Agriculture News

November 7, 2016

Purdue Extension educators honored with annual awards

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Indiana Extension Educators Association presented its annual awards to county educators during Purdue Extension’s Professional Development Conference this week.

Awards and recipients were:

Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR)

Individual: Brad Kohlhagen, ANR educator, Purdue Extension - Adams County.

Team: Master Gardener Leadership Roundtable: Phil Cox, ANR educator, Purdue Extension - Vermillion County; Sadie Davis, ANR educator, Purdue Extension - Greene County; Jim Luzar, Purdue Extension - Parke County director and ANR educator; Jenna Nees, ANR educator, Purdue Extension - Putnam County; and Amy Thompson, Purdue Extension - Monroe County director and ANR educator.

Community Development

Individual: Hans Schmitz, Purdue Extension - Gibson County director and ANR educator.

Team: Community Leadership Development Signature Program: Janet Ayres, former professor and Extension specialist in Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics; Cindy Barber, Purdue Extension - Daviess County associate; Bo Beaulieu, CD Extension program leader and assistant director of Purdue Extension; Lori Bouslog, Purdue Extension - Sullivan County director, 4-H educator and HHS educator; Melinda Grismer, community and regional development specialist at the Purdue Center for Regional Development; Karen Hinshaw, Purdue Extension - Huntington County director and HHS educator; Becky Holbert, Purdue Extension - Vermillion County director and 4-H educator; Mark Kepler, Purdue Extension - Fulton County director and ANR educator; Terri Newcom, HHS educator, Purdue Extension - Tipton County; Kris Parker, Northwest District regional CD educator; Alice Smith, HHS educator, Purdue Extension - Jasper County; Heather Strohm, Southwest District regional CD educator; and Kristi Whitacre, Purdue Extension - Vigo County director and CD educator.

Health & Human Sciences

Individual: Atina Rozhon, Purdue Extension - Jennings County director and HHS educator.

Team: Preserving Foods Safely at Home: Brenda Hagedorn, HHS educator, Purdue Extension - Perry County and Spencer County; Jane Jett, HHS educator, Purdue Extension - Posey County; and Susan Plassmeier, Purdue Extension - Vanderburgh County director and HHS educator.

Indiana 4-H Youth Development

Bob Amick Award: Mitch Wagoner, 4-H educator, Purdue Extension - Knox County

Individual: Liz Beiersdorfer, 4-H educator, Purdue Extension - Dearborn County

Team: Crime Busters Mania: Jane Beard, Purdue Extension - Daviess County director and 4-H educator; Cathy Boerste, Purdue Extension - Perry County director and 4-H educator; Randy Brown, 4-H educator, Purdue Extension - Vanderburgh County; Larry Dimmett, former Purdue Extension - Spencer County director and 4-H educator; Megan Hoffherr, 4-H educator, Purdue Extension - Gibson County; Carla Kidwell, Purdue Extension - Warrick County director and 4-H educator; and Cheven May, Purdue Extension - Posey County director and 4-H educator.

Diversity Award

Navigating Difference: Carmen DeRusha, CD educator, Purdue Extension - Marion County; Jan Dougan, Purdue Extension - Dubois County director and HHS educator; Cindy Hartman, Purdue Extension - Fayette County director, 4-H educator, and HHS educator; Bill Horan, ANR educator and CD educator, Purdue Extension - Wells County; Samm Johnson, 4-H educator, Purdue Extension - Allen County; Andrew Martin, ANR educator, Purdue Extension - Newton County; Melissa Merida, former Purdue Extension - Floyd County director and 4-H educator; Amy Nierman, Purdue Extension - Southeast District Director; Marcia Parcell, HHS educator, Purdue Extension - Dearborn County; Kris Parker, Northwest District regional CD educator; Hugh Tonagel, Purdue Extension - LaPorte County director and 4-H educator; Teresa Witkoske, Purdue Extension - Wabash County director and HHS educator; Steve Yoder, Central District CD educator; and Katie Zuber, HHS educator, Purdue Extension - Lawrence County.

Cooperative Extension Service Team Award

Camp Downtown: Mary Foell, 4-H educator and CD educator, Purdue Extension - LaPorte County; Patty Keating, CD educator, Purdue Extension - Porter County; and Hugh Tonagel, Purdue Extension - LaPorte County director and 4-H educator. 

Writer: Darrin Pack, 765-494-8415, dpack@purdue.edu 

Source: Nick Rogers, 765-496-0108, rogersn@purdue.edu 

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: Photos of the winners are available at https://ag.purdue.edu/extension/awards/Pages/2016p1.aspx

Agricultural Communications: (765) 494-8415;
Darrin Pack, dpack@purdue.edu 
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