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
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
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.
Diana Esparza | Animal Sciences | Hermiston, OR | Senior
STEM Leaders Program Assistant, CAS Leadership Academy Fellow, EOP & CAMP Alumna, CAS Dean's List, and MANRRS Executive Member
First generation college student
Joshua Flores | Bioresource Research | McMinnville, OR | Sophomore
STEM Leader Program | First generation college student
Anton Alvarez | Bioresource Research | Monmouth, OR | Junior
STEM Leaders Program | Multicultural Scholars Program
SACNAS Member | OSU Marching Band
Logan Quinn | Horticulture | Sykesville, MD | Class of 2020
CAS Leadership Academy Fellow | MANRRS Executive Member
CAS Deans List | LSAMP Scholar Mentor | Honors Distinction Research Fellow
Champayne Master | Animal Sciences | Phoenix, AZ | Class of 2020
STEM Leaders (Mentor) | Human-Animal Interaction Lab | LSAMP
First Generation College Student
Ruben Lopez | Animal Science | BioResource Research | Boardman, OR | Junior
College Assistance Migrant Program Completion
CAS Leadership Academy Completion | CAS Deans List Certificate of Excellence
2020-2021 National MANNRS Officer - Undergraduate Student Vice President
Emily A. Carlson | Horticulture, Focus: Entomology | PhD | Oregon
Graduate Research Fellow (National Science Foundation), President’s Volunteer Service Award, Bronze
First generation graduate student
Alexandra M. Avila | Fisheries | Quito, Ecuador | PhD Candidate
Former Nancy Foster Scholar (NOAA ONMS)
I am the first woman in my family to attend college.
Raven Waldron | BioResource Research | Class of 2019 | Silver Lake, OR
SACNAS/MANRRS Chapter Officer (3 years) | 2018 CAS Outstanding Senior Award
2016 CAS Burlingham Student of Excellence Award
Juriana Examaray Barboza Sagrero | BioResource Research | Junior | Corvallis, OR
First Generation College Student
Angel Hammon | Agricultural Sciences | Senior | Susanville, California
Gates Millennium Scholar | Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
STEM Leaders | International Agriculture Club | First Generation College Student
Kourtney Lehman | Agricultural Business Management | Senior | Baker City, OR
2019-2020 National FFA Secretary
Tessa Barker | Crop Science | Masters | Salem, OR | ASHS and ISHS member
ASHS Undergraduate Oral Competition 2018 (2nd Place)
ASHS Undergraduate Oral Competition 2019 (3rd Place)
Jon Campbell | Food Science and Technology | Corvallis, OR
Matthew Slattery | Toxicology | PhD Candidate | Colorado Springs, CO
ARCS Scholar
The OSU chapter was honored with a new award category, created specifically to celebrate their work with Native American communities.
Jordan Levi | Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences | OSU Ecampus
Gillian Bergmann | Bioresource Research | Portland, OR
Metzin Rodriguez | BioResource Research | Coos Bay, OR
Qianqian Fan | 2nd Year Master's student from China | Crop Science
Ty Seely | Horticulture and International Studies | Hillsboro, OR
Anastasiya Berst | Food Science & Technology - Enology & Viticulture | Senior
1st Generation college student | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Ian Thompson | BioResource Research | Junior | Corvallis, OR
Multicultural Scholar | Fall/Winter 2017 Honor Roll
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Shelby Wanser | 2nd Year Master’s | Animal Sciences