Utah State University Commencement 2021 - College of Agriculture

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Gary Straquadine, Professor, Aviation and Technical Education TEACHER OF THE YEAR Heloisa Rutigliano, Assistant Professor, Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

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Utah State University Commencement, 2021 – College of

Agriculture and Applied Sciences Convocation

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2020-2021 GRADUATING CLASS PROCESSION

into Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

INTRODUCTIONS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Brian K Warnick, Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Student Services, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES

Kenneth L White, Dean, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

VALEDICTORIAN

Jeffrey Allan Austin, Applied Economics

Valedictorian’s Faculty Escort: Brandon Willis, Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Applied Economics

2020-2021 GRADUATING CLASS RECESSION

from Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES

CONVOCATION

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VALEDICTORIAN: Jeffrey Austin

Jeffrey Austin has achieved outstanding academic success in the university’s Department of Applied Economics and also became a well-rounded scholar as he pursued undergraduate research and Extension work in addition to his coursework Jeff has received several academic scholarships, been on the Dean’s List four times, and twice earned the “A” Pin Award—a highly esteemed academic honor that recognizes full-time students who maintain a 4.0 grade point average for two consecutive semesters Jeff has worked for the university since May of 2018, engaging in Extension research with the primary intent of helping to identify water conservation opportunities on Utah cropland

Jeff’s love of the outdoors developed as he spent most of his free time traipsing around the woods, fishing, hunting, fur trapping, and exploring near the family farmstead in Minneapolis, Kansas, where his family had moved from their previous home in Murray, Utah, when he was very young He also grew to love and admire his family’s farming operation and aspired to be part of furthering its success After graduating high school, Jeff left to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Upon completing his two-year missionary service, Jeff returned to Utah to pursue a degree in agribusiness at USU In summer

2020, Jeff and his wife, Alex, moved to Nebraska where he completed an internship

in grain origination and merchandising Upon graduation, Jeff and Alex will return

to Kansas where she will attend graduate school and he will continue to work in partnership with his brother to manage 320 acres of Kansas farmland

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DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

Gary Straquadine, Professor, Aviation and Technical Education

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Heloisa Rutigliano, Assistant Professor, Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

FACULTY RESEARCHER

Irina Polejaeva, Professor, Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR

Tyson Sorensen, Assistant Professor, Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY MENTOR

Andreas Wesemann, Professional Practice Associate Professor,

Aviation and Technical Education

GRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR

Kynda Curtis, Professor, Applied Economics

FACULTY UNIVERSITY SERVICE AWARD

Denise Stewardson, Extension Associate Professor, Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

INTERNATIONAL PROFESSOR

Scott Jones, Professor, Plants, Soils and Climate

USUSA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED

SCIENCES 2020-2021 SENATOR

Austin Flitton, Aviation and Technical Education

2020-2021 College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS

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Dissertation: Evaluating Microbial Safety of

Food Products and Processes in Small Scale

Food Services and Cottage Industries

Dr Brian Nummer

Atoloye, Idowu Ademola

Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science

Dissertation: Soil Health, Phosphorus and

Carbon Dynamics in Response to a One-Time

Compost Application and Cover Crops in

Organic Dryland Winter Wheat

Dr Jennifer R Reeve and Dr Astrid

Jacobson

Bolletta, Andrea Ivana

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science

Dissertation: Enhancing the Production and

Sustainability of Pasture-Fed Beef Using

Non-Traditional Legume Forages

Dr Jennifer W MacAdam

Burrows, Michelle Sherri

Doctor of Philosophy in Career and

Technical Education

Dissertation: Socioscientific Issues in

School-Based Agricultural Education: Describing and

Exploring Factors of Integration

Dr Tyson Sorensen

Cuthbert, Jocelyn Marie

Doctor of Philosophy in Animal, Dairy, and

Veterinary Sciences

Dissertation: Comparative Analysis of Small

Non-Coding RNA and Messenger RNA

Expression in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

and In Vitro-Fertilized Bovine Embryos During

Early Development Through the

Maternal-to-Embryonic Transition

Dr Abby D Benninghoff

Fagundes, Mark Avila

Doctor of Philosophy in Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

Dissertation: Investigation of Methionine and Lysine Derivatives as a Source of Rumen- Protected Amino Acids for Lactating Dairy Cows

