Spring 2022 LSU College of Agriculture News

LSU Poultry Judging Team Wins National Contest

The LSU poultry judging team took numerous awards at the USPOULTRY Foundation Ted Cameron National Poultry Judging Contest, held at the LSU Poultry Research Farm on April 6-8.

The national competition tests students’ evaluation skills for egg production and breeding purposes. The competition’s categories are production, breed selection and market products.

LSU placed first overall and first in the breed selection and production judging divisions as a team.

Members of the teams are Tristan Foret, Luke Comeaux, Grace Tassin and Gabrielle Davis.

- Annabelle Lang

College of Agriculture Counselor Named LSU Advisor of the Year

Jennie Sparks, academic counselor for the LSU College of Agriculture, has been honored with the LSU Advisor of the Year Award.

The LSU Advisor of the Year Award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising on campus.

Sparks serves as the lead academic counselor for the Office of Student Services in the College of Agriculture, which provides academic advising for approximately 1,500 students.

“I enjoy what I do, and I enjoy seeing the changes in students,” said Sparks.

- Annabelle Lang

Four LSU College of Agriculture Students Recognized in LSU Tiger Twelve Class of 2022

Four LSU College of Agriculture students are part of the LSU Tiger Twelve Class of 2022. LSU’s Tiger Twelve is an initiative that highlights a select group of undergraduate seniors who have contributed to LSU campus life and positively impacted the Baton Rouge community. Each spring, 12 distinguished LSU seniors receive this prestigious recognition. - Annabelle Lang

Josephine Engelman

Major: Environmental Management Systems

Concentration: Resource Conservation

Minor: Political Science

College of Agriculture

Hometown: Queens, New York

Maia Williams

Major: Animal Science

Concentration: Science and Technology

College of Agriculture

Hometown: Missouri City, Texas

Alexia LaGrone

Major: Natural Resource Ecology and Management

Concentration: Ecological Restoration

Minor: Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Ogden Honors College

College of Agriculture

Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana

Taylor Perrodin

Major: Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Ogden Honors College

College of Agriculture

Hometown: Crowley, Louisiana

Three women and three men pose for a photo.

The LSU poultry judging team accepts awards from USPOLUTRY Executive Director Barbara Jenkins. (L-R, back) Dennis Ingram (coach), Tristan Foret, and Luke Comeaux; (L-R, front) Grace Tassin, Barbara Jenkins (USPOULTRY), and Gabrielle Davis. Photo provided by Dennis Ingram

A woman holds an award.

LSU University College presented the LSU Advisor of the Year Award to Jennie Sparks, academic counselor for the LSU College of Agriculture, at luncheon on March 25. Provided photo

Four women hold trophies.

LSU Tiger Twelve Class of 2022 members received recognition at a ceremony hosted by LSU Campus Life on May 1, 2022. College of Agriculture members (L-R): Maia Williams, Josephine Engelman, Taylor Perrodin, and Alexia LaGrone. Photo by Alison Prez

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