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Entomology students win regional quiz bowl, awards
A team of NDSU entomology graduate students took top honors in the Linnaean
games college quiz bowl competition.
NDSU entomology students win regional quiz bowl, awards
A team of North Dakota State University entomology graduate students took top honors in the Linnaean games college quiz bowl competition. The games were held as part of the annual Entomological Society of America’s North Central Branch meeting held March 26-29 in Bloomington, Ill. The North Central Branch includes 14 states, Manitoba and Ontario.
This is NDSU’s second Linnaean Games regional championship in the last four years. The team will receive a $1,000 stipend and will travel to Indianapolis in December to complete for the national championship.
Graduate students Ankush Joshi and Ayanava Majumdar received individual awards at the meeting. Joshi received first place honors in the doctoral competition for his poster, “Post-Establishment Monitoring and Habitat Occurrence of Aphthona Flea Beetles.” Denise Olson, assistant professor of entomology, is Joshi’s adviser. Majumdar also took first place honors in the doctoral competition for his oral presentation, “Prevalence and Pathogenicity of a Native Fungal Pathogen to the Sugarbeet Root Maggot (Diptera: Ulidiidae).” Mark Boetel, assistant professor of entomology, is Majumdar’s adviser.
Evan Lampert, graduate student, recently was awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. by winning an essay contest sponsored by the Ecological Society of America. Lampert had the opportunity to learn about the federal science funding process, and meet with representatives of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Foundation and the Department of Agriculture.
NDSU It's Happening At State, April 11, 2006
Extension staff recognized
Members of the NDSU Extension Service staff were recognized at the 2006
spring Extension conference held recently in Bismarck, N.D.
Extension staff recognized
Members of the NDSU Extension Service staff were recognized at the 2006 spring Extension conference held recently in Bismarck, N.D.
Honors included:
• Meritorius Support Staff Award—Alice Amundson, administrative secretary in the Extension Center for 4-H Youth Development;
• Early Career Service Award—Janet Knodel, entomologist and area Extension specialist in the North Central R/E Center;
• Mid-Career Service Award—Rita Ussatis, Cass County Extension agent;
• State Meritorious Service Award—George Flaskerud, professor of agricultural economics, crops economist and marketing specialist;
• State Visionary Leadership Recognition Award—Debra Pankow, assistant professor of child development and family sciences, and family economics specialist;
• Distinguished Service Award—Elroy Haadem, Burleigh County Extension agent.
The conference included training on subject matter areas, generational differences, evaluation, public issues, technology and other topics for the county, area and state staff. The conference also featured educational tours.
NDSU It's Happening At State, April 4, 2006
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