Dr Jeffery O Hall

Habermehl, Tracy Lynn

Dissertation: The Physiological Significance

of Young Ovarian Tissue on Post-reproductive Female Mice

Dr Jeffrey B Mason

Hickerson, Brady Tim

Dissertation: New World Mammarenaviral Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Determinants of Infection and Disease

Dr Brian B Gowen

Hill, Paul Allen

Doctor of Philosophy in Career and Technical Education

Dissertation: Factors Explaining Remote Work Adoption in the United States

Dr Debra Spielmaker

Johnson, Zachary Freitag

Doctor of Philosophy in Climate Sciences

Dissertation: Remote Ocean Forcing on Interannual-to-Decadal Climate Variability through Inter-Basin Interactions

Dr Yoshimitsu Chikamoto

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King, Elizabeth

Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition and Food

Sciences

Dissertation: When Healthy Turns Harmful:

Increasing Understanding of Potential Risk

Factors and Approaches to Decreasing

Dissertation: Local and Systemic Effects of

Flavonoid Intake with Submaximal Cycling

Exercise: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Dr Robert Ward

Kusuma, Paul

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science

Dissertation: Phytochrome Physiology and

Plant Perception of Far-Red Photons

Dr Bruce Bugbee

Lee, Juhee

Sciences

Dissertation: Effect of High-Intensity

Ultrasound on Bubble Dynamics, Oxidation and

Crystallization Behavior of Fats

Dr Silvana Martini

Li, Minghao

Sciences

Dissertation: Exploring the Connection

Between Acid Exposure and Virulence in Listeria

Monocytogenes

Dr Jeff R Broadbent

Mukherjee, Avik

Doctor of Philosophy in Climate Sciences

Dissertation: Examination and Empirical

Forecast of Wheat Yield in Northwest India

Based on Climate and Socio-Economic Factors

a Food System

Dr Marie K Walsh

Nehra, Arpita

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics

Dissertation: Essays in Water Transfer and Water Sharing: The Past and the Present

Dr Reza Oladi

Phatak, Sumira

Dissertation: Promotion of Colon Tumorigenesis

in C57BL/6J Mice Following Multigenerational

or Ancestral Exposure to the Total Western Diet and Intervention with Green Tea Extract

Dr Allen J Young

Viotti Perisse, Iuri

Dissertation: Generation of Sheep Models of Cystic Fibrosis by Gene Editing and Cloning

Dr Irina Polejaeva & Dr Kenneth White

Dr Bruce Bugbee

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MASTER’S DEGREE RECIPIENTS

Brady, Tevan James

Master of Science in Animal,

Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

Briggs, Reganne Kay

Dairy, and Veterinary

Sciences

Collier, Crystal

Dairy, and Veterinary

Sciences

Echols, Rebecca

Master of Public Health Veterinary

Leppo, Kelsy Anne

Master of Science in Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

Peterson, Evan Kurt

Sears, Austin Paul

Swanson, Katie Irene

Whitworth, Victoria Rose

Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

Anderson, Jae Rashel

Molano Tovar, John Alejandro

Master of Science in Applied Economics

Hendrickson, Ellary

Master of Education in Career and Technical Education

Jensen, Courtnie Ann

Louder, Erica Ramsey

Master of Science in Agricultural Extension and Education

Nelson, Adam

Nilsen, ShaeLin Maurine

Master of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Extension

Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

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Aedo, Lisa Janet

Mann, Erin K.

