Bumpers College Names Yearly Academic Award Winners, Recognizes Honors Grads

Seven students in six different majors from U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences were named winners of annual academic awards.

Amber Knoernschild, a human nutrition and dietetics major in the School of Human Environmental Sciences from Allen, Texas, was named the college's Presidential Scholar.

Ragita Pramudya, Mason Cole Castner and Jared Allen Ruff were named Dale Bumpers Distinguished Scholars. Pramudya, in food science, is the Ph.D. recipient; Castner, in crop science from Weatherford, Texas, is the master's degree winner; and Ruff, in poultry science from Springdale, is the undergraduate transfer honoree.

Kathryn Lynn Gardner, a double-major in agricultural education, communication and technology, and agricultural business from Fayetteville, is the John W. White Outstanding Student Award winner.

Logan Gage Moss, an agricultural education, communication and technology, and agricultural business double-major from Rosston, was named winner of the Spitze Public Policy Legislative Internship Award.

Colin Keady, an agricultural education, communication and technology, and political science double-major from Alma, earned the Stanley E. Reed Internship Award.

Bumpers College also recognized this year's honors graduates:

• Gabriel Apple, animal science, Yellville
• Braden Bateman, agricultural business, Ratcliff
• Ashley Berghoff, human development and family sciences, St. Louis, Missouri
• Kelby Biswell, agricultural education, communication and technology, and horticulture, landscape and turf sciences, Prairie Grove
• Adrian Bradley, hospitality management, Highland Village, Texas
• Evan Buckner, crop science, Pine Bluff
• Rachel Burger, human development and family sciences, Spring Hill, Kansas
• Ethan Collins, poultry science, and environmental, soil and water science, Springdale
• Cara Conner, human nutrition and dietetics, Mountain Home
• Alison Creasey, agricultural education, communication and technology, Siloam Springs
• McKenna Cunningham, agricultural business, Lincoln
• Davina D'Angelo, animal science, Rogers
• Kayla DeMark, apparel merchandising and product development, Fayetteville
• Laurel Dhority, animal science, Pocahontas
• Daniella Duran, animal science, Overland Park, Kansas
• Caitlin Fitzpatrick, human development and family sciences, Overland Park, Kansas
• Kathryn Gardner, agricultural education, communication and technology, and agricultural business, Fayetteville
• Sara Gardner, agricultural business, Fayetteville
• Heather Glenn, poultry science, Fayetteville
• Mackenzie Harrell, human nutrition and dietetics, Rogers
• Noah Hayward, agricultural business, Springdal
• Mesa Kutz, animal science, West Fork
• Elizabeth Lafferty, animal science, Emmet
• Danielle Lamont, human nutrition and dietetics, Prairie Grove
• Lauren Laverty, poultry science, Springdale
• Jordan Moore, environmental, soil and water science, Little Rock
• Allison Morgan, animal science, White Hall
• Machaela Morrison, environmental, soil and water science, West Fork
• Annalee Parker, animal science, Marion
• Ilona Poole, human development and family sciences, Austin, Texas
• Ashlynn Robinson, food science, Little Rock
• Elle Rottman, animal science and Spanish, Little Rock
• Emily Stewart, animal science, Little Rock
• Joshua Tebow, horticulture, landscape and turf sciences, Mount Vernon, Missouri
• Hannah Warner, environmental, soil and water science, Southlake, Texas
• Sara Wilson, apparel merchandising and product development, Alma

They were recognized in a virtual ceremony on April 15.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2.7 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.