generation Student Week, Branden Lor, senior natural resource science and management major from Lee's Summit, Missouri, discusses his experience as a first-generation college student.
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May 13, 2024

CAFNR students win Award for Academic Distinction

This honor was established in 2014 by a group of students to celebrate fellow Tigers who have gone above and beyond expectations. It is one of the highest honors MU offers based on academic distinction alone.

April 29, 2024

Three CAFNR students and alumni honored by National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.
Libby Johnson serves as an academic advisor for the natural resource science and management degree program.

Feb. 26, 2023

CAFNR Advisor Spotlight: Libby Johnson

Libby Johnson serves as an academic advisor for the natural resource science and management degree program. How rewarding is it to work with students in the natural resource science and management degree program? I love it! I love relating to the students through my nerdy office décor and being interested in what they are interested in. I also feel like my faculty and students are so kind and down to earth. Even if I don’t feel competent in the position, the students are appreciative of my help. I feel like I get to help them and see fruits of…