Faces of AgSci Archives

Nolan Carson | Environmental Economics and Policy | Sutherlin, OR

Sustainability Chair of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity | CAS Ambassador

Community Engagement and Leadership employee | LEAP Club President

Dallas Hall Defrees I Alumni I B.S. Biology I M.S. Rangeland Ecology and Management I Regenerative Ranching Program Director I Baker City, Oregon

Eric Giovanni Soto | Crop & Soil Science with Agronomy option | Senior

The Dalles Oregon | First-generation college student | Men's Soccer Club Goalkeeper

MANRRS Chapter President and Community Representative Officer

Deidre Schreiber I Agricultural Sciences I OSU Agriculture and Natural Resources Program at Eastern Oregon University I Enterprise, Oregon I EOU Ag Club President I OSU ANR Program Ambassador I Oregon FFA State Secretary 2019-2020 I 2018 Chief Joseph Days Rodeo Queen

Alyssa Thibodeau | Food Science & Technology | Mesa, Arizona

First-generation college student | Food and Fermentation Science Club President

Pre-Veterinary Medical Association President | OSU Goat Club Vice President

Golden Voice Award | Local and university scholarships

Presentation award at CAS Research Poster Showcase

Pursuing Poetry and Plants. Grace with buildings

Grace Burks I Agricultural Sciences I Sustainability I Las Vegas, NV & Cary, NC

Writing Intensive Curriculum Culture of Writing Award in Agricultural Sciences I Environmental Justice Youth Art Debut Poetry Performer with Beyond Toxics & the NAACP Eugene/Springfield I Undergraduate Student Success Summit Keynote Performing Poet I Weaver Award for Undergraduate Poetry Winner & Honorable Mention

Corvallis Swing Dance Society I Academy of American Poets

Yan Yan | Crop and Soil Science | Chongqing, China | OSU Hiking Club President

CAS Ambassador | First-generation female college student in the US

Top prize for Branch Experiment Station Research Poster/Presentation

for the 2020 CAS Undergraduate Research Showcase

Chase Adams | Memphis, TN | Alumni

B.S. Agricultural Business Management | M.S. Applied Economics

Erica Sequoia Baker I Business Administration I Sustainability I Senior I First Generation College Student I Hemet, California

Jessie Uehling I Assistant Professor of Fungal Biology I BSc Botany, Humboldt State University I MSc Mycology, Humboldt State University I PhD Genetics Genomics, Duke University I Boise, Idaho

Cade Jobe | Food Science and Technology | Austin, TX

Mina McDaniel Research Scholarship in Sensory Sciences

Grant and Alice Schoenhard Research Scholarship | Jack Joyce Scholarship

Anne Thrall-Nash I Senior I Environmental Economics and Policy I Sustainability I Hillsboro, Oregon I First Generation Bachelor's Degree Student

Jessica Xu | 4th Year, Post-bacc | Environmental Economics and Policy

CAS Student Ambassador | OSU MANRRS Treasurer | Los Angeles, CA

Drew Jacobson | Senior | Eugene, OR

Double Degree | Environmental Economics and Policy | Sustainability

Minor in Spanish

Sophie Baur I Biological Data Sciences I Undergraduate I Portland, Oregon

Dan Hickey I 2nd Year Undergraduate I Biological Data Science I Computational Biology

Matthew Mehlschau | Agronomy, Crop and Soil Science

Minor in Agriculture and Food Business Management

Warrens Memorial Scholarship | Flanagan Scholarship | Jefferson, OR

Samuel Hoefler | Agronomy, Crop and Soil Science | Meadville, PA

Head Grower at Prūf Cultivar | Transfer Student | Ecampus

Dalyn McCauley | Faculty Research Assistant | North Willamette Research & Extension Center

Member of Engineers Without Borders USA; Member of ASABE; 2019 Grant A. Harris Fellowship recipient

Central Point, OR | First Generation College Student

Stuart Bailey | Animal and Rangeland Sciences | Ecampus | New Jersey

United State Coast Guard Arctic Service Ribbon

First Generation College Student

Jamie Rand | Fisheries and Wildlife | Monmouth, OR | Senior

Branch Experiment Stations Intern

Le'Waski Watkins | Horticulture and Crop & Soil Science | Tuscaloosa, AL

CAS Leadership Academy | First Generation College Student | Class of 2023

Reuben Oliver Garnett | Agricultural Science | Beaverton, OR

Organic Growers Club | Class of 2020

photo by Sean Simonson

Maizy Kesterson | Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences | Medford, OR | Junior

College of Agriculture Sciences Ambassador

I am the first person in my family to attend a large university and pursue a bachelors degree. My mom previously received her associates degree from community college in order to work as a medical assistant in a pediatric clinic.