Crop science majors Neal Benson, Bairek Bush, Charlie Farr and Matthew Woolard have earned scholarships from the Arkansas Agricultural Consultants Association.

Claire Williams, Shady Afrin Jeesan and Gehendra Bhattarai were the winners of the Honors Student Board Poster Competition.

The fellowships are each worth $34,000 per year for up to three years and are awarded to student researchers in the STEM fields.

Undergraduate, master's degree and doctoral student won top awards in Bumpers College's annual Gamma Sigma Delta Poster and Oral Competition.

Plant pathologist Clemencia M. Rojas received a $900,000 CAREER Award that will help support her investigation of the biological warfare waged between plants and pathogenic bacteria.

A special group of 11 students has been chosen to serve as ambassadors of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences for 2019-20.

Robert Rosene, a graduate student in agricultural economics and agribusiness, successfully defended his thesis titled "Producer Preferences for Alternative Irrigation Practices in the Arkansas Delta."

Jackson Cothren and Jason Tullis, both professors of geography, will be speak at the Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Plant Science Building 009.

Current students will meet and connect with alumni and friends of the college from 5-7 p.m. at the Maudine Sanders Student Plaza and Garden and Hawkins Family Terrace.

In addition to the team title, students Will Bryles received 1st Overall Individual, Dakota Walker received 2nd Overall Individual, and Katie Bugenhagen received 5th Overall Individual.