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Annual Report Outline COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2016-2017 24th Annual Report August 1, 2016 - July 31, 2017 Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Dedication ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Administration and Staff ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Academic Unit Administrators .............................................................................................................................. 7 CASNR CURRICULUM COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................................... 8 CASNR Standing Committees ............................................................................................................................... 8 COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIP .................................................................................................................................. 8 TEACHING/ADVISING AWARDS COMMITTEE ...................................................................................................... 9 FACULTY ADVISORY COUNCIL ................................................................................................................................... 9 CASNR Ad Hoc Committees ................................................................................................................................. 9 CASNR STUDENT ADVISING IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE ........................................................................... 10 CASNR TEACHING AND LEARNING IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL ................................................................... 10 RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND PLACEMENT (RRP) COMMITTEE .......................................................... 11 Academic Unit and Program News and Events ................................................................................................ 13 Agricultural Economics ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication ........................................................................... 20 Department of Agronomy and Horticulture ................................................................................................. 23 Department of Animal Science ........................................................................................................................ 27 Department of Biochemistry ............................................................................................................................ 35 Biological Systems Engineering ....................................................................................................................... 40 Center for Grassland Studies ............................................................................................................................ 45 Doctor of Plant Health Program ...................................................................................................................... 52 Department of Entomology .............................................................................................................................. 53 Environmental Studies Program ...................................................................................................................... 56 Forensic Science Program ................................................................................................................................. 59 Department of Food Science and Technology ............................................................................................... 60 Department of Plant Pathology ........................................................................................................................ 63 School of Natural Resources ............................................................................................................................. 64 School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences ............................................................................ 68 Student Leadership ................................................................................................................................................ 70 CASNR STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD ...................................................................................................................... 70 ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (ASUN) ............................................. 70 1 CASNR WEEK .................................................................................................................................................................... 71 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ................................................................................................................................................. 72 GAMMA SIGMA DELTA ................................................................................................................................................. 72 Student Organizations ........................................................................................................................................... 74 AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS OF TOMORROW ..................................................................................... 74 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION ......................................................... 74 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS/AGRIBUSINESS CLUB ........................................................................................ 74 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CLUB/ALPHA TAU ALPHA-BETA CHAPTER .............................................. 75 AGRONOMY CLUB .......................................................................................................................................................... 75 AGRONOMY AND HORTICULTURE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION .............................................. 76 ALPHA ZETA ..................................................................................................................................................................... 77 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS ............................................... 77 ARCHERY CLUB ............................................................................................................................................................... 77 BIG RED PHEASANTS FOREVER ................................................................................................................................. 78 BIOCHEMISTRY CLUB ................................................................................................................................................... 78 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY ................................................................................................................... 79 BLOCK AND BRIDLE ....................................................................................................................................................... 79 BURR FEDDE SENATE .................................................................................................................................................... 80 CAMP KESEM .................................................................................................................................................................... 80 CASNR STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD ...................................................................................................................... 81 CASNR WEEK PROGRAM COUNCIL ......................................................................................................................... 81 CHRISTIAN VETERINARY FELLOWSHIP ................................................................................................................. 82 COLLEGIATE FARM BUREAU ...................................................................................................................................... 82 CORNHUSKER STUDENT SUBUNIT OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY .......................................... 83 ENGLER AGRIBUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ..................................................................................................... 83 EQUESTRIAN TEAM ....................................................................................................................................................... 83 FFA ALUMNI ..................................................................................................................................................................... 84 FOOD SCIENCE CLUB .................................................................................................................................................... 85 FORENSIC SCIENCE CLUB ............................................................................................................................................ 85 HORTICULTURE CLUB .................................................................................................................................................
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