The
American Society for Horticultural Sciences (ASHS) meeting in Orlando
was a great success with exciting presentations made by a large
contingent of Purdue faculty, graduate students and staff. It was
gratifying to see the quality of scholarly activity presented by our
department.
Congratulations
are in order for members of the department who were recognized for
their outstanding efforts at the national/international level.
1. Mary Welch-Keesey, B. Rosie Lerner, John Orick,
Kevin Leigh Smith, Tim Thompson, winners of the ASHS Extension Division
Award for Educational Media for their Purdue Master Gardener Manual –
Digital Flash Drive Version.
2. Roberto Lopez
(and collaborators at NC State, Univ. GA, VPI, Cornell, and Univ. NH)
awarded the ASHS Extension Division Award for their e-Gro Alerts
(Electronic Grower Resources Online).
3. Celina Gomez
(Ph.D. student with Cary Mitchell) for winning third place in the
Graduate Student Poster Competition for her poster entitled “Growth
Responses of Greenhouse Tomato Seedlings to Different Spectra of
Supplemental Lighting Are Season Specific in a Northern Climate”. Selina
faced stiff competition among 79 entries!
4. Celina Gomez
for receiving first place in the Controlled Environments Graduate
Student Paper Competition for her oral presentation entitled “Are
Light-Emitting Diodes a Viable Supplemental Lighting Alternative to Grow
Greenhouse Tomatoes in a Northern Climate?”
5. Raheel Anwar (Ph.D. student with Avtar Handa), for receiving an ASHS Graduate Student Travel Grant.
Congratulations to our colleagues for their success and recognition!
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