Margaret Miller - M.S. Student, PES, forage management Jason Schmidt - M.S. Student, PES, forage management
2008 Wade Stackhouse Fellowships
Prashant Jha - Ph.D. Student, PES, weed biology and ecology
2008 Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science offered by the Crop Science Society of Ammerica (CSSA).
Prashant Jha - Ph.D. Student, PES, weed biology and ecology
was nominated by the College of Agriculture, Forestry, & Life Sciences for the 2008 Clemson University Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award.
Margaret Miller - M.S. Student, PES, forage management
2008 Agronomy and Soils Endowment Award
Prashant Jha and Mayank Malik - Ph.D. Students, PES, weed biology and ecology
will share the 2008 Dr. & Mrs. H.P. Cooper Agronomy Scholarship
Jason Schmidt - M.S. Student, PES, forage management
2008 John R. Wigington Memorial Endowment in Agronomy
Ernesto Robayo Camacho - M.S. Student, PES, diseases of ornamental crops and trees
2008 George Miller Armstrong Plant and Environmental Sciences Foundation Fellowship
Megan Leach - Ph.D. Student, PES, nematology
2008 George Miller Armstrong Plant and Environmental Sciences Foundation Award to pay for supply purchases to support her dissertation research.
Inga McLaughlin (PES '07) - Research Associate, Plant Pathology
2008 George Miller Armstrong Plant and Environmental Sciences Foundation Award to pay for travel to present her thesis research at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society.
Desmond Layne - Assoc. Professor, Horticulture
Greg Reighard - Professor, Horticulture
Guido Schnabel - Assoc. Professor, Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences
Simon Scott - Professor, Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences
2007 Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Team Award (Peach Team)
Xiaoyu Liu - Ph.D. Student, Horticulture
The American Pomological Society awarded Xiaoyu Liu 1st Place for a paper entitled, "Peach Rootstock Identification by DNA-fingerprinting with Microsatellite (SSR) Markers." The paper will be recognized in the Journal American Pomological Society in 2007, Volume 61, Issue 4. It was co-authored by G.L. Reighard, G.A. Swire-Clark and W.V. Baird.
Xiaoyu Liu - Ph.D. Student, Horticulture
Poster selected as finalist for graduate student poster session for the Charlotte Biotechnology Conference. Competition will be held October 12, 2007 at UNCC.
Dr. Yuji Arai - Assistant Professor, Soil Science
A recent mercury paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, has been selected for “science highlight” by the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory is a division of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and is operated by Stanford University for the Department of Energy.
Dr. Mary Haque - Professor, Horticulture
Along with Lolly Tai, Gina McLellan and Erin Knight, received the Honor Award for Communication by the American Society of Landscape Architects South Carolina Chapter for the book, Designing Outdoor Environments for Children. 2007.
Dr. Mary Haque - Professor, Horticulture
Along with Lolly Tai, Gina McLellan and Erin Knight, received the President’s Award for Communication by the American Society of Landscape Architects Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter for the book, Designing Outdoor Environments for Children: Landscaping School Yards, Gardens, and Playgrounds. 2007.
Dr. Mary Haque - Professor, Horticulture
Her student, David Warren, won first place in the American Society for Horticultural Science Southern Region for his presentation, “Landscaping for Water Quality: Designing a Demonstration Garden for the Friends of Lake Keowee Society Headquarters”. 2007.
Dr. Mary Haque - Professor, Horticulture
Her student, David Warren, won first place in the Clemson University Natural Resources Undergraduate Competition for his presentation, “Landscaping for Water Quality: Designing a Demonstration Garden for the Friends of Lake Keowee Society Headquarters”. 2007.
Dr. B. Merle Shepard - Professor, Entomology
Along with Roger Francis and Powell Smith, received an Award for Excellence from the Clemson University Board of Trustees. 2007.
Matthew Cousins - MS Student, Horticulture
Received the Clemson University Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award “…for good, excellence in maintaining high ideals of living and genuine and disinterested service to others.” This award is named in honor of the first president of the New York Southern Society and it was established by an agreement between the society and Clemson University. 2007.
Matthew Cousins - MS Student, Horticulture
Received an Alumni Graduate Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Megan Leach - Ph.D. Student, Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences
Received a Clemson University Graduate Dean’s Fellowship award for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Robayo, Ernesto - MS Student, Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences
Received a Clemson University Graduate Dean’s Fellowship award for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Inga McLaughlin - MS Student, Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences
Dr. Steve Jeffers' student, Inga McLaughlin, was awarded a travel grant to attend the 4th IUFRO Meeting on Phytophthoras In Forests and Natural Ecosystems at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, CA on August 26-31, 2007. IUFRO is The International Union of Forest Research Organizations that sponsors a number of different forest working groups. Her paper entitled, Survival of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Soil After Prescribed Fire in a Southern Appalachian Forest, was presented. Her abstract may be viewed at: http://nature.berkeley.edu/IUFRO2007/phytophthora/abstracts/24_mclaughlin.pdf 2007.
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