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Awards and Honors

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Jun 27, 2022

Mann Family Establishes Wildlife Conservation Scholarship

Abigail Johnson, a graduate of Avery County High School in Newland, N.C., is the first recipient of the Carroll and Dawn Mann Wildlife Conservation Scholarship. Mrs. Mann said the scholarship was intended to take effect upon her death, “but I just couldn’t wait! I wanted to do some good with it now, to honor the memory of my husband, Carroll, and to get to know the recipient while I was still around.”
Wolf Plaza during fall- Mann Family Establishes Wildlife Conservation Scholarship - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Jun 7, 2022

Mann Family Establishes Wildlife Conservation Scholarship

No one would be more delighted with the first recipient of the Carroll and Dawn Mann Wildlife Conservation Scholarship than the man for whom it is named.
Bob Jordan, right, at Board of Trustees meeting in 2011 - New Endowment Established to Honor Forestry Alumnus Bob Jordan - College of Natural Resources News - NC State University

May 23, 2022

New Endowment Established to Honor Forestry Alumnus Bob Jordan

Jordan ’54 was a staunch supporter of NC State and the UNC System.

May 13, 2022

2022 SEB & APS-CD Meeting

In March, a group of students and Dr. Kelly Oten went to the Entomological Society of America – Southeastern Branch Meeting in Puerto Rico, https://www.entsoc.org/membership/branches/southeastern/meeting. Two of these students won awards…
LWCTeamWithAwards - Southeastern Wildlife Conclave - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

May 11, 2022

Southeastern Wildlife Conclave

This past April, NC State’s Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, also known as the Leopold Wildlife Club, joined 16 other student chapters at the Southeastern Wildlife Conclave. The event,…

Apr 20, 2022

Dr. Fred Cubbage Honored with 2022 Jackson Rigney International Service Award

The Jackson Rigney International Service Award recognizes the distinguished contributions of a faculty or staff member for the promotion of international understanding and service to the university and/or to the international community over the course of their career. The award honors the late Dr. Rigney, an agronomist who served NC State for 40 years bringing a…
NC State gateway at sunset - Grant Will Fund Climate Resilience Strategies for Frontline Communities in the Carolinas - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 27, 2022

Graduate Fellowship Awards

The following fellowships are awarded every year to outstanding graduate students. The Global Change Graduate Fellows Program is designed to train the next generation of global change scientists by providing…
Brenda Brickhouse, Bill Culpepper and Jerry Jackson - 2022 Watauga Medal Ceremony Recognizes Three Extraordinary Pack Members - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 15, 2022

2022 Watauga Medal Ceremony Recognizes Three Extraordinary Pack Members

NC State’s Board of Trustees presented three alumni with the Watauga Medal, the university’s highest nonacademic honor, during a March 4 ceremony held in the ballroom at Talley Student Union. As the 2022 medalists, Brenda Brickhouse, Bill Culpepper and Jerry Jackson joined a group of 126 previous honorees who have made notable and dedicated contributions to the advancement of NC State.
Dominic Manz - 2021 APSAF Conference Best Poster Presentation: Dominic Manz - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 11, 2022

2021 APSAF Conference Best Poster Presentation: Dominic Manz

Brief summary of the 2021 APSAF Conference (in 2022): I was awarded the best poster presentation at this year’s meeting of the Appalachian Chapter of the Society of American Foresters…

Feb 17, 2022

Celebrating Black Excellence: Tira Beckham is Tackling Climate Change

Beckham, a graduate student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, is studying the socio-political barriers to climate resilience in low-income, rural, inland communities.