Fisheries and Wildlife Receives Top National Rankings
The November 16, 2007 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity) reviewed a faculty productivity analysis of 375 colleges and universities and provided national rankings in 173 disciplines. The Wildlife Sciences program at OSU was ranked number one in the country and our Fisheries Sciences program was ranked number two. Only three other universities in the country ranked in the top 10 in both disciplines.
Fisheries and Wildlife Faculty Awards
2012
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
Brian Sidlauskas, Savery Outstanding Young Faculty Award
Dan Roby, F.E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research
Zumwalt Prairie Food Web Research Team: Pat Kennedy, Sandy DeBano, Tim DelCurto and Rob Taylor (TNC) - James and Mildred Oldfield/E. R. Jackman Team Award
2011
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
Clint Epps, Savery Outstanding Young Faculty Award
Selina Heppell, F. E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Student Advising/Counseling.
Scott Baker, F. E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research
Bruce Mate, Roy Arnold/Agricultural Research Foundation Leadership Award
Howard Horton, Alumni Legacy Award
Rob Chitwood received the OSU Exemplary Employee Award.
Nancy Allen, Rebecca Goggans, Danielle Jarkowsky, Leighann Auer, Lisa Pierson, and Megan Wright (Distance Education Advising Team) received the Vice Provost's Award for Excellence-Program Support.
Guillermo Giannico and Dana Sanchez received the Vice Provost's Award for Excellence - Diversity Award.
Sam Chan received the Vice Provost Speciality Award - Faculty Panel for Transformation.
2010
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
Carl Schreck, ARF Distinguished Faculty Award
Scott Austed , CAS Classified Employee Award & Professional Faculty Award
2009
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
Robert Anthony, ARF Distinguished Faculty Award.
Jane Toliver, CAS Classified Employee Award.
Thomas Whittier, ARF Faculty Research Assistant Award.
Judith Li received the Distinguished Service Award from the North American Benthological Society.
Hiram Li received the Award of Excellence from the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society.
2008
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
Nancy Allen, F.E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Student Advising/Counseling
W. Daniel Edge received the honor of Distinguished Graduate from the College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana.
Robert Hughes received the Award of Excellence from the Western division of the american Fisheries Society.
Carl Schreck was honored for a US Department of Interior Presidential Award presented at the White House in April 2008.
Thom Whittier, Robert Hughes and others received the Robert L. Kendall Award for the Best Paper at the American Fisheries Society.
2007
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
W. Daniel Edge, Agricultural Research Foundation Leadership Award
Stan Gregory, Distinguished Faculty Award
Pat Kennedy, Briskey Award for Faculty Excellence
Samuel Chan, Excellence in Extension Education Award
Sandy DeBano and 4 others, James and Mildred Oldfield/E.R. Jackman Team Award
Thom Whittier, Bob Hughes, and Gregg Lomnicky, along with fellow author David Peck, won Best TAFS Paper of 2007 with their paper titled "Fish and amphibian tolerance values and an assemblage
tolerance index for streams and rivers in the Western USA," published in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
Robert Anthony, Cooperative Research Unit Program, U.S. Geological Survey, for Scientific Excellence for 2006.
Rebecca Goggans received the 2007 Student Chapter Advisor of the Year Award from The Wildlife Society. Rebecca is the internship coordinator for Fisheries and Wildlife students and is also the Leader of the Fisheries and Wildlife Club.
Carl Schreck was honored by the 2007 Western Division of the American Fisheries Society for excellence in scientific achievement.
2006
College of Agricultural Sciences Awards
Chris Langdon, Briskey Award for Faculty Excellence
Robert Anthony, F.E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research
Selina Heppell, Registry of Distinguished Teachers
Selina Heppell, Wade Excellence in Teaching Award
Pat Kennedy, Wings across the Americas Research and Management Partnership Award (2006) from the USDA, Forest Service for contributions to northern goshawk research and management.
Robert M. Hughes received the 2006 award for Environmental Stewardship from the North American Benthological Society and a Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to teach at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil November-December 2007.
Selina Heppell received the 2006 Aldo Leopold Environmental Leadership Program Scholar award.
