2024-25 CAS Award Recipients

On June 2, 2025, we celebrated the accomplishments of our amazing faculty and staff at the College of Agricultural Sciences’ Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony.

Agricultural Research Foundation Distinguished Faculty Award   

  • Kim Anderson, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology

Agricultural Research Foundation Faculty Research Assistant/Associate Award      

  • Jennifer Allen, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences
  • Teepakorn Kongraksawech, Crop and Soil Science

Briskey Award for Faculty Excellence   

  • Sagar Sathuvalli, Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center

College of Agricultural Sciences Award for Excellence in Extension Education

  • Gordon Jones, Crop and Soil Science/OSU Extension Service

College of Agricultural Sciences Classified and Professional Faculty Award

  • Adam Fund, Crop and Soil Science
  • Pete Loschl, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences
  • Pia-Wah Sim, Horticulture, Financial Strategic Services
  • Elizabeth Thomas, Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences

College of Agricultural Sciences Diversity Commitment Award

  • MANRRS

F.E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research

  • Taal Levi, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

F.E. Price/Agricultural Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Student Advising and Counseling

  • Misty Donaghy Cannon, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences

James and Mildred Oldfield/E.R. Jackman Team Award

  • Audry Comerford and Melissa Fery, Crop and Soil Science/Extension Services Administration

R.M. Wade Award for Excellence in Teaching /Registry of Distinguished Teachers

  • Jeff Anderson, Botany and Plant Pathology

College of Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Graduate Mentoring

  • Josh Stewart, Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences

Roy G. Arnold/Agricultural Research Foundation Leadership Award

  • Carol Lorenzen, Animal and Rangeland Sciences

Savery Outstanding Young Faculty Award

  • Jovana Kovacevic, Food Science and Technology

OSU Advantage/College of Agricultural Sciences Faculty Innovator Award

  • Vaughn Walton, Horticulture

College of Agricultural Sciences Distinguished Career Award

  • Dan Arp, Botany and Plant Pathology