ANSC students attended the 90th annual National Block & Bridle Club convention in Louisville, KY in November 2009

Nathan Tapp, a senior from Gravette, AR, was honored as the third most outstanding junior at the 90th National Block and Bridle convention, held in Louisville, KY, in November 2009.

During an "academic trade mission" to Panama in October, Professor Emeritus Paul Noland is presented the Vasco Nunez de Balboa Award.

Dr. Charles Rosenkrans, Jr., professor in the Animal Science Department, has been invited to present research at the annual meeting of the IETS (International Embryo Transfer Society) in Cordoba, Argentina in January 2010.

Students enrolled in equine classes will conduct a horse and tack auction on Saturday, November 21, at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena, north of the UofA campus in Fayetteville.

The Block and Bridle Club held their first annual Parent's Weekend and Little International Sheep Showmanship Contest October 24, at the Fayetteville campus and outlying UofA locations.

Kyndl Brunson, a student in animal science pre-vet, interned at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, Scotland in the summer of 2009.

Dr. Keith  Lusby, head of the Department of Animal Science, was elected President of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Foundation.

Student computer labs, previously in the Agricultural Annex building, have been relocated to AFLS B108.

Dr. Michael L. Looper has been named the "Outstanding Early Career Research Scientist of 2009" (the Herbert L. Rothbart award) by the ARS.

Steve Jones, associate professor of animal science for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, will take charge of 4-H livestock programs effective Sept. 1, 2009.

Dr. Wayne Kellogg, University of Arkansas professor of Animal Science, will assume responsibilities for extension education programs to the dairy industry effective Aug. 5, 2009.

Dr. Michael Looper, Research Animal Scientist for Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center in Booneville, AR., is this year’s Early Career Research Scientist of the Year for the Southern Plains Area.

Division of Agriculture and Bumpers College faculty, staff and students helped host more than 400 junior and senior high school students from across the state for the annual 4-H O'Rama held July 22-24.

Dr. Ahmad Aman has been named Dean of Masterskill University College of Health Sciences, Selangor, Malaysia.

Dr. D. Wayne Kellogg, a professor in the animal science department at UA, was named a "Fellow" at the 2009 ADSA meeting in Montreal in July.

Ninety students participated in this year's camp, which was held June 8-10. In addition to awards presented, two scholarships to attend UA and major in animal science were awarded.

The 62nd RMC (Reciprocal Meat Conference), co-hosted by U A Division of Agriculture and Tyson Foods, was a tremendous success with more than 650 in attendance.

Animal Science undergraduate students Stephanie McKenna and Caitlin Barnett presented a poster at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Conference, held at OSU in Stillwater, OK, in June. 

UA Equine Science students who participated in a semester-long study of the thoroughbred industry, visited Lexington, KY., and are shown here with Smarty Jones, the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner.

Students and staff in the Dorothy E. King Equine Program at the UA meet the World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions.  

Anita Sarathi, who received an ANSC degree with honors in 2005, will complete a three-year residency program in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis.

The 62nd RMC (Reciprocal Meat Conference), co-hosted this year by U A Division of Agriculture and Tyson Foods, will include events in Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville and runs from June 21 through June 24. For schedule, www.meatscience.org/rmc

The field day, held April 21 at the Livestock and Forestry Research Station at Batesville, featured a 130-acre model farm. A schedule for other field days in the series can be viewed online at http://aaes.uark.edu/fielddays_09.html.

Charles V. Maxwell, Jr. a professor of swine nutrition and management in the UA Animal Science Department, will receive an award for research in July in Canada.

A fundraiser that included a steak lunch was served by club/team members on Tuesday, April 28, in the atrium of the AFLS building. The popular silent auction consisted of donated baked goods that went to the highest bidder.

The Department of Animal Science held its annual awards and scholarship luncheon on April 15 at the UA campus.

Holly Minard was selected by Dale Bumpers College as its Senior Scholar at an awards banquet held April 16, 2009, in the Arkansas Union Ballroom.

Students from ANSC Department volunteered to help with the Black Stallion Literacy Project kick-off in Springdale, AR.

UA Block & Bridle Club held its second annual AG Olympics Friday, April 24, at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena.

The Department of Animal Science held its annual awards and scholarship luncheon on April 15 at the UA campus. Mr. Bill Clower, center, is presented the Advanced Graduate of Distinction honor

UA Division of Agriculture's Livestock and Forestry Research Station at Batesville willl have a field day April 21 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The Washington County Fairgrounds was the site of the Razorback Classic Cattle Show on April 5. Sponsored by the Block & Bridle Club at the UA, 62 exhibitors showed 95 head of cattle from Arkansas and Oklahoma.  

Ahrens, a junior in the Animal Science Department, wins Arkansas Farm Bureau's 2009 Collegiate Discussion Meet Finals.

ANSC Department faculty and researchers Dirk Philipp, Thomas Yazwinski, and Charles Maxwell were awarded research grants recently.

Proceeds from this fundraiser are used for the care and upkeep of the horse herd for the D.E. King Equine Program at the UA.

Gamma Sigma Delta presented awards and scholarships at its spring ceremony March 24.

The University of Arkansas' D.E. King Equine Program announces the return of  The Lipizzaner Stallions for two performances on April 3.

Dr. Ahmad Aman was awarded the honor of Dato, a Malay state title of distinction.

Countryside John Deere donated T-shirts for the upcoming Horse Festival to be held March 27th and 28th, 2009.

Students participating in a thoroughbred industry course in the D. E. King Equine Program toured Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs in February.

The 10th annual UA Horse Festival, the largest fundraiser of the year for the equine program at the University of Arkansas, will kick off Friday evening, March 27. Julie Goodnight, trainer and clinician, will present a lecture and clinic.  www.horsefestival.org

Bumpers College undergraduate and graduate students presented research papers and posters at the Student Research Competition held Feb. 24 in the Arkansas Union on the UA campus.

Dr. Mike Looper was presented the 2009 Young Animal Scientist Research Award at the American Society of Animal Sciences (Southern Section) meeting in February in Atlanta.

Ten members from the UA Block and Bridle Club traveled to San Antonio in February to attend the 88th National Block and Bridle Convention.

The University of Arkansas System's Division of Agriculture recognized outstanding performance by faculty and staff members at an awards luncheon held in January at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, AR.

The U of A Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Team began the 2008 year with a trip to Phoenix, where some members also toured the Grand Canyon. The team finished as the Reserve Champion team of the Arizona National. They also traveled to Texas, Mississippi and Kentucky. Judging for fall 2008 took the team members to Texas, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Kentucky.

John Frank Pendergrass, president of Pendergrass Cattle Company and also Pendergrass Investment Company, was presented the "friend of the department" award by Dr. Keith Lusby, head of Animal Science Department at the University of Arkansas, during the Arkansas Cattlemen's Convention in Springdale.

Bumpers College Scholarship Application Deadline is Feb. 15, 2009

Block and Bridle Club and Pre-Vet Club is sponsoring a "back-to-school bash" at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 3, at Agri Park in Fayetteville.

Join Animal Science Department faculty, staff and students in a celebration of National Run at Work Day on Friday, October 9.