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Texas Tech University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Program WELCOME Kaylynn Kiker, President INVOCATION Ivie Kate Mynatt, Treasurer REMARKS FROM THE DEAN Dr. Steve Fraze, Interim-Dean RECOGNITION OF SCHOLARSHIP DONORS AND RECIPIENTS Jane Piercy, Director of Development and External Relations Matt Williams, Assistant Director of Development RECOGNITION OF NEW FUNDS Jane Piercy, Director of Development and External Relations RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING AGRICULTURALISTS Student Agricultural Council Madalynn Thamm, Secretary Landee Kieschnick, Vice President Morgan Havelka, Scribe CLOSING REMARKS Kaylynn Kiker, President COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY The Student Agricultural Council The Student Agricultural Council is composed of two representatives from each of the departmental clubs and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ Student Senators. A representative from the Office of the Dean of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources serves as a sponsor. The purpose of the Student Agricultural Council is to establish a working relationship between students, faculty, administration and the agricultural community for the betterment of the students and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The goals of the Agricultural Council are: 1. To establish sound relations among agricultural students. 2. To establish a common bond among agricultural organizations at Texas Tech. 3. To foster better relations with the faculty. 4. To establish better communications within the university system. 5. To strive to maintain and improve relations within the agricultural community. The annual Pig Roast is only one of the functions sponsored by the Agricultural Council to attain these goals. STUDENT AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OFFICERS 2017-2018 PRESIDENT Kaylynn Kiker VICE PRESIDENT Landee Kieschnick SECRETARY Madalynn Thamm TREASURER Ivie Kate Mynatt SCRIBE Morgan Havelka Thank You to Our Sponsors The J. Raymond Boyd Endowment, the Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturalist Endowment, and the William D. O’Brien General Support Fund financially support the Ninetieth Annual Pig Roast. No state funds were used to support this function. College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 90th Annual Pig Roast 1 Intercollegiate Departmental Teams The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has a long history of success and accomplishments in intercollegiate competition. The various judging teams, academic teams and the rodeo teams are integral parts of the College and our students’ education. In fact, the College had a judging pavilion before it had a classroom. The Livestock Judging Pavilion was one of the first buildings on the Texas Tech campus and one of the College’s two initial buildings. Over the years, the Pavilion has been one of the most versatile buildings on campus—livestock judging, basketball games, Pig Roast and landscape architecture studio. Today, it still symbolizes the commitment to and importance of intercollegiate teams as a critical educational component of the College. The first Pig Roast, held in 1929 at the Livestock Pavilion, was a send off for the livestock judging team prior to their departure for the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. A pig was roasted in a pit and the meal was enjoyed by the judging team and all who came to support them. Every year since, the Pig Roast has honored the College’s intercollegiate teams in this time-honored tradition. Academic Quadrathalon Team Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team Coach: Jerrad Legako Coaches: Tommy Fletcher Mark Miller Agronomy Quiz Bowl Team Ben Mills Coaches: Glen Ritchie Cole Perkins Equestrian Team Plant Judging Team Coaches: Danica Jorgensen Coach: Ashley Elle Horse Judging Team Ranch Horse Team Coaches: Amy Petry Coach: Chance O’Neal Kelly Riccitelli Range Plant Id & Range Management Team Coach: Robert Cox Institute of Food Technologists College Bowl Team Coaches: Alejandro Echeverry Rodeo Team Leslie Thompson Coach: Stetson Corman Livestock Judging Team Soils Team Coaches: Jon DeClerck Coach: David Weindorf Ryan Rathmann Turf Bowl Exam Team Livestock & Meat Animal Evaluation Team Coach: Joey Young Coaches: Jon DeClerk Mark Miller Wildlife Quiz Bowl Team Ryan Rathmann Coach: Warren Conway Wool Judging Team Meat Judging Team Coaches: Sam Jackson Coaches: Clay Bendele Gabe Jennings Erin Beyer Nick Hardcastle Loni Lucherk Mark Miller 2 90th Annual Pig Roast College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources College Majors and Acronyms AAEC Agricultural and Applied Economics AGCE Agricultural Communications and Education ACOM Agricultural Communications AGBS Agribusiness AGED Agricultural Education ANSC Animal Science CNLE Conservation Law Enforcement