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
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 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
Major: Environmental Management Systems
Concentration: Resource Conservation
Minor: Political Science
College of Agriculture
Hometown: Queens, New York
Major: Animal Science
Concentration: Science and Technology
College of Agriculture
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
Major: Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Concentration: Ecological Restoration
Minor: Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Ogden Honors College
College of Agriculture
Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana
Major: Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Ogden Honors College
College of Agriculture
Hometown: Crowley, Louisiana
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
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
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