Master of Science in Environmental Planning

Nabeela, Humaira Yusuf

Master of Science in Bioregional Planning

Oates, Logan Anthony

Master of Landscape Architecture

Warner, Zach

Wenger, Landis Christopher

Master of Science in Environmental Planning

Wilcken, Amelia Hope Theobald

Woods, Tiffany K

Master of Science in Bioregional Planning

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Barstow, Shawn

Master of Aviation Science

Bullock, William Douglas

Sorensen, Daxton Lee

Aviation and Technical Education

Robinson, Amber Gabrielle

Woodard, Joseph

Master of Science in Technology and Engineering Education

Woodward, Rodney

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Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

Master of Science in Nutrition

and Food Sciences

Bunnell, Madison Lindsay

Master of Public Health

Master of Science in Nutrition

and Food Sciences

Dalley, Natalie B

Master of Public Health

DeLor, Abigail Behr

Dorfner, Tiffany Marie

Master of Dietetics Administration

Gagon, Andrew Thomas

Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Sciences

Gray, Amelia

Hales, Bryce Rodney

Hindi, Sandy Kamal

Holden, Margaret

James, Brooke

Master of Public Health Nutrition

Kunzler, Alicia Kaylene

Mosher, Valerie

Ortega, Jessica A

Overbeck, Sophie Louise

Rich, Mackenzie L.

Seely, Kimberly A.

Sharber, Rachel

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Tattersall, Brynli Jade

Umphrey, Joy Lynn

Welch, Amanda

Younan, Sandy Basil

Zelenak, Susan Lynn

Adeleke, Kareem A

Master of Science in Soil

Science

Allen, Britney Gwen

Master of Science in Plant

Colver, Preston Samuel

Science

Evans, Shane Robert

Science

Holt, Jonathan A

Master of Science in Plant Science

Johnson, Samuel Lee

Lawson, Kylie

Lewis, Maegen Anne

Roberts, Carson David

Slebodnik, Kathryn Ann

Master of Science in Soil Science

Plants, Soils and Climate

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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

AGRICULTURE – GENERAL STUDIES

Broadbent, Lott Taylor

Charboneau, Jonathan Alfred

Clinger, Brianna

Guffey, Hailee Brook

Haltli, Randy Adam

Hesketh, Taryn Amanda

Jewkes, Kurtis Alan

Jones, Steven AshtonLangford, Lauren BarbaraMcCloy, McCinly JoMcCune, Andrew JamesMoon, Mckenna NaomiPriskos, Andrew Alexander**

Rieker, Jacob Scot*Severts, PaigeVance, Carson DouglasWard, McKenna Jo*Wells, Ashley ReNee

Bachelor of Science

AGRICULTURE – INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Gates, Rachel Joy Lewis, Amanda*** Pali, Courtney Dawn*

ANIMAL, DAIRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCES

Arnold, Sydney Ellen

Babbel, Noelle Tiana

Beaman, Lilly Anna

Berrett, Jerod Seigmund

Bethers, Camille Rae

Beyer, Cameron Scott

Bigham, Lydia Ann Esplin*

Bingham, Dylan Edward

Bingham, Lily Ann*

Borg, Jesse Walker

Britt, Laurel Jean

Christensen, Brock Aaron*

Coombs, Spencer Kay

DeHart, Samantha Dixie

Despain, Rachel**

Dickson, Aubrey Amelia*

Dotinga, Madelyn JeanFarnsworth, Jalysa Rose***

Ferney, EmmaFloyd, Kelsey BohlingFord, Kierstin BreanneGaudette, Dallin LonGeorge, Abigail Frost*

Gibbs, Dalton DarrenGillman, Madison T.*

Gillmor, Haley DrechselGodfrey, Cole Dallan**

Malovich, Jessica LynneMarkham, James T

Marshall, Anna ChristineMcCormick, Skyler R.Michalko, Bridget J.*Mikesell, Bailee JoeMiller, Bailey SchipperMontgomery, Lauren R

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Morgan, Riley Travis

Morris, Landon L.*

Morse, Shelby Clara Lee*

Myers, Andrew Michael**

Myers, McCrae Dee*

Nesbitt, Noelle Ann***

Nielson, Mackenzie T

Noble, Jasmine Sheri*

Olson, Jacob A.**

Osborne, Makenna Lee

Packer, Katelyn

Patterson, Amanda Janae

Quinn, Aurora Lacey

Redd, Corbin Lee*

Robinson, Ember LeeRyan, Mallory JanSalas, Jaden Seth*

Stamm, Alanna M

Starrett, Michael D

Stewart, Rebekah Mae

Szymoniak, Ellie MarieTaylor, Mackenzie Jenna*Thornton, Amber***Timmerman, Kenna Jean*Torres, Claudia

