pinetum: 2013 - 2014

Student Journal for the College of Natural Resources

2013+2014

79th Edition

You = AwesomeDr. Pacifici,

Thank you for being a great example of what it means to excel as a wildlife professional and for sup-porting the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology program in everything that you do! Your com-passion, patience, and care that you show to your students is truly appreciated!

Alexandra Morrison (FWCB)

Tiffany,

Thank you for being there for all students. Thanks for writing recommendation letters, talking to classes, no-tifying us of internships and scholarships, and helping with anything else we may need. You are a joy to be around and you truly exemplify the willingness of NC State faculty and staff to help students have a wonder-ful college experience! You are always there to moti-vate us to step out of our comfort zone and share our personality with others. We admire your drive, your ini-tiative and your willingness to take charge. Just know that your work never goes unnoticed.

- Jenai Papillion (ETM) & Anonymous

Tiffany McLean, Director of Enrollment Management

Mr. Carter,

You are indeed a valuable credit to this department and the university. I appreciate your direct, realistic views and opinions that are objective, rather than being op-timistically or pessimistically skewed. You taught me the importance of being a leader, rather than a manag-er. I know now that leaders are “made” and not “born.” Thanks!

- Christopher David (PRTM)

David Carter,Adjunct Professor - PRTM

Terrie,

Thank you for everything you have done for me. You were always there when I needed guidance and you have helped me with anything I ever needed. You advised me to maximize my credits so all my classes counted and taught me how to manage the environment. My initial meeting with you showed me how much you cared for students and the ET program. I wish every student at State is lucky enough to have a professor like you. Your love for teaching shows in every class and I can honestly say that the skills I have learned from you have already paid off outside the school environment. You have truly made my experience in ET the best years of my life. Because of you, I know that this field was the right choice for me. Thank you!

- Dale Prihoda (ETM) & Josh Mathis (ETM)

Dr. Terrie Litzenberger,Senior Lecturer - ETM

Jennifer,

Thank you for your hard work and dedication to CNR, espe-cially to the PSE program. You have put up with us for the past couple of years and I really en-joyed getting to know better in China during PIE. You thank us all the time for how much we help you, but I am not sure you get thanked enough for every-thing you do. There are parts of this program that just wouldn’t be as great without your hard work. You set a great example for women in the workplace who juggled family and work. Thank you again for all you do. It does not go unnoticed.

- (Anonymous)

Jennifer Piercy, Director of Recruiting - PSE

Dr. Laura Pacifici, Assistant Professor - FWCB

The Pinetum is dedicated to all those in CNR who make the College of Natural Resources such an amazing place to be!

Me = Grateful

Dr. Blank,

Thanks for making the History of Forestry class worthwhile! Your lectures were highly informative, entertaining, bal-anced with narratives and graphics, and very well organized. Your style is AAA plus in my book. You are one of the best profs I’ve ever had! Keep up the good work.

PS: I’ve never seen a syllabus so easy to follow lol

- Christopher David (PRTM)

Dr. Gary Blank,Professor - FER

Annette,

Thanks for believing in me throughout my entire stay at NC State, and also helping me believe in myself. Your guid-ance and smile always encour-aged me to keep moving, even when I was stressed about my future. You showed me the val-ue of a simple conversation. I will never forget how much fun I had in your classes and I have truly enjoyed our time togeth-er. I will surely miss you.

- Matt Gunnells (PRTM) & Clark Willard (PGM)

Dr. Annette MooreAssociate Professor - PRTM

Susan Colby,Student Services - PGM

Mama Suze,

You have been a motherly figure for me since day one at NC State. I cannot express how important this has been for me, considering how far away from home I am. You make time to sit down and talk about what-ever is going on in my life when I stop by the office, and you do the same for all of us in PGM. Your love is always felt throughout the program and we cannot thank you enough! Keep doing what you do!

- Gabriella Sinkovic (PGM)

The Whole PGM Staff (Mr. Betz, Dr. Wade & Mama Suz)!

Not only are you all outstanding role models, but you are great representatives of CNR. You have shown me how to live life with a smile, while working hard and enjoying it along the way. Every time I stop by the of-fice, I feel at home. That feeling is the reason I chose NC State. I have cherished the time we have had to-gether and this is only the beginning. I look forward to keeping in touch with all of you and hosting you when you visit Oregon! Thank you so much for an amazing experience.

- Clark Willard (PGM)

Andy Betz,Intern Coordinator - PGM

Robb Wade,Director - PGM

Professor Jameel,

You are more than just a pro-fessor. You changed my views on life, helping me become not only successful, but a better person. This thank you mes-sage is not enough for every-thing that you have done for me. I just want everyone who reads this to know how special you are to me and how great of a person you are. I will forever remember you. Thank you.

- Jason Tung (PSE)

Dr. Hasan Jameel,Professor - PSEDr. Christopher DePerno

Associate Professor - FER

Dr. D,

Thank you so much for all you did to help me! Your patience as my professor, and my advisor, has helped me get through the semesters and summer school. You were always avail-able when I needed you, wether in-person or via text. My summer camp experience would not have been the same without you! I wish my research interests still overlapped yours so I could continue to talk to you about my ideas - but maybe I can settle for a lifetime mentor. Thank you again for all you have done!

- Adrianna Cardinal (FWCB)

iAcademic Affairs (AA) & Information Technology (IT)

Two conference rooms in Jordan II upgraded for video conferencing.

New technology installed to enhance the capabilities in the Visualization Lab for the Geospatial Science Cen-ter/Center for Earth Observation (CEO).

Software, PI process, and hardware enhancements made to the pilot-scale paper machine in Paper Science & Engineering. The enhancements will allow for on-line data collection and reporting during the paper runs, giving students the capability to analyze the system using real time data.

Kristen Baumlier-Faber hired as the Web and Distance Education Coordinator for CNR. Kristen comes from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio.

CNR Student Newsletter launched in fall 2013.

Community for Diversity (COD)

Relaunched newsletter, Diversity News, in fall 2013.

Forest Biomaterials (FB)

The Wood Products program expanded and renamed to Sustainable Materials & Technology (SMAT). SMAT will welcome its first class in Fall 2014.

SMAT is looking for an Extension Faculty member, and a Systems Analysts Assistant Professor, who will teach finance and business planning.

FB faculty are working with a start-up, Tethis, to produce patented technology developed within the depart-ment.

Forestry & Environmental Resources (FER)

Three new faculty members add as a part of the campus-wide Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program. Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, Dr. Scott Mills and Dr. Jason Delborne.

Dr. Louie Rivers and Dr. Lara Pacifici hired to teach Natural Resources Policy & Administration and Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology, respectively.

Dr. Bob Bruck retired Fall 2013 from Environmental Technology & Management.

Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management (PRTM)

Dr. Michael Edwards hired as Assistant Professor in Community Recreation and Sport.

Dr. Kyle Bunds hired as Assistant Professor in Sport and Sustainable Community Development - Fall 2014 start.

