CELEBRATING SUCCESS

Congratulations Dr. Richardson!

We want to congratulate Dr. Arlan Richardson as being named a 2021 Oklahoma State University Agriculture Champion! Dr. Richardson serves as a senior research career scientist at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, as well as an adjunct professor for OSU’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. As a leading authority on the effects and process of aging, Dr. Richardson serves as the director of the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center on Aging and the Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair of Aging Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The department owes him a debt of gratitude for the continued support of the Dr. Arlan Richardson scholarship fund.

Congratulations Joseph Fleming Memorial Scholars!

The Joseph Fleming Scholarships are funded through a trust established by Joseph Fleming. Mr. Fleming directed his trust to support agriculture schools in the various states which he acquired properties. Ferguson College of Agriculture students with a successful academic record are eligible to receive this scholarship and we congratulate the following BMB Joseph Fleming Memorial Scholars!!

Jewell Boswell Carson Wright Brian Kirshey Stefan Stuble Austin Watkins Myriam Achour Charlcie Gatewood Eleni Tsaras Makenzie Adams Nathan Mears Michael St. Clair William Clune Eric Messick

Grace Weddle Avery Ethridge Victoria Sherwin Keaton Hurt Addison Wall Luke Myers Trinity Austin Klancey Kleck Leslie Sanchez Lydia Stinson Ruth Habtamu Coralee Castle Jason Brown

Congratulations Students!

Celebrating Success Congratulations Staff & Faculty!

Benjamin Dunagan was nominated and awarded the University Service Award for his continuous service to Oklahoma State University! Ben leads multiple initiative that make our department a better home for all its citizens, our collective hat off to Ben. Dr. Ramanjulu Sunkar was nominated and awarded the Jess L. & Miriam B. Stevens Endowed Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology !

Dr. Charles Chen was nominated and awarded the James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Service in Agricultural Sciences! Dr. Junpeng Deng was nominated and awarded the Sarkeys Distinguished Professorship II!

Spring 2022 Dean’s List and President’s List

We want to send out a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our Spring 2022 Dean’s List and President’s List students!!! To qualify for the Dean’s Honor Roll, a student must carry at least 12 credit hours of university course, have no ‘Fs” or incomplete courses and have between a 3.50 and 3.99 GPA. To qualify for the President’s Honor Roll, a student must carry at least 12 credit hours of university course, have no “Fs” or incomplete courses and a 4.0 GPA for the semester. Whoop! Whoop! For all our successful students! Dean’s Honor Roll President’s Honor Roll

Jacob Batterton Emily Chandler Maleigha Cox Victoria Furfey Charlcie Gatewood Brooke Grindinger Emma Kempton Tonisha Lamkin Benjamin Mathers Kelly Maxwell Abby McIntire Aidan Moore Harlee Newby Tatum Norwood Mary Parnell

Kyle Pickens Tanner Polley Emma Pope Angelique Robinson Hunter Salyer Leslie Sanchez Lilyana Sestak Elizabeth Sharp Victoria Sherwin Maicel Sims Thomas Steinke Nolan Veenis Addison Wall Joshua Weertman Annie Yang

Serge Andre Abit Maha Achour Myriam Achour Makenzie Adams Trinity Austin John Michael Balcerak Cassidy Baughman Jason Brown William Clune Elizabeth Coody Audrey Dagnell Maya Doyle Grace Duggan Avery Ethridge Steven Floyd Ashley Gin Kayla Henry Amber Howell Keaton Hurt

Brian Kirshey Kedrick Klassen Nathan Mears Eric Messick Jacksen Moore Luke Myers Zhe Ng Stephen Pulliam Landon Rogers Shelby Sanders Michael St. Clair Lydia Stinson Therese Tankam Eleni Tsaras Kyle Van Pelt Ethan Villines Austin Watkins Isabel Webb Braden Witt Carson Wright

BMB Welcomes New Graduate Alumni!

Claudio Galvez-Sagatume graduated with a PhD in the Fall 2021! Xiaoyu (Gloria) Qioa graduated with a PhD in the Summer 2021!

Karen Belloso graduated with a MS in the Fall 2021! Rita Flores graduated with a M.S. in the Spring 2022!