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Wildlife
Student Wins Poster Contest
Erik Johnson, RNR wildlife student recently
won an award for best student poster presentation at the joint meeting of
the Wilson Ornithological Society and Association of Field Ornithologists.
He was also awarded a student travel award to attend the conference, which
took place April 17-20 in Mobile, Alabama. The title of his
presentation was "Ectoparasites Affect Bird Condition in Neotropical Forest
Fragments" (Erik I. Johnson and Philip C. Stouffer). Congratulations Erik! |
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Forestry Student runner up for outstanding award
Brian Sebastian was recently selected as one of two Runners-up for the CoA
Outstanding Senior Male Award.
He was be recognized at the
College
of Agriculture Alumni Association’s
100th YEAR Reception on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 6:00p.m.at LSU’s
Tiger Stadium Club.
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2007
outstanding Forestry Award
William DeGravelles
was awarded the 2007 Louisiana State University Outstanding Forestry Student
Award by the Louisiana Society of American Foresters. He was selected for his
exemplary work in both academics and extracurricular work, such as his
leadership in the LSU Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters.
He was presented the award by Steve Templin, Chair of the Louisiana Society
of American Foresters, at its annual meeting, which was held in Natchez, MS,
(along with the Mississippi SAF), in April 2007.
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RNR Students Bring SWS Student
Chapter to LSU
The mission of the student chapter coincides with the national
mission to,
“promote
understanding, scientifically based management, and sustainable
use of wetlands.” >> full story
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Xi Sigma Pi & Sigma
Xi
Congratulations
to Will Degravelles for winning the 2007 Xi
Sigma Pi
Regional Scholarship. Xi
Sigma Pi is the National Forestry Honor Society. LSU students have done
very well in the past in winning this award, which covers the West Central
region of eight universities. Recent LSU winners are
Matthew
Reed (2006),
Angela
Secott (2004),
Benjamin
Hogue (2002).
Congratulations to Phil Saska,
I.
Cracium,
April Mason,
Corine Armstrong ,
B. Thorpe Halloran,
Jonathan Myers
for winning the competitive
Sigma Xi Behre Writing Prize and Grants-in-Aid Award!!! Phil received
$125.00 and April received $200.00. They will be recognized at the LSU
Chapter of Sigma Xi 2007 Annual Banquet,April 19th, 2007,6–9 PM,
LSU Union Atchafalaya Room.
The
committee evaluated numerous proposals and articles. The final results were
as follows:
Behre prize:
1. Philip Saksa ($125)
2. I. Cracium ($75)
GIA MSc.
1. Corine Armstrong ($400)
2. April Mason ($200)
GIA PhD.
1. B. Thorpe Halloran ($500)
2. Jonathan Myers ($500)
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