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Advice to Graduates

Special Recognitions

2013 + 2014 Graduates

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Morrisville Science Go-AroundTrunk-or-TreatAnnual Easter Egg Hunt

Millbrook Elementary Visit

Service Raleigh @ Marbles

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SAF Wilderness ExcursionTropical Foresters ConferenceAll Council Meeting

Student Summit

Environmental Education Program

FER Career Fair

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Isotope Hydrology of Forest Soils

Quantifying Downed Woody Debris

Ecological Effects of Outdoor Pet Cats

Dean & Department Head Bios

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Community for Diversity

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Dean’s Update

What’s New

State of FER

State of PRTM

State of FB

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Shack-a-thon

Wild Food Supper

Homecoming 2014

11 CNR Clubs

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Costa Rica Spring Break

Galápagos Islands Spring Break

Pinetum Staff

Editor: Jenai PapillionDesigner: Miles ClarkAdvisor: Dr. Adrianna KirkmanContributor: CNR Council

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viding interdisciplinary perspectives and learning opportunities to all our students in all our majors and degree programs.

In the coming months and years, all our stu-dents can look forward to:

From the moment I arrived on the NC State campus in the fall of 2012, it’s been clear that the Wolfpack IS a family. From a re-laxed walk in Schenck Forest with our stu-dents, to the grand celebration of gradua-tion, the warmth and affection we share is quite clear. I am so pleased to be a part of it all.

Increased opportunities for engaged learning in service learning courses, and through internships, co-op placements, involvement in research, and study abroad.

Greater assistance with career prepa-ration and entry into the job market for graduates at all levels.

Involvement in cutting edge, interdis-ciplinary research that helps improve lives and nurture our planet.

Active partnerships that make our re-search more relevant and outreach that serves the needs of North Carolina and the world.

UpdateDean’s

What an honor and a pleasure it is to be writing this mes-sage as your Dean!

We are a strong College, with proud traditions in Forest Management and Natural Resource Conservation, Paper Science and Engineering, and Park Planning and Man-agement. My vision is to build on our core strengths and make CNR one of the best colleges of natural resourc-es in the world, the go-to place for solutions to natural resource challenges. It’s not enough to just describe the problems the world faces – our College strives to solve them. Hand-in-hand with our colleagues in colleges around the NC State campus and elsewhere, we think AND do.

To take on the challenges of the future, we must be bold and engaged. We will continue to build strong partner-ships with industry and organizations in the public and the private sectors, creating new opportunities to put our learning directly into action.

CNR is proud to serve some of the largest economic sec-tors in the state of North Carolina, including the state’s largest manufacturing industry – forest and wood prod-ucts, the largest service sector – tourism (including golf), and more than half a million private forest landowners. The combined economic impact of these sectors ap-proaches $50 billion, with direct employment estimated at 558,500 people.

Our strategic plan identifies three thematic areas where faculty, staff and students can work together in cross-dis-ciplinary teams to increase our scope and impact. These include developing tools and technologies for sustain-ability solutions, managing working landscapes to pro-vide freshwater for people, and building healthy com-munities and ecosystems in our growing urban areas. In addition to developing strong research and extension programs in these areas, the College is committed to pro-

01Facts About the College

Founded: 1929 Student Enrollment: 1,781

Departments: 3Undergradute Programs: 9

Graduate Programs: 20Faculty & Staff Employees: 200+

(By Dean Mary Watzin)

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Departmental Facts

Founded: 1929 Undergraduate Students: 507Graduate Students: 204Faculty & Staff Members: 107Undergraduate Programs: 4Graduate Progams: 5

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The Department of Forestry and Environ-mental Resources (FER) has strived to build on its core strength of forestry while add-ing newer fields and disciplines to help our faculty and students meet today’s, and to-morrow’s, challenges. I see this department being strong in the future, as we have been in the past, based on the ability of our stu-dents and faculty to integrate approaches and disciplines to solve problems.

This year, we continued to expand our fac-ulty. We hired new professors with speciali-ties in Geospatial Analytics, Global Environ-mental Change, Genetic Engineering and Society, Environmental Policy and Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Three of the new hires were a part of the Chan-cellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, which hired a total of 38 positions campus-wide. The hires speak to the departments inter-disciplinarity and excellence of our faculty, who wrote the proposals for the positions.

In addition to the new hires, Dr. Steph Jeffries has expanded her duties, as Teaching Assistant Professor, to include the professional develop-ment courses in Environmental Technology and Management. These were previously handled by Dr. Bob Bruck, one of the co-founders of the program, who retired last fall. His efforts will be missed.

FER has a large, diverse and productive faculty, who have had many accomplishments and successes in the past year. Dr. Roland Kays was part of a team which identified the first carnivore species to be discov-ered in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years - the Olinguito (Bassaricy-on neblina). The discovery was published in the journal “ZooKeys” and generated worldwide media coverage.

Dr. Vincent Chiang and the Biotechnology group recently published a string of journal articles which, for the first time, completely describe the entire lignin biosynthesis pathway in wood formation. The ground-breaking research project sheds light on how flowering plants suddenly came into prominence more than 200 million years ago – what Charles Darwin referred to as an “abominable mystery” of evolution. They took a systems biology approach to identify and describe genes, proteins and metabolites and how they are regulated in quantitative fashion to produce the material that makes wood hard.

Dr. George Hess was awarded the UNC Board of Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for his innovative teaching and creating a class environment where the students learn by doing. One faculty member from NC State receives this award each year. Dr. Hess is the first from CNR to be recognized since the awards inception in 1994.

[Full listing of honors & awards on page 27]

Forestry, per se, is more relevant today than ever before and we will continue to train students and solve problems related to biodiversity, clean water and air, sustainable development based on natural re-sources and many other environmental issues.

Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, from UNC-Char-lotte, assumed the lead position in the Geospatial Analytics cluster and serves as Director of the Center for Earth Ob-servation.

Dr. Scott Mills, from the University of Montana, serves as lead position in the Global Environmental Change cluster.

Dr. Jason Delborne, from the Colorado School of Mines, joined the Genetic En-gineering and Society cluster. Dr. Louie Rivers, Michigan State Univer-sity, is an Assistant Professor of Environ-mental Policy

Dr. Lara Pacifici is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator for Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology.

(By Dr. Barry Goldfarb)

Forestry & Environmental Resources

In addition, our faculty have been very busy and have led, or co-led, many research pro-posals worth several million dollars and re-ceived many awards and accolades for their superb teaching and research. Most nota-bly, Dr. Hugh Devine received the PRTM Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Devine’s vision and efforts are chiefly responsible for the world class GIS Digital Imagery and Visualization lab, located on the 5th floor of Jordan Hall. The lab will allow us to take our educational offerings and research to the next level.

Following the lead of their faculty advisors, our graduate students presented their re-search at more conferences and venues this year than ever before! They were awarded over $7,000 in travel funds from a variety of professional societies to attend and present at conferences - winning top prizes in many poster competitions. At the undergraduate level, we were able to award nearly $17,000 in scholarships to some of our outstanding undergraduate students so they can contin-ue to further their education.

