gamma sigma delta arkansas chapter

Gamma Sigma Delta Arkansas Chapter

1. Ongoing Activities

Student Research Competition 18 winners named in 67 presentations for:

* Undergraduate Posters (2) * M.S. Posters (17) * Ph.D. Posters (9)

* Undergraduate Oral Presentations (3) * M.S. Oral Presentations (22) * Ph.D. Oral Presentations (14)

Student Research Competition

Students explain their research posters to faculty judges

Scholarship Awards * Gamma Sigma Delta Scholarship -- Fengyi Zhu

* Lippert Ellis Scholarship -- Hannah Newberry

* John W. White Scholarship -- Claire Crews

Faculty Achievement Awards Research Award of Excellence

Mike Richardson – Horticulture

Teaching Award of Excellence Ashley Dowling – Entomology

Extension Award of Excellence Elena Garcia - Horticulture

Ken Coffey, chapter president for 2013-14, accepts plaque honoring his service from Mike Popp, vice

president for 2014-15.

Service to Gamma Sigma Delta

2. New activities

* Attempt to endow prize money for poster and oral competition

* Streamline oral and poster competition submissions to on-line format

* Continue to increase membership

3. Future Plans

* There were no new initiatives in 2013-14 that differed from 2012-13 activities

Gamma Sigma Delta

ΓΣΔ The Honor Society

of Agriculture

Abelino Pitty, Ph.D. GSD EAP-Zamorano Honduras Chapter Historian

Yeguare valley, Honduras

June, 2014 Zamorano University

Serving the Americas

and the World

1. Ongoing Activities

GSD EAP- Zamorano Honduras Chapter

June, 2014

Initiation activities • 2013: 34 students and 1 faculty

member (100% acceptance)

• Besides GSD guidelines, our chapter uses disciplinary records to decide student membership

Promoting GSD on our campus

• Through our intranet and web site

• Through Facebook. GSD student

members maintain our Facebook page

– https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gamma-Sigma-Delta-Zamorano/49417632732668

2. New Activities


June, 2014

Activities to celebrate our 25th anniversary (October 28th,

1989)

• A knowledge contest among students in our Alison Bixby

Stone elementary school. Contest will be managed by our

GSD student members and the award ceremony will be

executed during our Panamerican Fair on September 7th,

2014.

• Enrichment Grant Proposal. US$ 745 awarded by GSD

International, plus the matching funds US$745 pledged by

our University President will be used to cover expenses for

the Juan Carlos Rosas Research Competition. The winner

will be announced in November 2014.

2. New Activities


June, 2014

Activities to celebrate our 25th

anniversary (October 28th, 1989)

• Physics Fair Contest. To promote

students initiatives to solve problems

with technologies that apply physics

laws and principles learned in the

classroom. We sponsored the trophies

to the winners.

• Ambulance Fundraising. With the

group of GSD volunteers that help with

emergency calls for the ambulance, we

had a sale of pizza, earnings were

donated for a new ambulance.

2. New Activities


June, 2014

• GSD International Distinguished Achievement in Agriculture Award Nomination submitted

• New Chapter Activity Award Ceremony On January 23, 2014, we

received the New Chapter Activity Award from the hand of Dr. Michael Brugger, GSD International Treasurer.

We had a dinner to celebrate his visit and the award.

3. Future Plans


June, 2014

• Planning continues to celebrate our 25th

anniversary. A meeting is scheduled for June to

determine additional activities on our campus.

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES REPORT

IOWA BETA CHAPTER

GAMMA SIGMA DELTA

Curt Youngs

Professor of Animal Science

Iowa State University

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Agriculture and Life Sciences OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ongoing activities

• INITIATION & AWARDS CEREMONY

• initiated 110 new members

• 12 juniors

• 41 seniors

• 55 graduate and veterinary students

• 2 faculty

• awarded two $400 scholarships

• outstanding sophomore

• outstanding senior

Ongoing activities

• INITIATION & AWARDS CEREMONY (continued)

• granted 4 Mission Awards

• teaching

• research

• extension

• international

• bestowed 2 Alumni Award of Merit awards

New activities

• No new activities implemented during 2013-2014

Future plans

Activities under consideration for 2014-2015:

• résumé writing workshop for undergraduates

• manuscript writing workshop for graduate students

• social/networking activity

• volleyball / barbeque

• mock interviews

Kansas State University Gamma Sigma Delta

Eta Chapter Celebrating 100 yrs

Ongoing Activities

2013 Fall Induction Banquet • 32 Freshman 1st yr performance awards

Plus 100 yrs of Gamma Sigma Delta at K-State • Chartered: June 25, 1914 • Presentation of Plaque by Dr. David Brink, UNL • President of Gama Sigma Delta, International

