Ferguson College of Agriculture

The Ferguson College of Agriculture recently celebrated 11 years of teaching excellence by honoring past recipients of the college's four teaching award programs. During the fall 2025 Ferguson College Teaching Workshop, each honoree was presented with a commemorative medallion in appreciation of their outstanding commitment to student success and academic excellence. The four college teaching award categories and recipients are:

 

Excellence in Teaching Award

• 2025 - Dr. Rob Terry, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership (Dick and Malinda Berry Award for Excellence in Teaching)

• 2024 - Dr. Bruce Dunn, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

• 2023 - Dr. Shelly Legg, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2022 - Dr. Rodney Jones, Agricultural Economics

• 2021 - Dr. Sergio Abit, Plant and Soil Sciences

• 2020 - Dr. Dani Bellmer, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

• 2019 - Dr. Penny Weeks, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2018 - Dr. Dwayne Cartmell, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2017 - Dr. Dan Stein, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2016 - Dr. Thomas Kuzmic, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

• 2015 - Dr. Gretchen Mafi, Animal and Food Sciences

 

Excellence in Undergraduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award

• 2025 - Dr. John Michael Riley, Agricultural Economics

• 2024 - Dr. Gretchen Mafi, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2023 - Dr. Mellissa Crosswhite, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2022 - Dr. Sue Fairbanks, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

• 2021 - Dr. Dan Stein, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2020 - Dr. Patricia Canaan, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• 2019 - Dr. Jon Ramsey, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2018 - Dr. Udaya DeSilva, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2017 - Dr. Don Ruhl, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• 2016 - Dr. Jerry Fitch, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2015 - Dr. Shelly Legg, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

 

Excellence in Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award

• 2025 - Dr. Omkar Joshi, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

• 2024 - Dr. Wade Brorsen, Agricultural Economics

• 2023 - Dr. Craig Edwards, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2022 - Dr. Dwayne Cartmell, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2021 - Dr. Scott Loss, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

• 2020 - Dr. Brian Arnall, Plant and Soil Sciences

• 2019 - Dr. Gail Wilson, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

• 2018 - Dr. Kris Giles, Entomology and Plant Pathology

• 2017 - Dr. Chanjin Chung, Agricultural Economics

• 2016 - Dr. Bill Raun, Plant and Soil Sciences

• 2015 - Dr. Shane Robinson, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

 

Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching

• 2025 - Dr. Julie LaBar, Environmental Science & Plant and Soil Sciences

• 2024 - Dr. Hannah Shear, Agricultural Economics

• 2023 - Dr. Nathan Smith, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2022 - Dr. Adel Pezeshki, Animal and Food Sciences

• 2021 - Dr. Omkar Joshi, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

• 2020 – Professor Qing Luo, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

• 2019 - Dr. John Michael Riley, Agricultural Economics

• 2018 - Dr. Beatrix Haggard, Plant and Soil Sciences

• 2017 - Dr. Angel Riggs, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

• 2016 - Dr. Sergio Abit, Plant and Soil Sciences

• 2015 - Dr. Ranjith Ramanathan, Animal and Food Sciences