MADISON, WI, October 20, 2008 -- The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) recognized the following individuals at the 2008 Awards Ceremony on Oct. 7 during the scientific society's Annual Meeting in Houston. The annual awards are presented for outstanding contributions to agronomy through education, national and international service, and research.
The Agronomic Resident Education Award recognizes traits that characterize excellence in resident classroom teaching through classroom skills, performance by graduates, student-teacher interactions, and recognition of accomplishments as a classroom teacher.
The Agronomic Extension Education Award recognizes educational contributions of extension agronomists, industrial agronomists, or others whose primary contributions are in teaching or education outside the university classroom.
The Agronomic Service Award recognizes development of agronomic service programs, practices, and products for acceptance by the pubic. The focus is on agronomic service with associated educational, public relations, and administrative contributions of industrial agronomists, governmental, industrial, or university administrators, and others.
The Early Career Professional Award recognizes early career members who have made an outstanding contribution in agronomy, crop science, and/or soil science within seven years of completing their final degree.
For more information on the recipients or on the awards presented, please view the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Awards Program PDF online, https://www.acsmeetings.org/2008/files/awards-08.pdf . Photos of the recipients are available to view and download online at: www.agronomy.org/awards/recipients . For additional assistance, contact Sara Uttech, 608-268-4948, suttech@agronomy.org .
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) www.agronomy.org , is a scientific society helping its 8,000+ members advance the disciplines and practices of agronomy by supporting professional growth and science policy initiatives, and by providing quality, research-based publications and a variety of member services.