News

• The following students were recognized at the CALS Scholarship & Leadership Awards Banquet:
  J. Wayne Reitz Medal of Excellence (Outstanding Sr.) - Michelle Corrado, food science and human nutrition
  E. T. York, Jr. Medal of Excellence (Outstanding Jr.) - Johnie Walter Boatright, III, food and resource economics
  Jimmy G. Cheek Graduate Student Medal of Excellence - Cory J. Krediet, interdisciplinary ecology
  Larry J. Connor Medal of Excellence - Elaine Tan, food science and human nutrition
  Alumni and Friends Leadership Award - Asher B. Adamec, food science and human nutrition
  Jack L. Fry Award for Teaching Excellence by a Graduate Student - Dana L. Bigham, fisheries and aquatic sciences
• The following faculty and staff were recognized at the CALS Scholarship & Leadership Awards Banquet:
  Graduate Teacher/Adviser of the Year - Dr. Susan K. Jacobson, wildlife ecology and conservation
  Undergraduate Adviser of the Year - Anne Marie Mattison, food and resource economics
  Undergraduate Adviser of the Year - Dr. Jason K. Kruse, environmental horticulture
  Undergraduate Teacher of the Year - Kate H. Fletcher, family, youth and community sciences
  Undergraduate Teacher of the Year - Dr. Karla Pagán Shelnutt, family, youth and community sciences and food science and human nutrition

Upcoming Events

• May 18: CALS Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament, Orlando
• Aug. 14: Teaching Enhancement Symposium
• Oct. 20: TailGATOR
• Feb. 13: CALS Career Expo

Opportunities and Deadlines

• July 13: Loop Legislative Internship Program, Fall 2012

CALS is the teaching arm of UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). IFAS is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life science, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information accessible.

IFAS includes the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, which administers and supports research programs in UF/IFAS and the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, which provides Floridians with lifelong learning programs.