Student Awards

The Division presents several awards each year to recognize achievement and to promote work in the area of soil and water conservation and management.

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

This award is presented each year to a graduate student whose thesis research and graduate responsibilities utilize creative approaches to gain understanding and develop solutions for soil and water conservation and management problems. The recipient's research must be in soil and water management and conservation. The $350 award is designed to assist the student with travel expenses associated with attending the annual SSSA meeting.

Past Recipients

  • 2018: Abdelmoneim Z. Mohamed, Washington State Univ.
  • 2014: Maninder Walla, The Ohio State Univ.
  • 2013: Hossein Sadeghi, Washington State Univ.
  • 2012: Emma Witt, Univ. of Kentucky
  • 2011: Asim Biswas, Univ. of Saskatchewan
  • 2010: Josh Werts, Clemson Univ.
  • 2009: Kendall DeJong, Colorado State Univ.
  • 2008: Michael Mulvaney, Auburn Univ.
  • 2007: Pingping Jiang, Univ. of Missouri
  • 2006: Holly Dolliver, Univ. of Minnesota
  • 2005: Krisztina Eleki, Iowa State Univ.
  • 2004: Adriane Elliott, Colorado State Univ.
  • 2003: Karolein Denef, Colorado State Univ.
  • 2001: Stuart Grandy, Michigan State Univ.
  • 2000: Martin Diaz-Zorita, Univ. of Kentucky

Award Committee: Humberto Blanco (Chair), Clark Gantzer, Alan Franzluebbers

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SCHOLARSHIP

The Soil and Water Management and Conservation Scholarship Fund is intended to nurture young scientists to become soil and water conservationists. The award is based on scholastic accomplishments, career goals in soil and water conservation, work experiences, and the major professor's support and acknowledgement of the student's activities.

Past Recipients

  • 2018: Amber DiGerlando, Evergreen College
  • 2016: Jeffrey Svedin, Brigham Young Univ.
  • 2015: Dana Christel, Univ. of Vermont
  • 2014: Heidi Dittmer, Iowa State Univ.
  • 2013: Elizabeth Newell, West Texas A&M Univ.

Scholarship Committee: Jerry Lemunyon (Chair), Rajan Ghimire, Thorsten Knappenberger, April Leytem, Vimala Nair, DeAnn Ricks Presley, Hero Gollany

GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER AWARD

Awards will be given for a poster competition event at the annual meeting, with cash prizes of $200, $150, and $100 given for first, second, and third place winners, respectively.  Funds will be provided from the ‘Program Enhancement Fund’ of the division.  To enroll in the competition, a graduate student will submit an abstract online through the normal abstract submission process to one of the eligible topic sessions designated by the division.  The Past Chair of the division will lead the judging team, typically composed of 3-5 members of the division.  Posters will be judged based on the quality of presentation, originality of the work, and interpretation of the experimental results.

Past Recipients

2018    

  • 1st Place - Hanxiao Feng, South Dakota State Univ.
  • 2nd Place - Patrick Nichols, Univ. of California Davis
  • 3rd Place - Peter Bilson Obour, Aarhus Univ., Denmark 

2015

  • 1st Place – Sage Lee, Univ. of Redlands
  • 2nd Place – Kris Guenette, Univ. of Alberta
  • 3rd Place – Jordon Beehler, Michigan State Univ.

2014

  • 1st Place – Brianna Wegner, South Dakota State Univ.
  • 2nd Place – Partson Mubvumba, Texas A&M Univ.
  • 3rd Place – Wilson Salls, Univ. of California

2013

  • 1st Place – Corey Lacey, Illinois State Univ.
  • 2nd Place – Pasicha Chaikaew, Univ. of Florida
  • 3rd Place – Alexandra Roxin, Univ. of Florida
  • 3rd Place – Endale Tafesse, Ben Gurion Univ. of the Negev

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