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Eight receive Holling Family Awards for Teaching ExcellenceNebraska Eight University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty and staff members have received the 2010 Holling Family Awards for Teaching Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources. The annual awards honor outstanding teaching in UNL's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This year's recipients include the following: Senior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award--Susan Cuppett, professor in the Department of Food Science & Technology, and Ron Hanson, Neal E. Harlan professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award--David Carter, assistant professor in the Department of Entomology; Jason Ellis, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication; Dennis Ferraro, Extension educator with the Southeast Research and Extension District; and Lisa Karr-Lilienthal, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science. Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award--Heath Harding, graduate assistant in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication; and John Quinn, graduate assistant in the School of Natural Resources. Cuppett has for the last two years led an effort to train and retrain faculty in undergraduate student advising. She designed, developed and presented a program called "Preparing Teachers to Advise Undergraduate Students" for new and current faculty members in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. A total of 136 CASNR faculty members have been trained. Raised in Keyser, W.Va., Cuppett got her bachelor's degree in animal science in 1967 and master's degree in animal nutrition in 1969 from the University of West Virginia. Her 1985 Ph.D. was from Missouri State University. Hanson worked with the Nebraska Bankers Association to establish the agricultural banking and finance option in his department. To recruit students to the program, Hanson was instrumental in starting the Nebraska Bankers Student Scholarship Program and the Nebraska Bankers Student Summer Internship Program. The option started with 11 students in the 2006-2007 academic year and now has 55 students. Born in Illinois, Hanson obtained his bachelor's degree in agricultural economics in 1968 from Western Illinois University. He got his master's degree in 1970 and Ph.D. in 1972, both in agricultural economics from the University of Illinois. Carter developed and implemented the forensic science undergraduate program, which will be eligible to seek accreditation this spring. Currently there are no accredited forensic science programs available east of the Mississippi River. The program, which began in the fall of 2007, now has 100 students with 21 percent of them from outside Nebraska. Born in Kansas City, Mo., and raised in Idaho, Carter earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology in 1999 from the University of Idaho. He obtained a master's degree in forensic archaeology from the Bournemouth University in England and his Ph.D. from James Cook University in Australia. Ellis has enhanced agricultural journalism by incorporating experiential learning opportunities into undergraduate courses. He helped create two courses to prepare graduates for issue-based management and crisis communication and branding strategies and techniques used in marketing and advertising food and agricultural products and processes. Ellis, from Mayfield, Kan., earned dual bachelor's degrees in agricultural journalism and animal science from Kansas State University. He got a master's degree in 2003 in meat science and Ph.D. in agricultural education in 2006 from Iowa State University. Ferraro uses a combination of traditional classroom instruction and experiential learning in his classes on herpetology, the study of reptiles and amphibians. He brings live alligators and snakes to his classes, leads a student trip each spring to the Nebraska Sandhills to investigate rattlesnakes, larval salamanders, box turtles and lizards. Born in North Branford, Conn., Ferraro received his bachelor's degree in zoology in 1979 and his master's degree in animal ecology from Iowa State University. He also obtained a master's degree in zoology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Karr-Lilienthal established a companion animal teaching and Extension program, implementing a comprehensive and science-based set of courses for undergraduates. She also provided a student organization for students interested in companion animals and identified companion animal career information. The Carlock, Ill., native obtained her bachelor's degree in agriculture with an animal science emphasis from Illinois State University in Normal in 1998. She got her master's degree in 2001 and Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of Illinois. Harding uses hands-on, experiential learning techniques to help bring classrooms to life. He implemented a leadership roundtable for faculty and students to discuss issues and make presentations on scholarly topics. He asks students to draw, sculpt or even act out specific concepts or content. Raised near Waterville, Kan., Harding received dual bachelor's degrees in business administration and elementary education in 1995 and a master's degree in secondary education/educational technology in 1999 from Kansas State University. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in leadership studies and plans to graduate this December. Quinn has successfully engaged with the UNL student body as an instructor, teaching assistant and guest lecturer. He provided leadership in the School of Natural Resources Graduate Student Association outreach program, resulting in a science enrichment program for students at Lincoln's McPhee Elementary School. A native of Minneapolis, Minn., Quinn received dual bachelor's degrees in environmental science and environmental policy from Drake University in 2003. He earned his master's degree in biology in 2006 from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He plans to graduate this May with a Ph.D. in natural resource sciences with an applied ecology specialization. The Holling program was made possible by a gift from the Holling family to honor their pioneer parents. John Holling was a 1912 electrical engineering graduate of UNL and his brother, Gustave Holling, attended the College of Agriculture before farming the family's land in the Wood River area.
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