[Full listing of honors & awards on page 27]

Overall, the PRTM department is healthy and has much to be proud of. Our outstand-ing students and world class faculty and staff, position us to achieve CNR’s vision to be a world leader in undergraduate and graduate education and in research, ex-tension and engagement that will create a healthy and sustainable future for all.

The Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Man-agement’s (PRTM) mission is to advance scholarship concerning management and use of natural and cultur-al resources for recreation, tourism and sport through innovative social science research, teaching and public engagement. We aspire to be a community of scholars dedicated to preparing students to be lifelong learners and leaders in a global society committed to developing parks, recreation, tourism and sport resources that im-prove the quality of life and are environmentally, social-ly and economically sustainable.

This year we broadened our community and added to our pool of faculty talent.

Our teaching faculty take a lead role within our depart-ment, and across the university, in creating learning envi-ronments that produce knowledgeable, skilled, engaged and aware graduates. They received a grant to develop many of our undergraduate courses as ‘blended’ cours-es. The faculty develop their lectures online, enhanced with videos, field trips, and guest speakers, and reserve the face-to-face classroom time for in-depth discussion of material and issues related to course content. This blended style allows students to revisit the lecture mate-rial as often as they like. Faculty began rolling out these blended courses spring semester and will continue to roll them out over the next year.

03Departmental Facts

Founded: 1947Undergraduate Students: 712

Graduate Students: 128Faculty & Staff Members: 47Undergraduate Programs: 3

Graduate Progams: 3

(By Dr. Dorothy Anderson)

Prtmthe State ofParks, Recreation & Tourism Management

Dr. Michael Edwards is an assistant professor in com-munity recreation and sport. He brings considerable strength and knowledge to the department and es-pecially to the sport management side of the house.

Dr. Kyle Bunds will begin his tenure with us in Fall 2014 as an assistant professor in sport and sustain-able community development. He recently complet-ed his doctoral program at Florida State University.

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Departmental Facts

Founded: 1954Undergraduate Students: 191Graduate Students: 39Faculty & Staff Members: 31Undergraduate Programs: 2Graduate Progams: 2

F bthe State ofForest Biomaterials

The Paper Science and Engineering (PSE) program is at a 10 year high, and the ex-panded Sustainable Materials and Technol-ogy (SMAT) program is growing.

The expanded SMAT program, which was officially approved this past year, will continue to provide students with an un-derstanding of applied materials science and technology, coupled with our valued hands-on educational experience. The fu-ture is bright for the SMAT program, which was made apparent by Klausner Lumber Two, a privately held Austria company, who invested $110 million in a state-of-the-art sawmill in Halifax County. SMAT extension faculty are developing training classes to support the startup operations in Halifax, and similar manufacturers across the state.

In sticking with the theme of assisting com-munities, PSE senior, Tyson Huffman, trav-eled to Rwanda for nine months to jump start an incubation program to train wom-en to use locally sourced materials such as banana fibers, to produce sanitary pads with technology that was optimized with help from Dr. Med Byrd and PSE undergrad-uate students at NC State. The program has already created 9 jobs for local workers in the Ngoma district.

FB Faculty are supporting another start-up company this year. They are working with Tethis to commercialize technology for using isolated biomass components to create sorbent materials that can extract or capture ions from aqueous systems - a patented technology developed in the de-partment.

The BioResources journal, a peer-reviewed open access journal created by Drs. Hubbe and Lucia, has rapidly grown into a major contributor to scholarship and global en-gagement, publishing more than 500 scien-tific articles. They have created a series of BioResources Scholarships and the BioRe-

sources Undergraduate Research Award, showing their continual ded-ication to FB students.

While we are investing in students, companies are investing in us! East-man Chemical funded a series of projects on cellulose, process and life cycle modeling and characterization of wood/plastics composites, as a part of their $10 million six year investment in NCSU. This work is being conducted by three different teams of faculty.

None of this could be done without the help of faculty and staff in Forest Biomaterials. They continuously work hard on behalf of the students.

Dr. John Heitmann will retire at the end of the Fall 2014 semester. He is a 1966 graduate of the NCSU Pulp and Paper Science and Technology program. He has served as the Director of the Graduate Program and currently teaches the Research Methods class to all the new graduate students.

Dr. Med Byrd was selected as a 2014 TAPPI Fellow for his dedication to PSE undergraduate program and for creating the next generation of engineers who will lead the industry into the future. TAPPI Fellow is an honorary title that is given to individuals who have made extraordinary technical or service contributions to the industry.

Lastly, our Executive in Residence, Dr. Richard Phillips, and his family, created the Phillips Family Leadership Award, investing in outstanding PSE students and giving them the opportunity to stay in school for an extra semester, or two, to earn a minor in Business.

FB continues to thrive with growing enrollments and a dedicated fac-ulty and staff helping students to learn in the classroom and find great opportunities, ultimately allowing the graduates to have rewarding, satisfying careers.

(By Dr. Stephen Kelly)

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AffairsAcademic

(By Dr. Adrianna Kirkman)

The Academic Affairs (AA) and Information Technology (IT) Office has been very busy in 2013-14 providing services to faculty, staff and students in CNR.

Much of the behind-the-scenes work in AA this year has gone toward the refining and development of the CNR Strategic Plan sections that are specific to college-wide academic innovation and student success. Subcommittees have been working on developing course materials and activities to enhance the cross-department partici-pation of CNR students in understanding our unique programmatic connections to natural resources and our common imperative to use those natural resources in sustainable ways. Since our academic pro-grams are based broadly in the key fields of biological/natural sci-ences, social sciences, engineering sciences and technology, as well as management sciences, we have a wealth of expertise to provide great cross-disciplinary experiences for our students. In addition, the students have the opportunity to expand their circle of colleagues beyond their major to across the college.

During the year, the IT group has been working on upgrades and in-novations throughout the college including upgraded conference rooms for video conferencing and enhanced capabilities in the Vi-sualization Lab. Newcomer, Kristen Baumlier-Faber, has been busy supporting CNR faculty and staff with web issues and enhancements, as well as working with an outside team that is doing a major over-haul of the CNR website.

Many of the extracurricular programs and activities that have oc-curred during this year have been sponsored by the Academic Affairs Office and CNR partners in the departments, the Community for Di-versity, the CNR Council and student organizations, as well as many faithful individual volunteers.

