U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences has named 23 students winners of outstanding student awards for 2020-21 from its eight departments and the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

Outstanding students were selected from undergraduate, master's degree and doctoral programs.

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

• Sara Gardner, senior

• Bailey Peterson, M.S.

Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology

• Katie Gardner, senior

• Anika Parks, M.S.

Animal Science

• Elle Rottman, senior

• Nicole Noga, M.S.

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Mason Castner, M.S.

• Lawson Priess, Ph.D.

Entomology and Plant Pathology

• Ava Wait, M.S.

• Dylan Cleary, Ph.D.

Food Science

• Nguyen Ngo, Senior

• Andrea Myers, M.S.

• Ragita Pramudya, Ph.D.

Horticulture

• Josh Tebow, senior

• Kenneth Buck, M.S.

• Eric DeBoer, Ph.D.

Poultry Science

• Stephanie Bennett, senior

• Maricela Maqueda, M.S.

• Craig Maynard, Ph.D.

School of Human Environmental Sciences

• Ilona Poole, senior

• Sarah E. Brown, M.S.

The college also recognized its Ambassadors for 2020-21. The group represents the college at on-campus and off-campus functions and events, and assists the Dean's Office with multiple projects. This year's group included Stephanie Bennett (lead ambassador), Evan Buckner, Jaylon Carothers, Sydney Delossantos, Katie Hope, Katie Long, Jesus Lopez, Hilsden Moseley, Logan Moss, Golda Nunneley, Laykyn Rainbolt and Caleb Swears.

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.