Late last year, as part of the University of Missouri’s mission to strengthen student success, Mizzou offered funding opportunities to enhance teaching and learning. CAFNR faculty submitted a total of nine proposals – and earned funding on all of their submissions. The nearly $700,000 in investments ranged from technology upgrades in classrooms to new laboratory equipment. All six of CAFNR’s…
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Senior Spotlight: Heather Vaughn (Snow)
Vaughn will graduate with a degree in animal sciences
Each year, CAFNR connects its students with numerous industries through two career fairs, one held in the fall and another in the spring. Heather Vaughn (Snow) took advantage of the career fair as a freshman and found an internship with Cactus Family Farms, the pork division of Cactus Feeders, whose mission is to feed a hungry world. Vaughn’s internship was…
Senior Spotlight: Jacob Rissman
Rissman will graduate with a degree in animal sciences
As a high school student, Jacob Rissman knew his passion for animals could lead to one of three vocations – farmer/producer, zookeeper or veterinarian. When Rissman started courses in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) his eyes were opened to the numerous jobs an animal sciences degree could offer him. Rissman, who will graduate…
Two Students Named George Washington Carver Fellows
Brittney Cade and Alexis Jones named George Washington Carver Fellows
The George Washington Carver Fellowship for Graduate Studies helps support under-represented scholars in MS and PhD degree programs in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) at the University of Missouri (MU). The assistantship honors George Washington Carver, a native Missourian, who gained international recognition in the early 20th century for his teaching and research in agriculture. For…
Senior Spotlight: Maria Kemerling
Kemerling will graduate with a degree in animal sciences
Maria Kemerling began cheering in 2010 – and knew she was going to love being on the sidelines as a Mizzou cheerleader when she first stepped on the University of Missouri campus as a freshman in 2017. Now, as Kemerling heads toward graduation, she has numerous game-day experiences at Faurot Field and Mizzou Arena under her belt, as well as…
Reflections: David Patterson
Patterson recounts his journey of beef and genetic research and serving producers through Extension
Bill Lamberson asked me to think back over my years at Mizzou as I transition from “active faculty” to “retiree” status, and share thoughts as to what motivated my efforts during my years in academia. My interest in animal agriculture began with experiences I had growing up on a diversified farming and ranching operation in south central Montana and through…
Reflections: G.B. Thompson
Dr. Thompson shares memories of livestock judging, both as a participant and coach
When I was in grade school in Pettis County (Quisenberry Grade School), there was a World Book Encyclopedia with a chapter on animals in it. I practically wore that chapter in the book out I read it so often. I had a passion for animals incredibly early. I just loved to be around livestock. I grew up on a dairy…
Excellence in Evaluation
Three CAFNR students finish fifth in the undergraduate division at recent Animal Welfare Evaluation Contest
Three University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) students took home fifth place in the undergraduate division at the recent Animal Welfare Evaluation Contest at Colorado State University. The annual event featured 22 undergraduate teams and 95 undergraduate students. Junior Chloe Momphard (Troy, Mo.) tied for fifth place. Senior Jewel Gant (Schaumburg, Ill.) and junior Elyse…
‘The Pinnacle of My Career’
Peter Sutovsky named 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Growing up in Slovakia, a young Peter Sutovsky would often hold his own science-based lectures in front of his elementary classmates. Those lectures would generally focus on insects, as Sutovsky had a big interest in entomology. “I would bring in my insect collection and explain how the organs of a male beetle were different than the organs of a female…
Udder Joy
Animal Sciences graduate has a passion for cattle
Last winter, students, faculty, staff and journalists all walked out of classrooms and office buildings to look at the cow walking through Francis Quadrangle. The cow, named Amelia, was being led by then senior Massimo Montalbano, dressed in a cap and gown. If it were up to him, the Animal Sciences major would never have been there in the first…