The staff and faculty of Texas Tech's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources had one of its hands-down best banquets on Thursday (Aug. 24) at the Department of Animal and Food Sciences livestock arena. The gastronomic highlight of the 2017 CASNR Awards Dinner was a specially-smoked whole hog (pulled pork), which was accompanied by a tasty mix of spectacular ribs and tri tip from Red Raider Meats. Besides the barbeque, the annual gathering honored nine faculty and staff members for their service and support of CASNR. The award recipients included Darren Hudson, Venugopal Mendu, Scott Longing, Brad Johnson, Courtney Gibson, Lindsay Kennedy, David Weindorf, Pam Urnosky and Andrea Krieg.

CONTACT: Steven Fraze, Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or steven.fraze@ttu.edu

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