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: Alumni Newsletter - Autumn 2017

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  1. The Animal Sciences Hall of Fame Committee is soliciting nominations for the ANIMAL SCIENCES HALL OF FAME. The award will be presented at the Animal Sciences Spring Awards Program.

  2. Please join the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences' newly launched LinkedIn group!  The group is open to current and retired faculty and staff, alumni, students, donors, volunteers, and friends of the college.

  3. The Ohio State University Dairy Judging Team had a busy autumn semester. Their season started on July 28, 2017, with the Ohio State Fair Dairy Judging Clinic. The first week of September, they made a trip to the Maryland State Fairgrounds for a Dairy Judging Boot Camp. Coach Bonnie Ayars

  4. Dr. Barbara Nikolajczyk (B.S. Animal Sciences with distinction, '85) has been named Associate Director of Translational Research in the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center at the University of Kentucky (UK) School of Medicine, and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and

  5. The Department of Animal Sciences recently lost two members of its community, Dale Shawk and Cynthia Sue Wilson.

  6. The Center for Human-Animal Interactions Research and Education (CHAIRE) held its welcome event on December 7. CHAIRE is committed to expanding our knowledge of the interrelationships between people, animals and the environment. Visitors of all ages were able to learn about CHAIRE, as well as,

  7. The Processed Meats (MEATSCI 4510) class presented its final products to visitors who wanted to taste and judge the students' creations.

  8. The 2017 Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Contest was held November 18-19 at Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. One of the two Animal Sciences' undergraduate teams, and the College of Veterinary Medicine's team, placed first in their respective divisions. Undergraduate Heather Pechtl

  9. The 103rd Annual Saddle & Sirloin Little "I" (International) was held November 4, 2017 at the Beef, Swine, and Equine Centers in Columbus. There were approximately 60 participants in all of the competitions combined. The Little "I" events consisted of showmanship competitions in five

  10. Second-year Animal Sciences student Kady Davis is the first recipient of the Kenny Walter Scholarship presented by the Ohio Farm Bureau. Davis, from Carrollton, OH, has a family legacy in the agricultural industry.

  11. The meat science section in the Department of Animal Sciences opened its doors on September 28th to other university meat judging teams on their way to their first Collegiate Meat Judging Contest (Eastern) in Wyalusing, PA. Dr. Lyda Garcia and the 2017 Meat Judging Team gathered on September

  12. Seven Department of Animals Sciences majors and one minor participated in the Fall Undergraduate Research Forum on September 14. All eight had projects supervised by faculty in the Department. The Department had representation in each of the three sessions; each session had approximately 100

  13. Animal Sciences faculty are diverse in both their background and research interests. Learn more about Drs. Sheila Jacobi, Lyda Garcia, Eric England, Lisa Bielke, and Daniel Clark.

HELPFUL RESOURCES

  1. All OSU Counseling and Consultation Services (CCS) staff were sent home to tele-commute until further notice.The CCS phone line 614-292-5766 remains available for emergency assistance 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

  2. Did you know that CFAES has hired a counselor to support the needs of their students' mental health?  Dr.

  3. The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences has renewed its partnership with Portfolium.com and will continue to provide ALL students and faculty the opportunity to