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| Names in the News - Jan. 5, 2011 |
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Nominations open to Feb. 1 for Borlaug CAST Award
AMES, Iowa — Nominations are open for the 2011 Borlaug CAST Communication Award, an honor that recognizes professionals actively working in the agricultural, environmental, or food sectors who are promoting agricultural science in the public policy arena.
Organized by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, and sponsored by the CropLife Foundation, the award carries on the legacy of Dr. Norman Borlaug. Primary consideration will be given to candidates actively engaged in promoting agriculture through research, teaching, extension or mass communication; who have made significant contributions to their discipline or field; and who demonstrate a passionate interest in communicating the importance of agriculture to policymakers, the news media and the public.
The award is sponsored by the CropLife Foundation; the postmark deadline is Feb. 1. To learn more about nominations, visit www.cast-science.org/charlesablacknominations.asp
ISDA welcomes Livengood and Cornell to staff
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) is pleased to announce Misty Livengood as the new communications director and Amy Cornell as its new Regulatory Affairs Program manager.
Livengood comes to ISDA from a long career as a television news producer in the Indianapolis market for WTHR Channel 13 and WXIN FOX 59. She is responsible for media and outreach, which includes ISDA tools and resources as well as relaying Indiana Agriculture information and updates.
Livengood grew up on a sheep and poultry farm in Vigo County, was a 10-year 4-H member and earned her undergraduate degree from Indiana’s Pulliam School of Journalism at Franklin College.
Cornell comes to ISDA from Baker & Daniels LLP in Indianapolis as an associate in the Health Care & Life Sciences Group. She will be responsible for researching and managing regulatory issues and working with local governments on agricultural zoning and land use issues.
Cornell is also executive director of the Indiana Land Resources Council. She has a master’s from the University of Arkansas’s School of Law, a law degree from Indiana University School of Law and an undergraduate degree from Purdue University.
Purdue animal sciences alumni honored Nov. 5
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Six alumni were recognized by the Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences at the Distinguished Animal Science Alumni Awards Ceremony Nov. 5.
Recipients of the Early Career Award are: Heather Hill of Greenfield, Ind., who received her bachelor’s in animal science in 1999 and a master’s in business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2004. She is territory manager of Pfizer Animal Health, and co-owner and operator of Hill Farms LLC and the Pork Shoppe; and David Hardin, manager of Hardin Farms near Danville, Ind., who received a bachelor’s degree in animal science in 1996 and a master’s in business administration from DePaul University in 2002. Hardin is responsible for a farrow-to-finish unit that produces 12,000 pigs annually.
Recipients of the Mid-Career Award are: Jeff Veenhuizen of St. Louis, Mo., who earned his bachelor’s in animal science and a master’s and doctorate in nutritional physiology from Iowa State University. He is the director of strategy and operations for Monsanto Global Regulatory and also regulatory chief of staff; and Geoff Waldbieser, of Cleveland, Miss., who received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in animal science at Purdue. Since 1993, he has been a research molecular biologist in the ARS Catfish Genetics Research Unit in Stoneville, Miss., and also an adjunct professor at Mississippi State University.
Recipients of the Lifetime Career Award are: Tim Blosser of Spokane, Wash., who earned his bachelor’s in 1941, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in dairy husbandry and biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For the last 14 years of his career, Blosser served with the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA; and Howard Unger of Carlisle, Ind., who graduated in 1960 with a bachelor’s in animal science. He farms in Sullivan County. |
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