College and AAES Honor Top Faculty, Staff
Faculty award winners Wright, Williams and Fadamiro
Four outstanding faculty members from Auburn University’s College of Agriculture have earned the top awards for teaching, advising and research for 2005 from the college and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station.
Agriculture Dean and AAES Director Richard Guthrie presented Amy Wright, assistant professor of horticulture, the 2005 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence and horticulture professor Dave Williams the Dean’s Award for Advising Excellence.
On the research front, the award presented at the assistant-professor level went to entomologist Henry Fadamiro, whose research focuses on insect behavior and integrated pest management. Jorge Mosjidis, a plant breeder and geneticist in the college’s Department of Agronomy and Soils, merited the professor-level research award for 2005. Through his plant breeding program, Mosjidis has released eight cultivars of forage legumes.
Each award winner received a plaque and $2,000 in cash.
Also during the program, staff and administrative/professional employees were recognized for their exceptional performance.
Winners include (from left): Curtis Morgan (AU Meats Lab butcher), Outstanding Technical Staff award; Anne Wiley (animal sciences research associate) and Linda Bankston, (agronomy and soils administrative assistant), Outstanding Administrative Staff awards; Carole Hodge (animal sciences office administrator) Outstanding Administrative Staff award; Bobby Durbin (E.V. Smith Research Center superintendent), Outstanding Administrative Professional award; and Ray DeLamar (head of the AAES Research Instrumentation office), Outstanding Technical Staff award.