Ongoing Activities

2014 Spring Recognition Reception:

• 100 Jr Honor Awards

2014 Faculty Awards

2014 UG & Graduate Awards

New Activities

2014 Undergraduate Research Showcase:

18 UG research posters from 6 Departments

2014 Update University of Kentucky

Chapter

Recognizing Excellence New Member Induction

• 16 graduate students

• 2 faculty

• 1 staff member

Recognizing Excellence Outstanding Staff Awards

• 7 recipients • 4 categories

representing all staff classifications within the College

• Co-sponsored by Gamma Sigma Delta, the UK Ag and HES Alumni Association and the Dean’s office

Recognizing Excellence Chapter Awards

• 3 outstanding

seniors

• 2 outstanding

graduate students

• 1 faculty award

• 1 alumni award

• 1 distinguished

service award

Future Plans

• Re-institute the Distinguished Lecture Series

• Conduct a fall initiation for seniors

• Continue a focus on recognizing excellence

• Actively promote membership to all eligible

faculty and staff

LSU GAMMA SIGMA DELTA

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

LSU hosted the 2014 Region VII Science and Engineering Fair March

24-26. The LSU Gamma Sigma Delta Chapter presents First, Second

and Third Place awards for projects relating to agriculture. The LSU

Gamma Sigma Delta Chapter presents awards at this fair each year.

ON GOING ACTIVITIES

LSU

Gamma

Sigma

Delta

2014

Tiger

Award

Winners

NEW ACTIVITIES

In an effort to learn more about agriculture in Louisiana, members of the LSU

Gamma Sigma Delta Chapter have started attending LSU AgCenter field days.

The images above are from the 2014 Wheat and Oat Field Day at the Macon

Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro.

NEW ACTIVITIES

Poultry production is a $1.9 billion dollar industry in Louisiana. LSU Gamma

Sigma Delta members toured the toured the meat processing plant and the

feed mill at Sanderson Farms poultry production operation to get a better

understanding what is involved in getting poultry from farm to table.

FUTURE PLANS

• Continue participating in on-campus events.

• Continue attending LSU AgCenter field days.

• Continue assisting with student research related

to agriculture.

• Hold a grant-writing workshop for graduate

students.

• Visit a variety of farming operations to give LSU

Gamma Sigma Delta members a better

understanding of the role agriculture plays in our

economy.

• Invite speakers involved with agriculture to

Gamma Sigma Delta functions as guest

speakers.

Stockbridge School of Agriculture

Chapter Number 54

Installed on March 25, 2014

University of Massachusetts Chapter

36 Stockbridge School of Agriculture

New Activities

Chapter formation – 2013-14

Installation – March 25, 2014 (Mike Brugger)

UMass Officers:

• President – Wesley Autio (1979, Virginia Tech)

• President-elect – Geunhwa Jung (1993, Univ. Nebraska)

• Secretary – John Gerber (1982, Univ. Illinois)

• Treasurer – Cassandra Uricchio (2003, Univ. Conn.)

• Historian – Allen Barker (1958, Univ. Illinois)

Induction – March 25, 2014

• 18 Undergraduate students (13 seniors, 5 juniors)

• 2 Graduate students

• 2 Members of the faculty


Installation and Induction


Future Plans

Develop a website

Integrate with the University’s other honor societies

Plan for our next induction ceremony

• Increase the number of undergraduate students in our 2015 class of inductees

• Select individuals to receive our special awards

• James C. Greenhough Award – Education

• Levi Stockbridge Award – Research

• Kenyon L. Butterfield Award – Extension

• William S. Clark Award – Outstanding Achievement

Gamma Sigma Delta The Nebraska Experience

Annual Initiation and Awards Banquet

• Keynote speaker

• New member Initiation – Undergraduate seniors

– Graduate students

– Faculty

– Alumni

– Honorary members

Annual Initiation and Awards Banquet

• Awards presentations

– Outstanding Undergraduate Student

– Outstanding Senior Student

– Outstanding Graduate Student

– Excellence in Teaching

– Excellence in Extension

– Excellence in Research

– Distinguished Achievement in

Agriculture (Award of Merit)

Fall Seminar and Annual Business Meeting

• Featured speaker – Live presentation and

snack reception

– Video streamed live

online

– Archived for future use

– Promoted via email list

serves, social media, etc.