CNSC Conservation Science FDSC Food Science HSCI Horticultural Science INAG Interdisciplinary Agriculture LA Landscape Architecture NRM Natural Resources Management Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team PSS Plant and Soil Science Coaches: Tommy Fletcher RNGC Range Conservation Mark Miller RNMG Range Management Ben Mills WFBI Wildlife Biology Cole Perkins WSAM Wildlife Science & Aquatic Wildlands Science and Management Plant Judging Team Coach: Ashley Elle Ranch Horse Team Other Majors and Acronyms Coach: Chance O’Neal FIN Finance Range Plant Id & Range Management Team FNDL Foundational Engineering Coach: Robert Cox KIN Kinesiology Rodeo Team MCOM Mass Communications Coach: Stetson Corman HDFS Human Development and Family Studies PFP Personal Financial Planning Soils Team Coach: David Weindorf Turf Bowl Exam Team Coach: Joey Young Wildlife Quiz Bowl Team Coach: Warren Conway Wool Judging Team Coaches: Sam Jackson Gabe Jennings College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 90th Annual Pig Roast 3 Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships and Assistantships Dr. Warren B. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship Mark McDonald Lubbock Grad PSS DONOR: Heather Whitlaw; Manhattan, KS; est. 2012 Bianca Rendon McAllen Grad PSS Luke Stutler Anton Grad PSS Michael Panasci Millinocket, ME Grad WSAM Cole Vonohlen Manitou Springs, CO Grad PSS Clayton Ray White Farwell Grad PSS Bayer CropScience Graduate Fellowship for Agricultural and Applied Economics Harold and Mary Dregne Graduate Fellowship DONOR: Bayer CropScience; Mike Gilbert, Representative; Lubbock; est. 2014 DONOR: Dr. Harold Dregne; Nancy Gonzales and Sharon Gerstenzang, Representatives; Phoenix, AZ and Fountain Valley, CA; est.1986 Ganesh Natarajan India Grad AAEC Iryna Andrenko Ukraine Grad HSCI Atinderpal Singh India Grad PSS Louise B. Belsterling Foundation Scholarship Addissu Ayele Ethiopia Grad PSS DONOR: Dallas Garden Club; Mrs. Paul W. Phy, Representative; Dallas; est. Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian Nepal Grad PSS 1989 Amal Bouyanfif Lubbock Grad PSS Madhav Dhakal Nepal Grad PSS Heather Pinkerton Lubbock Grad PSS Niwanthi Dissanayake Sri Lanka Grad PSS Russell Plowman Lubbock Grad PSS Melania Fernandez Costa Rica Grad PSS Md Mahbubul Islam Bangladesh Grad PSS Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Graduate Fellowship Jaspreet Kaur India Grad PSS DONOR: Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit; Julie Wiley, Representative; Buffalo Pushpinder Pal Kaur India Grad PSS Gap; est. 2010 Geeta Kharel Nepal Grad PSS Nana Yaw Kusi Ghana Grad PSS Emily Graff D’Hanis Grad PSS Sumedha Liyanage Sri Lanka Grad PSS Sherah Mills Fredericksburg Grad PSS Isaiah Catalno Pabuayon Philippines Grad PSS Heather Pinkerton Lubbock Grad PSS Prakash Parajuli Nepal Grad PSS Ashmita Rawal Nepal Grad PSS Moise Cerf Memorial Fellowship Joao Paulo Saraiva Morais Brazil Grad PSS DONORS: Edwin C. Jolesch and Family; Bruce and Tricia Jolesch, Mark Jolesch, Md Abu Sayeed Bangladesh Grad PSS and Elliot Jolech, Representatives; Dallas, Clive and Frisco; est. 1986 Most Arifa Sultana Bangladesh Grad PSS Victoria Xiong China Grad PSS Juan Garcia-Cancel Puerto Rico Grad WSAM Fern Lee “Missy” Finck Endowed Fellowship Leland Chandler Endowed Scholarship DONOR: Fern Lee “Missy” Finck; Kendalia; est. 2011 DONORS: Friends and colleagues of Dr. Leland Chandler; Mrs. Leland Chandler, Representative; Lubbock; est. 1995 Britt Smith Columbia, MO Grad WSAM Victoria Xiong China Grad PSS Christopher Jewett Lubbock Grad PSS George Fugitt Texas Turfgrass Association Scholarship Sam E. Curl Agricultural Leadership Endowed Scholarship DONOR: Texas Turfgrass Association; Shirley Duble, Representative; College DONORS: Sam and Mary Curl; Mary Curl, Representative; Granbury; est. 2003 Station; est. 2003 Gabriela Arteaga Abilene Grad FDSC Vikram Baliga Lubbock Grad PSS Delanie Crist Texico, NM Grad ACOM Linda and Terry Fuller Masked Rider Endowed James A. “Buddy” Davidson Endowed Research Scholarship Fellowship in Wildlife and Water Conservation DONORS: Terry and Linda Fuller; Frisco; est. 2013 DONOR: James A. “Buddy” Davidson Foundation; Sandra Davidson, Representative; Midland; est. 2009 Laurie Tolboom Dublin Grad MCOM Andrew Dunlap Plainview Grad PSS C.R. “Bob” Glazier Meat Science Endowed Fellowship Haydee Echevarria Laza Cuba Grad PSS DONOR: Tom Glazier; Houston; est.1998 Hong Seomun South Korea Grad WSAM Clay Bendele Hondo Grad ANSC Dow AgroSciences Graduate Endowed Fellowship Erin Beyer Pattison Grad ANSC DONOR: Dow AgroSciences LLC; Brian Baker, Representative; Indianapolis, IN; Danielle Evers Hawarden, IA Grad ANSC est. 1996 Keelyn Hanlon Petalumna, CA Grad ANSC Emily Mahalitc Eagle Lake Grad ANSC Amee Bumgaurdner Palacios Grad PSS Sayani Mallick Lubbock Grad ANSC Travis Culpepper Linden, NC Grad PSS Kara Nyquist Horseshoe
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