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A&M-Kingsville Wildlife Society
Cleans Up At State Meeting

Local group wins Student Chapter of the Year sixth time

KINGSVILLE (February 29, 2008) — The student chapter of the Wildlife Society at Texas A&M University-Kingsville came home from the state meeting in San Antonio with the Student Chapter of the Year award, its sixth such honor in seven years.

The group also brought home a host of other awards in both the undergraduate and graduate divisions, said Dr. Scott Henke, professor and chair of animal and wildlife science, and all students competing are animal and wildlife science majors.

While the chapter was winning its award, the plant identification team was busy tallying up a second place finish. Team member Ashleigh Green, a junior from Kingsville, placed second in the individual contest, only 0.2 points behind the first place winner. Senior Reagan Gage, from Jarrell, was third in the plant identification contest. Rounding out the second place team are Richie Sinclair, a sophomore from Needville, and Eric Grahman, a master’s student from Victoria.

Dustin Sanders, a senior from Wharton, was third in the undergraduate poster presentation competition while Wendy Austin, as senior from Hunt, was first in the video art contest.

A&M-Kingsville graduate students swept the graduate poster presentation contest. Sarah Bullock, a master’s student from Calhoun, Ky., was first; Anna Lund, a master’s student from Corpus Christi was second and Johanna Delgado, a doctoral student from Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, was third.

Elizabeth Bates, a doctoral student from Kingsville, was second in the Cottam Award for research and oral presentation. Megan Dominguez-Brazil, a doctoral student from Laredo, was third in the same competition. Cristella Gonzales, a master’s student from Eagle Pass, was second in photography.

There were 127 presentations made at the 43rd annual conference. Students from A&M-Kingsville gave 47 or 38 percent of those presentations. The school with the second highest number of presentations was Texas A&M University in College Station with 22.

Faculty members from the College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences also were honored during the meeting.

Dr. Lenny Brennan, professor and endowed chair for quail research, won the Best Book Award for his publication Texas Quails.

Dr. Fidel Hernandez, associate professor and holder of the Alfred C. Glassell Jr., Endowed Professorship for Quail Research, completed his term one-year term as president. Dr. Bart Ballard, associate professor and research scientist, is president-elect, and is scheduled to serve as president from 2009 to 2010.

This page last updated 7 March, 2008