Tueller, Madison EnoneVisser, Rebecca Anne**Waldron, Connor Douglas*Whitby, Hayden EllisWhite, Tori JeanetteYelderman, Kristofer Joseph

Zwerdling, Alexie

APPLIED ECONOMICS

Anderson, Cedar Joan*

Anderson, Shayla Kathryn**

Durfee, Dakota Verr

Eliason, Kooper Shane

Evans, Corbin Glen*

Gines, Lejon WaydeHaviland, Logan**

Hopper, JessicaHubbard, Teagan Lloyd**

Ishimwe, Linda BazineJensen, Makayla GeneLake, Dexton Tracy*

Larson, Michael JakeLimon, Olivia***

Malovich, Jacob ChristianMatherne, Pamela J

May, Gary Joseph

McKay, Adam TimothyMiles, McKade M

Misrasi, Maecee Leann*Muncy, Benjamin JamesNelson, Amanda**

Peterson, Wyatt ClarkRavsten, Deric R

Redeker, Craig*

Reiss, David HansjoergRodrigues, Jacqueline MaryWhiteley, Alex John

APPLIED SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

Cline, Justin Daniel

Dellinger, Shane Allen

Esplin, Jaysa Sparkle

Petmecky, Dean DavisRodriguez, Alejandro MiguelSnyder, Rylin

St Clair, LoranStorrer, Samuel Azriah

Certificates

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APPLIED SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

Blackham, Jacqueline Kay

Bullock, Brighton Trie

Carpenter, Iain Scott

Cline, Justin Daniel

Critchlow, Lisa

Fierro, Fernando

Gollaher, Nathan Tyson

Gonzales, Emilio Antonio

Gunnell, Jordan Paul

Hansen, Brytan CrispinHarmon, Samuel ZachariahHigley, Daniel Jay

Lobato, JessieLopez, DominicMiller, Devon Joseph JamesOlson, Tanner Del

Payne, Clint M

Petrie, Anna L

Scott, Benjamin LloydShaffer, Scott GarrettStoddard, John DanielWebb, Braxton KellyWilson, Ezra JamesWinberg, Brylei

Associate of Applied Science

Cummings, Riata Jean

Graham, Jacob Nathan

Grover, Megan Tyler

Hadley, Utona M

Hansen, Vivien Ann

Holmes, Andrew KeithHughes, Lillian KayJensen, Gage D

Jones, AbbeyLott, Victoria R

Marshall Jr, Steven ClarkMcGavin, Noah RyanMeiser, Jackson DarrenNorton, Gerrick JohnPearson, Megan Grace

Phillips, Megan DeannReidhead, Ryan J

Richens, Jessica DeeSelin, Kailen V

Sessions, Marina RoseTolman, Annika JustineVelazquez, JaileneWilliams, Keaton McInnesWinberg, Brylei

Worlton, Olivia Maurine

Associate of Science

Anderson, McKenna E.**

Andreasen, Jens Frederick

Baker, Caleb C

Battaglia, Jenna Lynn

Bench, Julie Kaye**

Beutler, Madelyn Marie*

Black, Kassidee Lynn

Black, Kegan Alonzo

Bland, Danella**

Boren, Jayson Jordan*

Bowles, Amelia Joan

Bradstreet, Stephanie*

Brost, Sakia D

Buhler, Morgan KathrynCaldwell, Boman GaryCates, Jordan R

Chadwick, KatieCheney, Cameron C

Christensen, Kastle KendallColburn, Dillon Cole**

Crone, SarahCumming, AndreaCummings, Riata Jean***

Deeben, Mariah Lynn

Dudley, Leland BuckErickson, Eli A

Eskelson, Brianna Joan**Ford, Sierra Lynn*

Foy, William WaysonFrancom, Kaitlyn D.***Garlick, Stewart Thomas*Gatherum, Alexis Marie**Gunnell, Jordan PaulHaviland, Logan**

Helm, Wyatt NathanHigley, Daniel Jay

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