May 2007
Accolades
Shirley Baber, administrative assistant in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, was honored with the college’s Employee of the Month Award for April. Her nominator praised her contributions that have made Virginia Tech a better place to work for everyone in the department: “Shirley is known as ‘The Fixer’ in our department. Whenever anyone has a problem […], Shirley is the person everyone turns to with confidence. A key element is that Shirley always takes the time to find the correct answer and process for addressing each issue. She does it in a timely and cheerful manner.”
Robert Wright, professor of horticulture, has received a patent on “WoodGro,” a container planting material made from ground pine trees.
Off campus:
Joel Bunn, 4-H agent, York County, was named the March 2007 In the VESA Spotlight Award winner. Bunn was recognized for his innovative, positive, and collaborative programming efforts to develop the 4-H/DARE Leadership Camp with the York County Sheriff’s Office. He was also chair of the district-wide 4-H camp called “High Octane,” which was held at the Jamestown 4-H Center.
Laurie Fox, horticultural associate, Hampton Roads AREC, was named the April In the VESA Spotlight Award winner. Fox was honored for her excellence in new evaluative tool creation for the 2007 ANR Pesticide Safety Education programs and her work on the Urban Water Quality VCE publication series. She has successfully reached underserved audiences and frequently collaborates with diverse associations to provide consultations and educational programming. Fox is respected by her colleagues for her generosity in sharing her presentations, writings, and research with any Extension agent who asks.
Mike Jahncke, professor of food science and technology and director of the Virginia Seafood AREC, was reappointed to a second two-year term on the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) by the USDA Secretary of Agriculture. The advisory committee provides scientific guidance to the FDA and USDA on microbiological food-safety issues.
College Service Awards
The following faculty and staff members have been recognized for their years of outstanding service to the university. We thank them for their contributions and cherish their rich experience.
40 years:
• Sue Tolin, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science
• Nancy Davis, Eastern Shore AREC
• Ethel Hart, Suffolk City Extension Office
35 years:
• Eleanor Stephens, Animal and Poultry Sciences
• Steven Lowe, Biochemistry
• Loke Kok, Entomology
• Joyce Shelton, Horticulture
• Theodore Ellmore, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
• Lucian Zelazny, CSES
• Elizabeth Coleman, Augusta County Extension Office
• William Herbert, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
30 years:
• Eugenia Eaton, APS
• James Knight, APS
• Jiann Shin Chen, Biochemistry
• Richard Fleet, Dairy Farm
• Ben Cline, Entomology
• Sarah Kenley, Entomology
• Joseph Voshell, Entomology
• Claude Kenley, PPWS
• Marcus Alley, CSES
• James Belote, III, Accomack County Extension Office
• Judith Bonsall, Lynchburg City Extension Office
• Carolyn Crowder, Tidewater AREC
• Barbara Howlett, Richmond City Extension Office
• Samuel Johnson, Westmoreland County Extension Office
• Louetta Jones, FCS and 4-H, Petersburg Extension Office VT online directory says this, but she’s not listed on the VCE websites
• Carla Woods, Accomack County Extension Office
• Keith Yoder, Alson H. Smith, Jr. AREC
25 years:
• Elizabeth Dunnington, APS
• Mark Wahlberg, APS
• Elizabeth Watson, Biochemistry
• Robert Akers, Dairy Science
• Michael Barnes, DS
• Bennet Cassell, DS
• Douglas Pfeiffer, Entomology
• Anton Baudoin, PPWS
• Erik Stromberg, PPWS
• Charlotte Anders, Hampton Roads AREC
• William Richardson, ANHR-IT
• David Orden, Agricultural and Applied Economics
• Daniel Taylor, AAE
• Gary Whitley, CSES
• Berline Brown, Suffolk City Extension Office
• Paul Davis, New Kent County Extension Office
• Debbie Hash, Grayson County Extension Office
• Susan Herndon, Wise County Extension Office
• William Jennings, Southern Piedmont AREC
• Teresa Lambert, Richmond County Extension Office
• Edith McIntire, Alson H. Smith, Jr. AREC
• Patsy Pelland, Prince Edward County Extension Office
• Katherine Sturgill, Roanoke County Extension Office
• Bonnie Tazewell, Chesapeake City Extension Office
• Kelvin Wells, Sussex County Extension Office
• William Whittle, Page County Extension Office
20 years:
• Nancy Templeman, CALS Admin
• Conrad Heatwole, Biological Systems Engineering
• David Mercier, APS
• Timothy Larson, Biochemistry
• Jean Cobb, Biochemistry
• Phoebe Peterson, Dairy Farm
• Suzanne Piovano, Horticulture
• Valerie Cash, Biochemistry
• Amy Myers, CALS Admin
• Annette Fluri, CSES
• Carl Zipper, CSES
• Iris Bufka, Chesapeake City Extension Office
• Kahtryn Dunn, Bland County Extension Office
• Gloria Faulkner, Roanoke County Extension Office
• Johanna Hahn, Newport News City Extension Office
• James Harris, Tazewell County Extension Office
• William Helsel, Middleburg AREC
• Almeda McKenney, Northumberland County Extension Office
• Minerva Miller, Alson H. Smith, Jr. AREC
• Carolyn Scalf, Scott County Extension Office
15 years:
• Timothy FisherPoff, CALS Admin
• Judith Jervis, Biochemistry
• Steven Heckendorn, CSES
• Hengjian Wang, Processing Facility
• Cynthia Gochenour, Northwest District Office
• Paige Hogge, Middlesex County Extension Office
• Diana Hundley, Sussex County Extension Office
• Michael Lachance, Nelson County Extension Office
• Irethia Wood, Richmond County Extension Office
10 years:
• Foster Agblevor, BSE
• Teresa McDonald, APS
• Stephanie Collins, ANHR-IT
• Scott Shetrone, ANHR-IT
• Sheila Norman, CALS Admin
• Linda Smith, College Farm
• Jianli Chen, CSES
• Susan Sumner, Food Science and Technology
• Sharon Kast, HNFE
• Christina McIntyre, HNFE
• Carol Papillon, HNFE
• Mary Coyner, Augusta County Extension Office
• Sallie Hall, Carroll County Extension Office
• M. Watson Lawrence, Jr., Chesapeake City Extension Office
• Linda Cole, Chesterfield County Extension Office
• Susan Little, Dinwiddie County Extension Office
• Jacquelyn Wilgus, Gloucester County Extension Office
• Laurie Jo Fox, Hampton Roads AREC
• Suzanne McGehee, Louisa County Extension Office
• C. Taylor Clarke, Jr., Mecklenburg County Extension Office
• Elizabeth Hall, Norfolk City Extension Office
• Ana Moran, Prince William County Extension Office
• Robert Clark, Shenandoah County Extension Office
• Mary Donna Hamm, Smyth County Extension Office
• Kimberley Russell, Smyth County Extension Office
• Margaret Kenny, Southern Piedmont AREC
• Diana Gilliam, Southwest 4-H Center
• Lea Jackson, Southwest District Office
• Donald Wright, Southwest Virginia AREC
• Cindy Gaines-Kyttle, Sussex County Extension Office
• David Holshouser, Tidewater AREC
• Patricia Lewis, Tidewater AREC
• Gail Umphlett White, Tidewater AREC
• Michael Jahncke, Virginia Seafood AREC