2013-14 Faculty Recognitions for Teaching

Dr. Kim Bush (PRTM) - Outstanding TeacherDr. George Hess (FER) - Board of Governor’s Award for CNRDr. Aram Attarian (PRTM) - Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate ProfessorDr. Myron Floyd (PRTM) - Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor for CNR

Academic Highlights

Fall Semester Enrollment (Undergraduates): 1,442Fall Semester Enrollment (Graduates): 412Fall Semester Dean’s List (Undergraduates): 331Fall Semester Dean’s List (Graduates): 155On-track for Graduation (May 2014 & August 2014): 330

DiversityCommunity for

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Equity & Inclusion Symposium

On November 13th, CFD hosted its Inaugural Annual Equity and Inclusion Symposium

1st placeAlexia Lipscomb Forest Biomaterials“Women in Engineering”$500 Book Voucher

2nd PlaceJohn Newell, Michael Camper & Stephanus CoetzerParks, Recreation, and Tourism Management“Gender Diversity in College Head Coaches”$250 Book Voucher

3rd PlaceGabe Hackney, Kelsion Moore & Michaela BarnesParks, Recreation and Tourism Management“Recreational Programming for Children with Developmental Disabilities”$150 Book Voucher

(By Dr. Thomas Easley)

This year was a productive year for the Community for Diversity (CFD). CFD launched a newsletter, partnered with others in the college and across the university, and had a successful second year with the Diversity Speaker Series.

Dr. Shaefny Grays, Associate Director in CFD, has been busy. Grays continues her partnership with Tiffany Mc-Lean, Director of Enrollment Management in Academic Affairs, co-facilitating the Engaging Leaders program, which helps students develop professionally and per-sonally. Grays partnered with Jennifer Piercy in Paper Science and Engineering to start a Women in Paper Sci-ence and Engineering (WPSE) group, designed to get more women in the paper industry and engaged across the department.

In CFD, we understand that diversity is for, and about, everyone. We also understand that there are times when people with similar identities need to come together and be supportive of one another. A great example of this is the CNR Ladies initiative. CNR Ladies has been growing within the college and it allows our women to gather and be a support to each other.

There were many faculty and staff that helped with developing the framework for the college-wide sym-posium as well as those that promoted this initiative in their classrooms to get student presenters. There are too many to name, but we thank you so much for your time, energy, and support. Lastly, we want to thank our CNR Ambassadors that gave up their time and talents to put this program together.

Deanna Ludwick (PRTM), Jackson Mathis (FER), Jenai Papillion (ETM), and Marcus Spruill (PRTM).

CFD’s success is a reflection of the people we work with. Come and join the Community for Diversity as we make a more welcoming and inclusive environment for every-one.

Shack-A-Thon is an annual event organized by NC State’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, to raise money for housing projects in Wake County. The event re-volves around the building and manning of shacks by different student groups. Each group competes to raise the most money and bring awareness to the need for quality housing in our community. The Col-lege of Natural Resources Ambassadors led a team to participate in the Shack-A-Thon this year.

This was our second year participating and we built upon the lessons learned to make more of an impact this year. We increased our fundraising to $4,277.28! This was truely a college wide effort. Students from all majors in CNR volunteered. They built the shack, collected donations, participated in challenges and manned the shack 24-hours a day, for a week, all in an effort to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

We came in 4th place out of the 20 student groups who competed in fundraising. As a campus, we raised a total of $33,005. This event helped our community, and created a setting where all CNR (and NC State) students could interact, regardless of their major. We hope Shack-A-Thon will become a CNR tradition and add to the amazing experience of being a CNR stu-dent.

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Shack-a-thonSeptember 22 - September 26

This year, the Leopold Wildlife Club held its 3rd annual Wild Food Supper as a way to connect students, alumni, and any other interested people. The club helps in the professional development of its members and offers many activities through the year to help this process. The Wild Food Supper acts as a fundraiser to ensure that club members are able to participate. De-spite the cold weather, we had a great time at the VFW Post in Cary with a great variety of food. This year’s menu included white-tailed deer, mule deer, pronghorn, rabbit, black bear, dove, duck, goose, and various types of fish. Everyone that came had a great time, and no one left hungry!

Homecoming week is a special week-long event that is hosted each year by NC State’s Alumni Association. During Homecoming week, there are many activities for students to participate in like Cupcake Wars, Battle of the Orgs, Spirit Banner Competition, Paint the Tunnel and Wear Red, Get Fed. This year, the CNR Ambassadors took part in the festivities to help promote the College and increase student involvement in College Wide events. We came in 2nd place beating some of the biggest sororities and fraternities, which had won it so many years in the past.

Wild Food Supper

Homecoming 2014

January 25

October 28 - November 2

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AbroadStudy

Costa Rica

During spring break, I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in Costa Rica with People-First Tourism and the NC State Sustainability Office. I was truly excited to go and wanted to see first hand how Costa Ricans live such a sustainable life-style.

While in Costa Rica, I got to work with People-First Tourism, which was truly an eye-opening experience for me. I learned just how much of an impact a single tourist can have on a coun-try’s tourism market and economy. The trip challenged me to leave my comfort zone and experience something far greater than what I ever expected. In Costa Rica, I got to meet real peo-ple, hear their stories and see their talents, which made the trip even more impactful and allowed me to understand their cul-ture better.

My favorite part of the trip was when the group stayed in the Iroquois community. The landscape was insanely beautiful and the people showed us such hospitality. They invited us into their homes and showed us their kitchens and gardens. It was obvious to me they were proud of who they are, where they live, how they live and wanted us to experience their lifestyle. I will never forget this experience and the people I met because of this opportunity.

Since visiting Costa Rica, I can’t imagine traveling and not vis-iting authentic communities and seeing how people really live. This trip made me question where the products I buy come from, especially since there is an extreme disconnect between products made and products consumed. I returned to campus with a new passion for micro eco-tourism and a new outlook on sustainability.

Lauryn CoombsJunior, Environmental Technology and Management

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Galápagos Islands

When I started at NC State, I never thought I would go on a study abroad trip. I love living in the United States and never imagined stepping foot outside the country’s borders, not be-cause I hate other countries, but because of all of the stories I hear on the news about students studying abroad and never returning. I was worried that traveling just wasn’t safe, but I was so wrong. I traveled to the Galápagos Islands with a group of fellow students and safely returned, even if there were some mix-ups with our flights. The only thing I regret now is that I waited until my senior year to experience the best time of my life!

The Galápagos Islands expedition gave me a chance to observe a culture very different from mine. The people showed me a greater appreciation for life and my background. It was obvi-ous they take pride in their country as we do in the US, but they move at a more leisurely pace to really enjoy every moment. I was given the opportunity to see an array of species, such as sea lions, giant turtles, finches, iguanas, penguins and even the profound blue-footed boobie, which calls the Galápagos home. I hiked one of the top five biggest calderas in the world, visit-ed Floreana Island, also known as the mystery island - because its first inhabitants went missing and were never found, and went snorkeling with sharks. Being in the water with sharks was something I never thought I would do, especially since I don’t know how to swim, but it was my favorite part of the trip and a big accomplishment for me. While in Galápagos, I was also able to establish life-long friendships with the peers in my group and I will never be more grateful and thankful for that. For all those who are worried about studying abroad my advice to you is to go for it. You don’t want to graduate and wish you had studied abroad.

