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2023 CAFLS Student Awards

Undergraduate Awards

Tiarra Green  Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Outstanding Senior

Tiarra Green

Animal & Veterinary Sciences

Laura Lothridge  Horticulture

Outstanding Junior

Laura Lothridge

Horticulture

Graci Gotchy  Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Outstanding Sophomore

Graci Gotchy

Animal & Veterinary Sciences

Mary-Clanton Bozard  Agribusiness

Outstanding Freshman

Mary-Clanton Bozard

Agribusiness

Graduate Awards

Sneh Bangar

Sneh Bangar

Outstanding
Graduate Student
in Research

Graduate Research Assistant
Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department

Research Topic:
Investigating the potential use of starch-based biopolymer films for food packaging.

Brian Lawrence

Brian Lawrence

Outstanding
Graduate Student
in Research

Graduate Research Assistant
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department

Research Topic:
Tree tolerance to abiotic stresses and sustainable management of peach orchards and small fruits in the southeastern region of the United States.

Vishal Manjunatha

Vishal Manjunatha

Outstanding
Graduate Student
in Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department

Course Taught:
MICR 4071, Food and Dairy Microbiology Laboratory 

Madeleine Bolick

Madeleine Bolick

Outstanding
Graduate Student
in Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department

Course/s Taught:
FOR 4340/6340, GIS for Natural Resources

Mary Featherstone

Outstanding Ambassador

CAFLS Ambassadors are a premier group of student leaders who represent the college and serve as the face of the undergraduate students within CAFLS, interface with the various constituents of the college including prospective students, administration, donors, alumni and friends.

CAFLS Ambassadors
Mary Featherstone
group of smiling students walking across a grassy field carrying buckets and digging equipment

The Muddy Tigers

Outstanding Student Club/Organization

The Muddy Tigers," Clemson's Soils Team, "digs" deep into how South Carolina, regional, national, and international soils play an essential role in food, fiber, fun, and our future! The Muddy Tigers learn how to characterize soil and landscape features to make sound decisions on potential uses and for natural resource conservation.

Kinlyn Hinson

Cultivate.CAFLS First Place

Kinlyn Hinson won first place in the Fall 2022 Cultivate.CAFLS entrepreneurship competition. Her startup concept, Hinson Family Farms, would work to bridge the gap between traditional agriculture and the general public.

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Kinlyn Hinson Cultivate CAFLS First Place winner

University Awards

Grace Hassell

Grace Hassell

Blue Key Academic and Leadership Award

Agribusiness

 Elizabeth Hudgens

Elizabeth Hudgens

Phi Kappa Phi Certificate of Merit

Horticulture

Undergraduate Research Awards

Jane Arnold

1st Place

Jane Arnold

Topic: Who is the recurrent farmers' market customer? Evidence from markets in the greater South Carolina region

Major: Agribusiness

Laura Lothridge

2nd Place

Laura Lothridge

Topic: The effects of soil temperature on bloom time

Major: Horticulture

Grayson Seymore

3rd Place

Grayson Seymore

Topic: Yellow Pine sapling identification: Ecological restoration and subjective workload

Major: Environmental & Natural Resources

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