Posts Tagged ‘Jessica Epps’

The A&E Department brought home the gold in this year’s homecoming parade winning first place in the non-social club division. The overarching theme of this year’s homecoming festivities was the ACU Dynasty. From there the bright minds in our department came up with the idea to theme our float after one of the hottest (and hairiest) topics in pop culture today: Duck Dynasty. Kayla Hanning, a Freshman Animal Science major, is credited with coming up with this brilliant idea. Kayla said when she heard of the ACU Dynasty theme she thought “Who better to do Duck Dynasty than Ag?” Kayla watches the show almost every week and her favorite character is Mrs. Kay. More »

Jessica Epps, junior animal science major from Georgetown, Texas received first place in the undergraduate research poster competition at the SAAS Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Jessica’s research examined commercially available soil testing kits and compared their results to professional soil labs at TAMU and LSU. More »

Congratulations to the new DTA members who were inducted last Thursday, Feb. 9 during Club Chapel. More »

A&E’s annual Spring Awards Banquet took place Thursday, May 5 at University Church of Christ.  This was a time to recognize the 2011 graduates, congratulate those who have won special departmental awards and to welcome the incoming Alpha Epsilon Sigma, AES, officers for the upcoming school year. 

The department was honored to have Dr. Nancy Shankle, the Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, in attendance as well as the A&E faculty and staff.  More »

Four of our students Jessica Epps, Kathleen Henderson, Anabel Reid and Syrah Wellmann, participated in the Texas Farm Bureau Collegiate Discussion Meet on April 16 in Waco, Texas.  Anabel was one of four students to make the finals.

 Dr. Michael Nicademus, assistant professor of environmental science, accompanied the students to the meet and said, “The meet allows students to think about issues in agriculture and talk about them in a constructive way.” More »

Congratulations to the students who have made the Dean’s Honor Role for Fall 2010!  During any term in which an undergraduate student achieves a current GPA of 3.6 or above and is registered for 12 or more hours with no “F” or “WF” grades, they are included on the Dean’s Honor Roll for that term.  The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is very pleased to announce that 22 A&E majors achieved this honor during the Fall 2010 semester.  These studetns represent the department’s commitment to excellence in academics, and we are proud of and thankful for their diligence and achievements.   

Jarrod Bray More »