Jenai PapillionSenior, Environmental Technology & Management

11CNR Ambassadors

The College of Natural Resources (CNR) Student Ambassador Program is a motivated, student-led organization that serves as a liaison between CNR and the community: prospective stu-dents & families, distinguished guests, alumni, and the NC State University as a whole. Student ambassadors plan, organize and lead numerous events and programs throughout the year aiming to create a strong sense of community within the college, raising awareness about CNR both on and off campus, and strengthening relation-ships between alumni, faculty, current students and prospective students.

2013 - 2014 Officers

Co-President: Robert McGonigle Co-President: Noah Delk CNR Council Rep: Lauren Maynard Advisor: Tiffany McLean

CNR Council

The CNR Council is comprised of one student representative from each CNR student organization, who all work together to become the voice of CNR while promoting unity among students from all majors. The council members meet twice a month to discuss ways to improve CNR’s environment and coor-dinate events to bring together all CNR students. Events include the Welcome Back Cookout, Shack-A-Thon, Home-coming, and Earth Day. The Council also funds and assists with many stu-dent organization events throughout the year.


President: Ashley Geiner Vice President: Tessa Tichy Advisor: Dr. Adrianna Kirkman

CNR Ladies

CNR Ladies is an organization within the College of Natural Resources that promotes networking amongst the fe-male faculty, staff, and students. The goal of CNR Ladies is to provide a wel-coming environment that fosters men-torship and a sense of inclusion for all attendees. Events throughout each semester place an emphasis on pro-fessional development, community service, and social activities in which all women in the College of Natural Resources are welcome to attend.


Program Coordinator: Mallory GyovaiAssociate Director: Dr. Shaefny Grays

Environmental Education

The Environmental Education Club was created to expose primary school students (K-8) to environmental sci-ence in an interactive and accessible way. Members hope to foster interest in further discovery and inspire stu-dents to be environmentally informed and responsible in the future. Club members develop and deliver les-son plans and activities, interact with students in a variety of settings, and participate in community outreach events.


President: Gabriela Quinlan Vice President: Alex Fraik CNR Council Rep: Alex Loflin Advisor: Renee Strnad

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Forestry/Timbersports

The Forestry Club, also called Timber-sports Club, is an organization for all NC State students who have a passion for forestry. Forestry Club competes in timbersports competitions against other colleges across the southeast. Club events also include technical events such as: wildlife ID, air photo interpretation, plant ID, timber esti-mation, and wood ID. We enjoy hav-ing a good time and socializing with one another, and encourage students to come out and see what the club is about.


President: Travis Howell Vice President: Robbie Taylor CNR Council Rep: Nathan Trull Advisor: Dr. Joseph Roise

International Society Of Tropical Foresters (ISTF)

The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) is a student run organi-zation dedicated to enhancing the in-ternational dimension of forestry and natural resource studies at NC State, with an emphasis on tropical issues. The club aims to support not only in-ternational programs in the College of Natural Resources, but also the per-sonal and professional development of ISTF members. This year, club mem-bers helped raise funds for activities by selling t-shirts, tote bags and coffee in the lobby of Biltmore Hall.


President: Deidre Peroff CNR Council Rep: Andréanne Méley Advisor: Dr. Erin O. Sills

Forest Products Society

The Forest Products Society (FPS) is a student organization that represents the NCSU wood products and sustain-able materials programs. FPS provides its members with hands on experi-ence and opportunities to learn more about manufacturing wood products. This semester’s fundraising project is to make laser engraved wooden coasters. The ultimate goal is to raise enough money to attend the Interna-tional Woodworking Fair during the next fall semester.


President: Patrick Spence Vice President: Jack Bensink CNR Council Rep: Patrick Spence

Leopold Wildlife

The Leopold Wildlife Club of NC State University is the student arm of The Wildlife Society. The club provides opportunities for professional devel-opment, networking, and social events for students looking for careers in the wildlife field. We have meetings at 6:00 PM on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month in room 1216 of Jordan Hall Addition. The meetings update members of ongoing and upcoming events and usually feature a speaker from some aspect of the wildlife field.


President: Michael BiggerstaffVice President: Alex MorrisonCNR Council Rep: Josh Grimes CNR Council Rep: Morgan Scalici Advisor: Dr. Chris MoormanAdvisor: Dr. Lara Pacifici

13PGA Golf Management Club

The PGA Golf Management Program at NC State is one of a kind! The purpose of the club is to build the reputation of the PGM program and provide profes-sional, social and networking opportu-nities to the program’s students.


President: Scott CorcoranVice-President: Gabriella SinkovicCNR Council Rep: Miguel AlvarezAdvisor: Dr. Robert WadeAdvisor: Andy BetzAdvisor: Susan Colby

PSE Women

The PSE Women’s group is a joint venture between the Pulp and Paper Foundation and CNR Community for Diversity. Our goal is to support the women in the paper science and en-gineering program with social, profes-sional development and community service activities each semester. This year, the group enjoyed two profes-sional development seminars, and partnered with WISE for two service events and are planning and hosting their own outreach project by inviting fourteen 8th grade girls to come “be a PSE student” for a day.


Advisor: Jennifer PiercyAdvisor: Dr. Shaefny Grays

MANNRS

MANRRS provides students with pro-fessional, academic, community and personal development opportunities. Overall, it strives to foster inclusion, achievement and advancement of women and members of ethnic and cultural groups underrepresented in agricultural sciences, natural resourc-es and related science fields, at the un-dergraduate and graduate levels.


President: Sabriya DobbinsVice President: Shaquilla HamlettCouncil Rep: Chelsi Holliday Advisor: Dr. Lisa Guion JonesAdvisor: Alexis Barbarin

Rho Phi Lambda

Rho Phi Lambda is the Parks, Recre-ation, Sports, and Leisure Honors So-ciety. Rho’s focus is on professional development, leadership, service and fellowship. Active Rho Phi Lambda members attend and often present at professional conferences and meet-ings. The club is always looking for avenues to better equip members for their profession, and we have lots of fun doing it! Rho is open to any PRTM student that has an overall GPA of 3.0 and a 3.2 GPA in the degree program, is in their second semester at NC State, and has passed nine (9) hours of PRTM courses.


President: Katie WhiteVice President: Katherine PateCNR Council Rep: Jimmy Naughton Advisor: Annette Moore

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Society of American Foresters

The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is the national scientific and educational organization represent-ing the forestry profession in the US. The mission of SAF is to advance the science, education, technology, and practice of forestry; to enhance the competency of its members; to estab-lish professional excellence; and, to use the knowledge, skills, and conser-vation ethic of the profession to en-sure the continued health and use of forest ecosystems and availability of forest resources to benefit society.


Chair: Matthew Haunsperger Vice Chair: Elisha Parlier CNR Council Rep: Thomas Harris Advisor: Dr. Joseph Roise

TAPPI

North Carolina State University’s TAP-PI chapter is an organization that aims to help Paper Science and Engineer-ing students improve their knowledge and professional development skills by connecting education to the paper industry. TAPPI helps sponsor events and trips for students to network with industry professionals and other stu-dents.


