Tifton Campus: Points of Pride: Annual Awards & Recognitions

Past Presidents Award from Southern Branch - American Society of Agronomy.
Chair-Elect of Seed Physiology, Production, and Technology Division of the Crop Science Society of America.

Senior Advisor, Dairy Calf & Heifer Association, 2008-2009.
Director, Production Division, American Dairy Science Association (2005-2008).
Member, Journal Management Committee, Journal of Dairy Science (2005-2009).

Received the Outstanding Plant Pathologist Award from the Southern Division of the American Phytopathological Society for 2008.

Promoted from Laboratory Tech II to Laboratory Tech III.

2007-2008 ASHS Fruit Breeding Working Group Chair.
2006-2008 ASHS Temperate Nut Crops Working Group Chair.

International Stockmen's Educational Foundation Travel Fellowship to the  2007 International Livestock Congress in Denver, CO (Jan. 2008).
Outstanding Teaching Assistant from Animal & Dairy Sci. Dept. (2008).
UGA Broadus-Browne Graduate Award PhD Student Nominee from ADS (2008).

Past President of the American Peanut Research and Education Society.
Serves as Disease Management Section Chair for American Phytopathological Society Scientific Programs Board.

Promoted from Research Tech III to Research Professional I.

Received the 2007 Distinguished Service Award - National Association of County Agricultural Agents.
Received the 2007 Distinguished Service Award - Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents.
Received the 2007 Extension Communications Award (Pepper Bulletin) - Southern Region - ASHS.
Southeast Extension Research Agricultural Information Exchange Group Chairman - 2004-2007.

Jan-Dec, 2007. Awards Committee, UGA-CAES Tifton Campus-Chair.
2002-2007. Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents Historical Committee Chairman.
2007-2008. Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Sciences, Vegetable Section Vice Chair.

USDA-ARS Certificate of Appreciaton for Outstanding Dedication and Support for Conservation Tillage Programs in the Southeast U.S.

Co-developed and released with Jerry Johnson in Griffin the Clearfield wheat cultivar GA-CT7.  This is the first Clearfield soft red winter wheat cultivar developed in the southeastern U.S.

Plant Center Retreat, 25-26 Oct, poster award. (Ozias-Akins, P.)

Ecology Ph.D. student working with Drs. George Vellidis and Richard Lowrance won first place with his presentation at the Odum School of Ecology's 14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium held 18-19 January, 2008. Andrew's presentation was titled "Floodplain forests and oxygen demand in blackwater streams: Differential effects of leaf litter species" and highlighted the research he has been conducting in the swamps of the Little River near Tifton.

Served as co-coach for the Tift Co. 4-H poultry judging team. There were 2 teams with 4 members each.  One team won 1st at State and will compete in Nationals in KY.  The other team won second and will compete in the avian bowl (quiz bowl) in KY at the national contest.  The students made up the top 11 individuals at the State contest.

BAE Ph.D. student working with George Vellidis, Calvin Perry, and Dana Sullivan was awarded 3rd place and a cash prize of $100.00 in the Engineering Student Paper Competition at the 2008 Beltwide Cotton Conferences held January 8-11, 2008 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville.  Brenda's presentation was titled "Cotton yield response to variable rate nematicides according to risk zones."

2007 NESPAL Advisory Committee, Tifton Campus-chair.
2007 One post-tenure review committee - Chair.

Promoted from Public Service Representative to Public Service Assistant.

Received the  2007 Award of Excellence for Senior Scientist, Tifton Campus.

2007 Coastal Plain Research Arboretum, Tifton Campus-Chair.

2007 REI Rep Horticulture - Tifton Campus.

State Representative - 2007 SERA/IEG-27, Nursery Crops and Landscape Systems.
Chairman - 2007 Research Committee, Holly Society of America.
Board of Directors - 2007 - Center for Applied Nursery Research.
2007 Plant Patent #17,728 for Pennisetum purpureum 'Princess'.
2007 Hibiscus acetosella 'Panama Red' released through the Athens Select Program.
2007 Rhaphiolepis umbellata 'RutRhaph1' approved by CAES Cultivar Release Committee.

Awarded the Walter B Hill Award, Distinguish Achievement in Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia, February 2008.

Awarded the O.I. Snapp Award for outstanding non-student paper at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Georgia Entomological Society, April 2-4 at Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf Club, Cordele, GA.

Program Chair - 2007 Pecan Session, Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Association.
Program Chair  - 2007 Georgia Pecan Growers Association Annual Meeting.
Program Chair - 2007 Georgia Pecan Growers Association Fall Field Day.
Committee Chair 2006-2007, Communications Awards, Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents.

Plant Center Retreat, 25-26 Oct, 3rd place presentation. (Ozias-Akins, P.)