Texas Tech University's Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources is ready to roll out its inaugural Graduate Student Research Poster Competition from 2-5 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 29). The program presentations will be located in the Texas Tech Dairy Barn.

“This year Davis College is hosting a Graduate Student Poster Competition for the first time college-wide,” said Christy Bratcher, Davis College Associate Dean for Research. “This is a good internal networking event, and we will have judges that are industry, government and alumni from the Lubbock area.”

The judges will include a panel of 18 Texas Tech alumni from a variety of agricultural backgrounds. Presentation of winners will be at 5 p.m. at the Dairy Barn Loft. Monica Hightower, Davis College's Lead Grant Writer, added that scholarships will be awarded to the top three student posters in each of five categories: Climate Resilience, Powering Our Future, Advancing One Health, Thrive! Rural America, and Borders & Belonging. 

Sandra Addo, Program Manager for Diversity & Graduate Student Recruitment, provided a list of Davis College graduate students scheduled to present are:

Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics

• Rachel Buck of Kingsville, Texas (Doctoral Candidate)
• Bradi Harral of Encino, New Mexico (Master's Student)
• Syed Fuad of Atlanta, Georgia (Doctoral Candidate)
• Manuel Garcia of Oriente, Honduras (Doctoral Candidate)
• Bailey Samper of Coarsegold, California (Doctoral Candidate)

 

Department of Agricultural Education & Communications

• Gilbert Abura of Nairobi, Kenya (Doctoral Candidate)
• Kylie Farmer of Chowcilla, California (Bachelor's Student)
• Kylie Harlan of Sherman, Texas (Master's Student)
• Joshue Lewis of Guayaquil, Ecuador (Master's Student)
• Maci Loving of New Caney, Texas (Master's Student)
• Ginger Orton of Buena Vista, Georgia (Doctoral Candidate)
• Darcy Ryder of Warranwood, Australia (Doctoral Candidate)
• Alexandra Salinas of Mission, Texas (Bachelor's Student)
• Shelby Shank of Maineville, Ohio (Master's Student)
• Ellora Vela of Penitas, Texas (Master's Student)
• Shayne White of Monmouth, Oregon (Doctoral Candidate)

 

Department of Animal & Food Sciences

• Taylor Smock of Carpenter, Wyoming (Doctoral Candidate)
• Makenzie Flach of Sanger, California (Master's Student)
• Lauryn Flores of El Paso, Texas (Bachelor's Student)
• Kenley Frazier of Lubbock, Texas (Master's Student)
• Luke Fuerniss of Loveland, Colorado (Doctoral Candidate)
• Ashley Hoffman of Basehor, Kansas (Master's Student)
• Qi Kang of Lanzhou, China (Doctoral Candidate)
• Zach McDaniel of Tulia, Texas (Doctoral Candidate)
• Paulo Menta of Carazinho, Brazil (Doctoral Candidate)
• Kaliu Scaranto Silva of Pato Branco, Brazil (Master's Student)
• Angelica Sanchez of Quito, Ecuador (Master's Student)

 

Department of Landscape Architecture

• Nazia Afrin Trina of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Doctoral Candidate)
• S Y Andalib of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Master's Student)
• Andrew Castilleja of Lubbock, Texas (Master's Student)

 

Department of Plant & Soil Science

• Oluwatola Adedeji of Ibadan, Nigeria (Doctoral Candidate)
• Raavi Arora of Sri Ganganagar, India (Doctoral Candidate)
• Preetaman Bajwa of Barnala, India (Master's Student)
• Leonidas Dagostino of Lubbock, Texas (Master's Student)
• Sarah Kane of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Doctoral Candidate)
• Arjun Kafle of Greensboro, North Carolina (Doctoral Candidate)
• Rupak Karn of Gaur, Nepal (Doctoral Candidate)
• Arjun Ojha Kshetry of Taplejung, Nepal (Doctoral Candidate)
• Jessica Kennedy of Windhoek, Namibia (Bachelor's Student)
• Maliha Marzana of Khulna, Bangladesh (Master's Student)
• Benjamin Perez Sanchez of Leon, Mexico (Doctoral Candidate)
• Atinderpal Singh of Gurdaspur, India (Doctoral Candidate)
• Shaida Sultana of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Doctoral Candidate)
• Addisu Ferede Tesema of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (Doctoral Candidate)
• Alicia Thomas of Odonnell, Texas (Doctoral Candidate)
• Matteo Tosoni of Vaeggio Sul Mincio, Vera, Italy (Doctoral Candidate)
• Md Nur Uddin of Feni, Bangladesh (Master's Student)
• AmandaJo Zimmerman of New Orleans, Louisiana (Master's Student)

 

Department of Natural Resources Management

• Travis Ausec of Corinth, Texas (Master's Student)
• Annie Braack of Pilot Point, Texas (Bachelor's Student)
• Jacob Harvey of Holdrege, NE (Master's Student)
• Steven Iida of Spring, Texas (Bachelor's Student)
• Kaitlin Plate of Toledo, Ohio (Master's Student)
• Sadie Roth of Riverview, Florida (Doctoral Candidate)

 

Department of Veterinary Sciences

• Jean Franco Fiallo Diez of Pamplona, Colombia (Master's Student)
• Alexandra Tegeler of Huntsville, Texas (Master's Student)

CONTACT: Christy Bratcher, Associate Dean for Research, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or christy.bratcher@ttu.edu  

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