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Scholastic Achievement Award for two years. She was also named to the Dean’s List and was an Honors Graduate. Patrick Pachta of Moriarty, N.M. will remain in the beef industry as a manager as well as building a cow herd of his own. Patrick was a member of the livestock judging team and the Academic Quadrathlon team. Range science major, Nick Padilla will work for the U.S. Forest Service. Nick, who is from Isleta Pueblo, N.M., was a member of the NMSU Range Club, serving as that organization’s president in 2008-2009. He also served as a College Ambassador and received the department’s Distinguished Graduating Senior medallion. Sunland Park, N.M. native, Lizette Porras will be attending Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She was recipient of the President’s Associates Honors Scholarship. Logan Potts, animal science major from Clovis, N.M. will be attending Washington State University School of Veterinary Medicine and will focus on equine and food animal veterinary practice. Logan was a Crimson Scholar, named to the Dean’s List and recipient of the American
Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award. He was a member of the NMSU Horse Judging Team and the Academic Quadrathlon and assisted with extension horse activities. Logan earned 2nd place finish in the Equine Science Society’s undergraduate student research competition and was received the NMSU Alumni Association’s “Outstanding Senior Award” for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. He also received the department’s Distinguished Graduating Senior medallion and graduated with Honors. Animal science major, Lori Richardson, is from Texico, N.M. and will be attending Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine. An Honors Graduate, Lori was a member of Block and Bridle, received the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award and was named to the Dean’s List. Matilda Rodriguez, animal science
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major from Clint, Texas, will continue her education at San Juan College in Farmington to become a Registered Veterinary Technician. Sam Rowan was a range science major from Los Alamos, N.M. and hopes to secure a job in the range science field and ultimately would like to own a ranch. Sam was a member of the NMSU Range Club. Doña Ana, N.M. native, Tanya Sanchez, plans to receive a certificate in Diagnostic Medical Sonography and eventually work on an equine breeding farm preferably in Kentucky. Tanya was a member of the PreVet Club, Lutheran Campus Ministries, National Society of Collegiate Scholars and completed the Kentucky Equine Management Internship. Andrea Stapp, of Roswell, N.M., was an animal science major with a minor in agricultural business management. She will continue her education at either Oklahoma State University or North Dakota State University, majoring in reproductive physiology. Andrea was a member of Block and Bridle, the NMSU Wool and Livestock Judging Teams, Academic Quadrathlon, ACES Student Council, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholar. She received the department’s Distinguished Graduating Senior medallion and was named “Outstanding Student” in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES). Juan Carlos Vazquez-Talamantes, animal science major, is from Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico and will return to work and expand the family’s feedyards in Mexico. He is also interested in slaughter houses in Mexico. While at NMSU, Juan participated in an internship at a Caballo dairy and participated in soccer intramurals, cycling and gym. Currently working for NRCS, Sara Walker of Carlsbad, N.M. hopes to one day become a district conservationist. The animal science major was a Crimson Scholar and a member of the Wildlife Society. Other students completing their bachecontinued on page 40
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