• Business Meeting

Semi-Annual Newsletters

• Featured speaker – Live presentation and snack

reception

– Video streamed live online

– Archived for future use

– Promoted via email list serves,

social media, etc.

• Annual Business Meeting

Gamma Sigma Delta International Conclave

June 2-4, 2014 Lincoln, NE

Presented by: James Kilcrease, PhD

A Special ‘Thank You’

• Arden Baltensperger – Joined in 1949

– National President 1972-1974

– First New Mexico State University

President - 1979

“Please send my kindest regards to the charter and the organization. I have only but the fondest memories over the 60+ years I have been part of the organization. Keep up the great work.”

On-Going Activities

• Great impact on the New Mexico State University community, students, faculty and staff

• Members participate in many local grade school and teaching outreach workshops

• Encouragement and motivation of local High School students

• Multiple members serve as judges at local science fair annually

– Awards for 1st and 2nd place projects

On-Going Activities

• Distinguished Graduate Teaching Awards

• Distinguished Graduate Student Awards

• Annual banquet for initiation of new members, award presentations, science fair winner invitations, speech by university president

• New Initiates (2010 – 2014)

59 Students

24 Faculty, Staff, Alumni

New Activities

• Member Starts Endowment for Cancer Survivors

• GSD Science fair winner gets 3rd at International Science Fair (2014)

THE AGGIE

CANCER SURVIVOR

SCHOLARSHIP

• Exemplary Teaching Award – April Ulery

• Many members attending national conferences

Future Activities

• Motivate for presence / chapter in Mexico

• ‘Where Are They Now’ programs for high school science fair winners

• Continuation of science fair awards

• Graduate student poster award & agriculture research competition

• Team up with local research symposium and give out an award to a graduate student

Gamma Sigma Delta University of Tennessee

Omega Chapter

Awards Programs

Fall Awards Program Spring Awards Program

Workshops & Contests

Resume Workshop EuReca

CEMPH Research Symposium

Competition

UTIA Photo Competition

Indian Mound

Indian Mound

Scholarship

Dr. John Riley Scholarship

The Honor Society of Agriculture

Gamma Sigma Delta

Chapter of Tuskegee University

THE HONOR SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS

NEW CARD

• Membership is for life & is a Nationally & internationally recognized Merit Award

• Access to a network of professionals in agriculture & related sciences

• Opportunities for sharing research and outreach ideas with colleagues in related or identical field

• Opportunities to give back to community with like-minded colleagues & associates

2012-2013 SEMINAR SERIES

This year, we held seven College-wide GSD-GWCAES seminar series open

to all with presentations by invited speakers from institutions around the

US to promote scholarship and professional development in our faculty

and students.

GSD-PAWC STUDENT

COMPETITION EMINENT SCHOLARS

Three student Inductees received 2nd and 3rd place awards.

Eminent scholars received honor

certificates

ANNUAL LUNCHEON INDUCTION CEREMONY

29 New Members were inducted April 26, 2013 witnessed by several faculty

members

SAFE HAVEN GARDEN ACTIVITY

Safe Haven Children taught to care for gardens and the importance of biotechnology to food security

HERP JOURNEY ALABAMA 4-H

Five live reptiles were presented to addresses misconceptions about reptiles with hands on learning experience

Wyoming Chapter Gamma Sigma Delta

Established 1961

Potential membership: 50 (staff)

Active membership: ~10

Anowar Islam, PhD

Department of Plant Sciences

University of Wyoming

Ongoing Activities

Awards Brunch (April 12, 2014)

• Outstanding Students (So, Jr, Sr, MS, PhD)

• Outstanding Agriculturalist

• Departmental awards

Ongoing Activities

• Annual Meeting - spring

• Annual dues: $20

• Annual support from Dean of $500

• Invitations to membership: seniors, staff

• Honor cords at graduation

• Nominate student for GSD scholarship

• Work toward annual timeline

New Activities: Chapter Development

• Tours of ag enterprises

• Cozy Cow Dairy and

Creamery, April 4, 2014

• Funds from GSD Int’l,

Chapter Development

New Activities: Marketing

• Flier in all advisor’s mailboxes

(encourages them to remind

students to accept election to GSD)

• Emails to College (call for

nominations, brunch tickets)

• Poster – encouraging acceptance

• GSD trifold available in College

• Hard copy invoice for dues

payment with letter from president

Future Plans

• Further chapter development activities

• Increase acceptance rate of new elected

students: currently 12% (grads) and 23%

(seniors). Membership costs $15

• Membership drive to increase the number

• Address active participation level

• Develop future officers

• Increase chapter funds

gamma sigma delta arkansas chapter

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