The 2012 Gamma Sigma Delta Spring Awards Banquet was held Wednesday, April 25, in the LSU Student Union Cotillion Ballroom. Keynote speaker was Jim Purcell, Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education.
Below is a list of award recipients for 2012:
Undergraduate Student Awards:
Outstanding Junior – Scholarship Award of Merit
Kristi Michelle Harrison , Dept. of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Outstanding Senior – Scholarship Award of Merit
Suzanne Raspa, Human Ecology
Sophomore Scholarship Award of Merit
- Kaity Leigh Addison
- Kristin Taylor Barnes
- Bradley Leston Bernard
- Allison Michelle Bosworth
- Brianna Leilani Bourgeois
- Megan Ann Bouvier
- Jessica L. Bracken
- Shane Thomas Buck
- Rachel Lynn Coe
- Taylor Leigh Covington
- Jennifer Alaine Dawson
- Elisabeth Rose Ducoing
- Carson Monroe Garand
- Catherine Marie Garcia
- Jessica A. Hunt
- Katelyne Elizabeth Jackson
- Michael Francis Kelley Jr.
- Kayla Marie Krodinger
- Christine Kelly Lawson
- Hanif Rauf Soysal
- Lindsey Rene Lafleur
- Matthew S. Laiche
- Matthew James Landry
- Danielle Marie McCarthy
- David Michael Mahoney
- Callie Jean Mitchell
- Rion Toshio Mooneyham
- Ramzy Abdul Muhsen
- Alexander John Nadler
- Gretchen Marie Rothermel
- Hunter Mathew Starring
- Katherine Michelle Sternitzke
- Dara Wren Strickland
- Christopher Brian Sylvestor
- Aurora M. Vargas
- Maci Suzanne Walsh
- Carter Wenner Ward
- Jennifer Marie West
- Gretchen L. Zieske
Undergraduate Research Poster Awards
Most Relevant to Science and Society
Rachel Horil , School of Animal Sciences
Advisor – Dennis Ingram
Most Innovative Research
Mary Jane Nguyen and Tel Rouse, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Advisors – Todd Monroe and Christian Quitadamo
Best Overall Presentation
Melissa McDowell, School of Animal Sciences
Advisor – Kenneth Bondioli
Science and Engineering Fair Awards
Junior Division
Abigail Jenkins and Brandi Mowen, Fifth Ward Junior High School, Bush
Senior Division
Rithika Thirumal, Ovey Comeaux High School, Lafayette
Graduate Student Awards
Outstanding Masters Student
Som Bohora, School of Renewable Natural Resources
Outstanding Ph.D. Student
Pamela Mitcham, School of Animal Sciences
Graduate Student Merit Honor Roll
- Luis Alfaro
- Som Bohora
- Luis Espinoza-Rodezno
- Jessica Hill
- Wannita Jirangrat
- Pamela Mitcham
- Marvin Moncada
- Erastus Ndinguri
- Daniel Smith
- Kevin Mis Solval
- Maria Vives
- Wisdom Wardy
Faculty Award Recipients
Research Certificate of Merit
Ashok Mishra, Department Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
Extension Certificate of Merit
Allen Owings, Hammond Research Station
Teaching Certificate of Merit
Michael Kaller, School of Renewable Natural Resources
Teacher Merit Honor Roll
Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness
- Joshua Detre
- Wes Harrison
School of Animal Sciences
- Kayanush J. Aryana
- Bruce Jenny
- Jennifer Ritchie
- Cathleen Williams
Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Richard Bengston
- Anna Dugas
- Steve Hall
- Daniel Hayes
- Todd Monroe
- Cristina Sabilov
- Chandra Theegala
Department of Food Science
- Witoon Prinyawiwatkul
- Subramaniam Sathivel
School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences
- Jeff Beasley
- Lewis Gaston
- James Griffin
- Steve Harrison
- David Himelrick
- Charles Johnson
- Robert Mirabello
- Carl Motsenbocker
- David Picha
- Maud Walsh
- Paul Wilson
School of Veterinary Clinical Science
Zhimin Xu
New Officers (2012-2013)
President -- Jeffrey Gillespie
President-elect -- Krishna Paudel
Secretary -- Karen Carriere
Treasure -- Ashok Mishra
Historian -- Denise Attaway
Past President -- Bobby Soileau
