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Congrats Toni!

This week Toni was recognized in a Cornell Chronicle new story as one of four university recipients of the 2011 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award. The award is designed to highlight the importance of undergraduate advising at Cornell. He will be recognized later this month at a trustee-faculty dinner. As stated in the article:

[Toni’s] received the Burgett Distinguished Advisor Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS); the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Weed Science Society of America; and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also has been named in three different years by a CALS student as “the most influential person in her/her undergraduate career.”

From the major and his more than 40 advisees, we say CONGRATULATIONS!

Student Shout Out: Congrats Rio!

Toni and Rio at annual Dean's reception.

Toni and Rio at annual Dean's reception.

Monday night graduating senior Rio Dharma received the Academic Excellence Award for earning the highest GPA of graduates in the 2011 Agricultural Sciences class. Congratulations Rio!

New AgSci Ambassadors ready to help!

AgSci Ambassadors in front of Manndible 4_11_web

Last Thursday, AgSci Ambassadors held their first event since recruiting nine new members–a pre-enroll help session for current Agricultural Sciences students in Mann Lobby. This week the group of 14 ambassadors will call new admitted students, answering questions and assisting with visit plans for Cornell Days.

Email ambassadors to learn more!

Agricultural sciences major benefits from $1 million gift

Students,

News of an exciting development to help support the major was just announced in a Cornell Chronicle article.

We look forward to seeing you rested in January. The AgSci Ambassadors are planning a winter welcome back the first week of class. We hope you can attend and welcome three new transfer students.

Happy Holidays,

Toni and Kari

Student Shout Outs: Emmaline Long and Casey Knapp

Agricultural Sciences juniors Emmaline Long and Casey Knapp are making news headlines!

Emma has been selected from a national pool of applicants as one of 12 Golden Opportunity Scholars for 2010. Read more about this year’s scholars. The Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute is a program of the Crop Science Society of America that matches undergraduates with scientist-mentors during the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meetings which will be held on Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Long Beach, CA. The program encourages talented students to enter the crop sciences, cultivate networks, and develop the necessary workforce to sustain the profession.  Congratulations Emma!

Over fall break, Casey Knapp traveled with the Organic Valley’s Generation Organic 2010 “Who’s Your Farmer?” tour, taking time to talk with the Bennington Banner along the way as well as CBS6 News (below). Next up, Casey will be traveling to Italy for a young farmer conference. Exciting Casey, we’re proud!

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