CAFES Celebrates Scholarships and Awards
The spring celebration went on even without the banquet. Students were invited to pick up their scholarship certificates personally from Dean of CAFES, Dale Gallenberg. A balloon swag at the room entrance and a free treat from Freddy's Dairy Bar helped make the day a bit special. We were pleased to have 3 new scholarships among the 162 scholarships totaling over $181,000 that were awarded to continuing CAFES students this year:
- Central Wisconsin Cheesemakers and Buttermakers Scholarship
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Louis and Barbara Greub Scholarship - established by Emeritus Professor Lou Greub (1963) to honor his late wife, the first woman to earn an agronomy degree from Iowa State University.
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George and Betty Schmit Family Scholarship - established by Dr. Todd Schmit (1990) to honor his parents.
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2021 Wisconsin Distinguished Agriculturalist |
Ron Amos, president and owner of Evergreen Nursery Company, Inc. in Sturgeon Bay was recognized for his success in guiding and growing this156 year old business, keeping it relevant, innovative and serving the needs of the green industry. Read more. |
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2021 CAFES Outstanding Service Award |
Jay Gilbertson (1979), Manager, East Dakota Water Development District, Brookings, SD, is the recipient of the 2021 Award for the time, energy and leadership he has contributed as a "volunteer" faculty member to the Geology program over the past two decades. |
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2021 CAFES Outstanding Faculty Member |
Animal Science Professor Beth Rausch (1988) was honored by her colleagues. Her nominators said "she swept through our department like the Energizer bunny" and described her as "a passionate, knowledgeable and capable teacher who has made a world of difference in our companion animal emphasis." |
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Intercollegiate competitions slowly returned in spring
Although many events were cancelled, a few, such as Dairy Challenge moved to a virtual competition, while others made a cautious return to an in-person event. Both the Crops Judging Team and the Meat Animal Evaluation Team were able to travel to competitions, the Crops Team even made two trips! They headed to Nebraska in March and then to Hutchinson, Kansas in April for the Blue Dragon Classic crops judging contest. The team enjoyed the early spring weather in Kansas! Team members were: Paige Stofferahn-Muck. Mitchell Oswald, Conner Geurtz, Mark Kortbein, and Barrent Herman.
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Steve Kelm, Professor of Dairy Science, received the Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production from the American Dairy Science Association
Steve’s teaching ability was noted early on at UWRF, when in 2002, just a few years after arriving on campus, he was honored with the UWRF Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor for a UWRF faculty member. In addition to teaching, Steve coaches the UWRF Dairy Judging Team, serves as the academic advisor to 60 students, is a long-time associate chair of the Animal and Food Science Department, and is the campus liaison for the Wisconsin Dairy Innovation Hub.
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CAFES Alumni Summer Picnic
Tuesday July 20 at 4 p.m.
CAFES will host an alumni picnic at Custer Farms, just 9 miles west of Chippewa Falls and 13 miles north of the 2021 Farm Technology Days site. Custer Farms is owned by Ken and his sons Doug and Darryl. Doug is a 2003 graduate of our agronomy program. Meal catered by Billy's Grill and Catering of Bloomer. Register for the event here. There is no cost to attend thanks to a generous donor. |
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Dairy Expo Alumni Event
Friday, October 1 at 5 p.m.
Join us at World Dairy Expo this October for what is often the largest CAFES alumni event of the year! Find us in the Monona Room in the Exhibition Hall. |
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Share your wisdom and experience! |
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Think about all you've learned since 2008! Consider sharing that wisdom with a current student. Over the past year a group of alumni have been working diligently to develop the framework for a mentor program. If you have some time and are willing to share your experiences with a current student let us know. We'll follow up later this summer to get more information from you. If you responded to an earlier request for mentors, we'll be in touch with you too later this summer. A pilot program will launch this fall. CAFES alumni of all ages are welcome!
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UW-River Falls College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences | Website
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