President: Patrick Leasure Vice President: Michelle BloodCNR Council Rep: Jason TungAdvisor: Dr. Med Byrd

Womyn Rising to the Top as One in Management (WRT1)

WRT1 is a community for women in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Man-agement program. WRT1 believes it is important for women in these majors to have support systems that address challenges specific to them and ulti-mately increase their chances for suc-cess. This organization provides an op-portunity to apply what is learned in the classroom to real world experienc-es by focusing on professional devel-opment, community service, and net-working with fellow female students.


President: Tanya Stevens Vice-President: Nury Castro Advisors: Susan ColbyAdvisors: Shaefny Grays

Xi Sigma Pi

Xi Sigma Pi is a national scholastic honor society that recognizes high ac-ademic achievement in forestry, wild-life, natural resources, environmental technology and forest biomaterials. It is the oldest and most prestigious natural resources honor society in the United States. In 1940, our chapter at North Carolina State was organized, making it one of the oldest chapters and the first national resources hon-or society in the South. Membership is by invitation only, and is limited to Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students and Professors with strong academic records.


President: Heather Meech Vice- President: Michael Huculak Advisor: Dr. Richard Braham

15TAPPI Visits Morrisville Elementary for Science Go-Around (By Jason Frizzell - PSE)

PSE students volunteered at Mor-risville Elementary to participate in the annual Science Go-Around. The Science Go-Around is an event that allows science groups to visit the school to get kids excited about science through hands-on activities and demonstrations. The PSE group made handsheets with several class-es of students from kindergarten to fifth grade. Each student got to make a handsheet, in Wolfpack red of course, on their own. This hands-on activity allowed students to see just how easily paper can be made and gave them a brief glimpse into the importance of hydrogen bonding. Students learned about the paper industry and large-scale paper oper-ations. They also had the opportuni-ty to ask questions related to paper. Through these questions and activi-ties, TAPPI was able to get several students interested in papermaking while clearing up misconceptions that had been instilled into the stu-dent’s young minds.

Trunk-or-Treat(By Mallory Gyovai - FWCB)

CNR Ladies volunteered with Inter-Act Raleigh, the domestic violence center, during the Halloween sea-son to participate in their annual Trunk-or-Treat event. This event was created to provide a safe and fun en-vironment for children who may not have access to it, whether that is due to them living in the InterAct Raleigh shelter or that they live in unsafe neighborhoods. The ladies decorat-ed a van with an NC State theme and passed out candy in the InterAct Ra-leigh parking lot to young children.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt(By James Naughton - SMT)

Each spring, the Rho Phi Lambda Honors Fraternity hosts a Spring Egg Hunt for youth with disabilities and their families. The egg hunt offers a special easter experience for youth with disabilities and allows them to hunt at their own pace while enjoy-ing a fun day with their family and friends. This year, the hunt was at Laurel Hills Park in Raleigh and in-cluded other events such as egg col-oring and fun activities while fami-lies enjoyed refreshments. This event is co-hosted by the Specialized Rec-reation and Inclusion Services of Ra-leigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources.

Millbrook Elementary Visitation(By Nury Castro - PRTM)

Members of WRT1 Management vis-ited Millbrook Elementary in Raleigh to mentor the young girls and estab-lish relationships that would inspire them to be successful now and in the future. This year, WRT1 dedicat-ed one Friday a month to spend time with 4th and 5th grade girls at Mill-brook Elementary after school’s pro-gram. WRT1 members served as role models and empowered the girls to get a good education and attend col-lege. During the visits, members and the mentees would talk about their future and encourage each other to reach their goals. Activities included zumba workouts, hula-hoop contests, and crafting friendship bracelets.

The monthly meetings served as good reminders to WRT1 members to enjoy the little things in life and the importance of giving back and posi-tively impacting a person’s life. Even though the semester is coming to an end, the Millbrook visits will contin-ue to be a main activity of WRT1.

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Service Raleigh @ Marbles Museum(By Jenai Papillion - ETM)

The CNR Ambassadors volunteered at the Marbles Kids Museum, in downtown Raleigh, as a part of NC State’s Service Raleigh event. At Mar-bles, ambassadors assisted kids with STEM (science, technology, engi-neering, and mathematics) activities. Each volunteer had a station and was in charge of covering topics, such as polymers, magnets and their mag-netic fields and electrical currents. Volunteering at Marbles allowed the ambassadors to not only share their love for STEM with the families that attended, but gave them the oppor-tunity to gain more knowledge ap-plicable to their majors and inspire children to study in STEM areas in their future.

Adopt-A-Hole(By Miguel Alvarez - PGM)

During the Adopt-a-Hole event, the PGM students volunteered their time filling divots, repairing ball marks, raking bunkers and picking up trash at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Cen-tennial Campus and Prestonwood Country Club in Cary.

Clothing & Food Drive(By Veronica Mbaneme - BAE)

Over 100 items were donated by MANRRS! Service Chair Megan Cod-allo led a successful community service event in the spring semes-ter, which collected non-perishable food, garments and toiletries to as-sist in the nourishment and clothing of men, women and children living below the poverty line. Faculty, staff and students dropped off donations at one of the donation locations on campus: Weaver Labs, Jordan Hall, Polk Hall and Patterson Halls. MAN-

RRS members collected and dropped off the donations at the Martin Street Baptist Church in downtown Raleigh.

York Elementary School Talking Tree Trail(By Alexandria Loflin - NR)

In late 2013, York Elementary School contacted the Environmental Educa-tion Club for assistance in develop-ment of a “Talking Tree Trail” on one of the school’s property. Club mem-bers Carolyn Caggia and Alex Loflin worked with the school’s club “Creek Keepers”, researching and develop-ing scripts for the trees selected to be on the trail. The scripts were written from the perspective of the trees and included a short introduction about the tree and its physical characteris-tics, as well as its preferred habitats and uses. The scripts were record-ed by students and were linked to QR codes that can be accessed by QR-reading apps for listening on a smartphones and iPad. A mock-up of The Talking Tree Trail came to life at York’s STEM expo. Over 300 parents and students that participated were able to use iPads to scan the QR-codes and learn about each tree. The Environmental Educa-tion Club is continuing to work on the trail. Future development of the proj-ect will include the establishment of permanent trail markers and signs along the physical trail. Upon com-pletion, this trail will be a valuable educational tool not only for the stu-dents at York Elementary School, but also for visitors to the park from the surrounding community.

17SAF Conference & Wilderness Excursion(By Matthew Haunsperger - FOM)

The Society of American Foresters members gathered in Charleston, SC for the Annual SAF convention. For many of the members, this was their first SAF convention and was one to remember. The convention gathered foresters from all over the southeastern United States to listen to seminars, present research, net-work and enjoy the fellowship of other foresters. For students, this is a great opportunity to learn about internships and job opportunities while broadening their knowledge about forestry and the different ca-reer paths available to them after graduation.

