Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa honors Thomas Knight
A nationally-recognized professor of agricultural economics at Texas Tech University has been awarded this year's 'Faculty Recognition Award' from the school's Mortar Board Senior National Honor Society and Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.
Thomas Knight, a professor in Tech's Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, was among five faculty members from across the university recognized for their achievements this year. As part of the award, Knight was honored at a special reception at the Merket Alumni Center and during halftime ceremonies at the Oct. 31 Texas Tech-Kansas football game in Lubbock.
Prior to joining the Texas Tech faculty in 2002, Knight served as an assistant, associate and full professor at Texas A&M University. Knight received a bachelor's degree and master's degree in agricultural economics from Oklahoma State University. His doctorate in agricultural economics is from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Awards for Knight include the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Research Award (2009); Texas A&M's Department of Agricultural Economics Graduate Student Association Faculty Appreciation Award (1996); and Texas A&M's Deputy Chancellor Award for Excellence in Team Research (1988).
Omicron Delta Kappa, founded in 1914, is a national leadership honor society. The society recognizes achievement in the five areas of scholarship; athletics; campus-community service, social-religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media; and creative and performing arts.
Separately, Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership and service. Its members represent the top scholars and leaders on their campuses, officials claim. Since its establishment in 1918, nearly a quarter of a million members have been initiated at 228 chartered chapters across the nation.
Written by Norman Martin
CONTACT: John Burns, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or john.burns@ttu.edu
1110NM09 / Photo Credit: Norman Martin / TTU-CASNR
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