Category: Enrich Our Youth
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Aggie Commercial Steer Camp held on July 28-29, 2014
The second annual Aggie Commercial Steer Camp was held at the Rosenthal Meat Center on July 28-29, 2014 at Texas A&M University. This extension education program is geared towards youth involved in Texas Commercial Steer Shows. The program covered a wide range of topics within two days to better help youth and parents learn about…
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Lindsey Mehall receives Z.L. Carpenter Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Lindsey Mehall, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Animal Science, received the Z.L. Carpenter Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Meat Science for 2013. Lindsey is from McKinney, Texas, and she received her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Arkansas. This award is presented annually to a graduate student who demonstrates outstanding leadership skills…
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Bob Ondrusek Memorial Scholarship Recipients, 2014-2015
The Bob Ondrusek Memorial Scholarship, which was begun in 2000 by the SMA Foundation, is the greatest source of scholarship funds for undergraduate and graduate students interested in meat science in the U.S. Bob Ondrusek left a lasting impression and impact on so many people through his business, Columbia Packing Company in Dallas, and through…
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Graduate students compete/present at Reciprocal Meat Conference poster session
Seven Meat Science graduate students presented their research work at the poster session of the American Meat Science Association Reciprocal Meat Conference held in Madison, Wisconsin, June 15-18, 2014. Two graduate students, Rachel Glascock and Clay Eastwood, participated in the Poster Competition. The other graduate students, Terri Blackmon, Sarah Chu, Hannah Laird, Tanner Luckemeyer, and…
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Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team competes at Reciprocal Meat Conference in Madison, Wisconsin
The Texas A&M University Quiz Bowl Team competed at the American Meat Science Association Reciprocal Meat Conference at Madison, Wisconsin on Sunday, June 15, 2014. Two four-member teams went deep in the double-elimination tournament before they were eliminated. In true 12th Man tradition, Emily Mahalitc joined the Ohio State University team to help them field a…
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Eastwood receives Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Graduate Award
Clay Eastwood, a master’s of science student in the Meat Science Section in the Department of Animal Science, received the Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Graduate Student Award, for the Animal Science major, at the recent awards ceremony. Eastwood is from New Braunfels, Texas, and she received her undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University. Her master’s…
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Eastwood and Yeater inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta
Clay Eastwood and Michael Yeater, graduate students in the Meat Science Section of the Department of Animal Science, were inducted into the Texas A&M University of the Gamma Sigma Delta in a recent ceremony. Clay is finishing her M.S. degree, and Michael is working on his Ph.D. degree. Gamma Sigma Delta was initiated at the…
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Carcass Shows, Enrich Our Youth, Faculty, Graduate Students, Meat Judging, Students, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Uncategorized
Spring brings carcass shows
Each spring, Meat Science faculty and students are very busy collecting carcass data from the steers, barrows, and lambs that are shown at major and local shows. San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are the two major shows where we collect carcass data with the steers harvested at Sam…
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FFA/4-H Meat Judging Clinic held at Rosenthal Meat Center, March 29, 2014
The Department of Animal Science hosted the FFA/4-H Meat Judging Clinic, which was held at the Rosenthal Meat Center on Saturday, March 29, 2014. Over 300 FFA and 4-H youth participated in the clinic this year where they had the opportunity to hone their meat judging skills in preparation for upcoming contests this spring. The…
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Turner receives NAMA Scholarship Foundation Grant, Bush Presidential Library Undergraduate Travel Grant
Lindsey Turner, an undergraduate student in the Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, received a scholarship grant from the NAMA Scholarship Foundation in the amount of $2,250 at the Annual Convention of the North American Meat Association held March 19-22, 2014 in Palm Springs, Calif. In addition to the scholarship, she received a $500 travel…