For a few of the SAF members, the convention also provided a little bit of fun during the semester. Prior to the convention, nine SAF members and their faculty advisor, Dr. Joseph Roise, completed the 27-mile and 4 day canoe trip on Cedar Creek to the Congaree River in Congaree National Park. The creek is a black water system that flows through the center of the park and is lined with cypress, water tupelo, swamp laurel oak, and some of the largest loblol-ly pines in the nation.

Tropical Foresters Conference at Yale (By Andréanne Méley - NR)

ISTF members attended the annual conference at Yale University. The conference provided a great forum for members to learn about and discuss the linkage between eco-nomic development and natural resource conservation and manage-ment. Representatives from gov-ernment agencies, universities, and

environmental and developmental organizations also attended the conference and readily engaged in dialogues on emerging issues in the tropics. This year’s conference discussed forest conservation in the context of “The Capital Approach (top down) and the Local Approach (bottom up) of attracting Financial Resources for Conservation and Generating Sustainable Revenues from Forest Resources”.

All Council Meeting(By Veronica Mbaneme - BAE)

The first MANNRS All-Council meet-ing of the semester featured Elydia Thomas, John Deere’s After-market Manager. She spoke to the students about internships and career oppor-tunities available at John Deere in engineering, supply chain manage-ment and marketing. Ms. Thomas advised students on tactful commu-nication, effective elevator speech-es and displaying the “wow-factor” at company recruitment events. She also demonstrated interview tech-niques, like the STAR method (Situ-ation, Task, Action and Results) as a way to focus on answers during interviews.

Student Summit(By Jason Tung - PSE)

The NCSU TAPPI chapter traveled to Syracuse, NY for the TAPPI Student Summit. TAPPI members had the opportunity to meet with experts on new technologies available to the paper industry. During the summit, TAPPI members discussed topics such as mini mills and cellulosic developments and participated in professional development activi-ties. The summit also included an engineering challenge and NC State TAPPI chapter had members on three of the top four teams.

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NC Environmental Educa-tion Certification Program(By By Alexandria Loflin - NR)

Members of the Environmental Education Club took part in a Proj-ect Learning Tree workshop to gain skills in teaching elementary students about forest resources. This workshop fulfilled one of the requirements for the North Car-olina Environmental Education certification. The North Carolina Environmental Education Certifica-tion Program provides profession-al development and a standard of excellence for individuals involved in environmental education. Par-ticipants have four years to meet the program requirements, which includes a total of 200 hours divid-ed between the five components: instructional workshops, knowl-edge of environmental education resources and facilities, outdoor en-vironmental education experiences, teaching, and a community part-nership project. Becoming a certi-fied NC Environmental Educator is a widely recognized professional credential and assists in networking with other environmental educators across the state.

FER Career Fair(By Christi Standley)

Every November, the Department of Forestry and Environmental Re-sources (FER) hosts an annual ca-reer fair to connect students with employers for internships, job shad-owing and full-time job opportuni-ties. The career fair gives students the opportunity to network with in-dustry professionals and interview for jobs, or practice interviewing. The fair takes place in the fall which gives students access to a high amount of summer internship posi-tions and allows them to start build-ing relationships for full-time posi-

tions for those graduating in May. This year’s event occurred on the first floor of Jordan Hall Addition which allowed for more of a close-knit feel and increased accessibility for students and employers.

Turnout by both employers and students was great and several stu-dents received internships and full-time positions through the connec-tions that they made.

The career fair is a great opportuni-ty for the department to build rela-tionships with employers and many of the employers in attendence have returned later in the year to hold on-campus interviews, serve as a guest speaker in professional de-velopment classes, speak to our stu-dents about their major and learn how qualified FER students are for their jobs. This relationship-building means that many of these employ-ers opt to attend the FER Career Fair annually.

This years employer’s included En-viva, RTI international, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Environment North Carolina, NC Forest Service, Inter-national Paper, and Boise Cascade Company to name a few.

For more information on the em-ployers that participated and other professional development opportu-nities for FER students visit:

cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/career_services

PRT Seminar Series

(By Trey Jones - SMT)

PRT Seminar Series is a speaker se-ries that is tailored to the students within PRTM. The speaker series provides valuable insight and infor-mation to students who are inter-ested in pursuing careers in sport or recreation. Professionals are invited to share their knowledge and expe-riences including their background, education, daily duties, and advice. These are amazing opportunities for students to take advantage of, especially since the chance to in-teract with professionals in this kind of environment is not always avail-able. Students who attend the series gain insight from professionals that can help them in the early years of their career.

The idea of the PRT Seminar Series came to me during the summer of 2013. I’ve been very blessed to have met a lot of professionals over the course of my college career and I felt like those types of interactions would benefits many of my peers too. Interacting with professionals while in school is something we can all benefit from, and can help mold our future career paths. Knowledge is power, however, knowledge isn’t power until it is utilized. With that being said, the PRT Seminar Series is helping each individual realistically use their knowledge, supporting the mission statement of “Empowering students with a realistic vision of their future”.

Once the idea formed, I met with many people in the college and got approval and support from the PRTM department. I was able to move forward and make my idea a reality. I formed an Executive Board and we quickly got to work schedul-ing the speakers.

In the inaugural year, PRT Series has had the pleasure to hear from:

In the future, our goal is to continue to bring in successful professionals that will have a positive impact on the student body. While the series has focused primarily on sport and recreation, in the future, we hope to bring in speakers related to tourism, community outreah, active living and other related fields. We want this to be a professional develop-ment event students look forward to attending. Everyone has their own story of success, but someone has helped them along the way.

None of this would be possible with-out the help of my e-board mem-bers: Marcus Spruill, Morgan Cheek, and Micayla Mitchell.

2519Barry Joyce, Associate Athletic Director of Facility Operations

Mickey Fearn, Retired Deputy Director of Communications and Community Assistance for the National Park Service

Justin Wilson, Assistant Director of Communications of NC State Athletics

Angela Caraway - Event Planner of Packapolooza

Justine Hollingshead, Event Planner of Packapolooza & Di-rector of the NC State GLBT Cen-ter

Carlton Goldthwaite, Founder of Broadreach Global Summer Ad-ventures

Dereck Whittenburg, Director of Player Development for NC State Mens Basketball.

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One of the best things about the PSE program here at NC State is that companies are literally knocking on our doors to inter-view us! We don’t have to go search them out as most young college students would have to do if they wanted a summer in-ternship or semester co-op posi-tion. They come to our building and our interview rooms be-cause they are hungry for young interns, co-ops, and full time en-gineers to be a part of their com-pany.

This is something that I believe truly sets our program apart from others. There are so many of these companies that there is a full time position held by the infamous Pat Hill in order to or-ganize and facilitate these inter-views that happen consistently twice a week in the Fall. I believe that this is something that is in-valuable in our program, and I hope that this continues for many years to come!

- Bobby Oglesby (PSE)

PSE Interview Days

(By Pat Hill)

During move-in weekend, freshmen and their families are invited to a family picnic, but there’s a catch, the price of admission is one re-sume. Their resumes are kept on file and used throughout their career at NC State for potential employers to view, updated as needed of course. Dr. Med Byrd maintains the resume database and reviews each students resume before the interview day be-gins.

Since the PSE program began, the program has had strong relation-ships with the pulp & paper indus-try and allied suppliers provide students the opportunity to partic-ipate in mock interviews with pro-fessionals in the field. These mock interviews provide students with a direct connection to employers, and allows them to gain a new profes-sional skill - interviewing, allowing them to polish their resume.

Interviews are conducted in Bilt-more Hall Pulp & Paper Labs during fall semester. Students sign up for their interview date online, on a first-come first serve basis, and pick which employer they want to inter-view with. Prior to the big interview day, students attend an hour long Pre-night Information Session host-ed by TAPPI. During the session, company representatives present to the students reasons why they should come work for them in-cluding company culture, future employment opportunities and po-sition requirements. This gives stu-dents the opportunity to make sure the company is right for them be-fore accepting any offers extended during the interviews.

On the big day, employers partic-ipating in the interview days are

given a packet with their interview schedule and each applicants re-sume so they can review before hand and be ready with questions. The interviews days for PSE are hugely successful and many stu-dents are extended multiple offers from employers for internships, co-ops and full-time jobs. Graduat-ing seniors in PSE have a 100% job placement rate each year due to the support of the many industry employers that visit year after year.

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ResearchUndergraduate

Quantifying Downed Woody Debris In Urban Environments And Use By Herpetopfauna Response

Research will examine:

The relationship between the volume of woody de-bris and the distance from human use.

The relationship between downed woody debris availability and reptile and amphibian (hereafter, herpetofauna) presence and species diversity in ur-ban environments.

In partnership with Dr. George Hess’ Natural Re-source Measurements class - downed woody debris, fallen trees and branches are being quantified and classified at 58 locations along the Raleigh Greenway System.

Using a line intersect sampling method, we are mea-suring all coarse woody debris (larger than 2.5 cen-timeters), along three 50-meter transacts that are 5 meters, 15 meters, and 25 meters away from the for-est edge, an area where human activities also occur.

I predict a positive correlation between the distance from the forest edge and the amount of downed woody debris.

In addition to surveying for human usage, Herpeto-fauna presence will be sampled. Herpetofauna serve as good ecological indicators of an environment. Downed wood creates a microhabitat that is used by many reptiles and amphibians.

Throughout the summer, visits will continue at each of the 58 sites, sampling for any reptiles or amphib-ians found under the downed wood. The three sep-arate transects will be sampled and documented to observe the relationships among proximity to human use, volume of downed wood, and herpetofauna pres-ence and diversity.

Abstract:

This study, with samples provided by the U.S. Forest Service, is comparing soil water chemical and isoto-pic composition to the isotopic signatures of precipi-tation and groundwater to help manage environmen-tal issues related to water and soils.

The U.S. Forest Service, prior to the study, collected soil water samples from the Coweeta Hydrologic Lab-oratory in western North Carolina. They used lysime-ters of varying tensions and sizes, installed at varying soil depths, to compare the nutrient concentrations across a range of conditions.

During the study, samples will be analyzed for stable water isotopes, 18O and 2H, to determine how the isotopic signatures of soil water differ when collected under different conditions, utilizing the same equip-ment.

The chemical and isotopic composition of soil water can be used to help scientists and resource managers better understand many environmental issues includ-ing drought, water contamination, and soil nutrient availability.

By comparing these water isotope values to those of precipitation and groundwater, we will better under-stand the ages and source of soil water collected un-der each experimental condition.

Isotope Hydrology of Forest Soils

Lauren MaynardDale PrihodaJunior in Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservaton BiologySenior in Environmental Technology & Management

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The Spatial Extent of the Ecological Effects of Outdoor Pet Cats

Abstract:

This study documents the individual variability of cat movement behavior, providing valuable data in as-sessing and managing threats to native species. Vol-unteer pet owners from Durham, NC participate by tracking their cat’s movement with a small GPS unit worn by the cat. These units are placed on the cats back using a small harness for one week.

Preliminary results show that the majority of cats do not stray far from home.

Domesticated cats effect on native wildlife is cause for concern in today’s urban wildlife management be-cause of their potential impacts on the populations of species of birds, rodents and reptiles. If domesticated cats are primarily hunting species common to resi-dential areas, the effect would be less of a concern than if they range widely across protected areas. The spatial extent of this effect remains unknown.

Little work has been done to track the movement ex-tent of individual cats. This study will extend these limited studies to document the individual variability of cat movement behavior, providing valuable data in assessing and managing threats to native species.

Volunteers will be selected through an online survey. The participants will be given a small GPS unit that will be worn by the cat via a small harness for one week. The data will be downloaded and analyzed on movebank.org. Factors that will be analyzed include: size of the home range, type of area movement (gar-den vs woods), use of fragment areas, and in some in-stances, how multiple cats interact with each other.

Rebecca OwensSenior in Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology

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About Dean WatzinEducation:

University of South Carolina, BS in Marine Science

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,PhD in Marine Sciences

Research Focus Area:

Watershed Ecology and Management

My research focuses on practical problem solv-ing in areas where water quality is impaired and ecosystem health is compromised. I’ve been lucky enough to work in many ecosystems, and with many partners. I’ve taught Natural Resource Management, Ecological Restoration, Marine Ecology, and other courses, often with a ser-vice-learning component to them. I love working with students in the field.

In my fridge right now there are:

Eggs, oranges (juicy little clementines), yogurt (key lime – yum!) and lots of condiments!

When I’m not working, I like to:

Walk, paddle my kayak and grow flowers in my yard

If I knew I would not fail (and I wouldn’t be run over by a container ship) I would:

Paddle the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the Sea. The inspiration comes from a favorite childhood book, “Paddle to the Sea” – the story of a Native American doll in a canoe that went from the Great Lakes all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. I always dreamed of taking that journey.

About the FER Department HeadDr. Barry Goldfarb

Years as FER’s Department Head:

10 years

Education:

Southern Oregon State College, BS in Biology

Oregon State University,MS in Botany and Plant Pathology

Oregon State University,PhD in Forest Science


Tree physiology and development. Expertise in nursery production, vegetative propagation, re-forestation and clonal forestry.

My favorite quote:

“Make A’s!”(Barry Goldfarb, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 ...)

My passion as it relates to Natural Resources:

Improving our environment, one student at a time... And I love trees, all sorts. Tall ones and short ones, fat ones and skinny ones, gymno-sperms and angiosperms and even a few mono-cots that pretend they are trees.


Travel, golf, garden, and watch Wolfpack sports!

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About the PRTM Department Head About the FB Department HeadDr. Steve Kelley

Years as FB’s Department Head:

9 years

Education:

Oregon State University, BS in Wood Science

University of Wisconsin-MadisonMS in Forestry

Virginia Tech,PhD in Chemistry


Research: Sustainable production of energy and materials from biomass, and the application of novel analytical tools to biomass.

Teaching: Wood Chemistry and Wood Adhesives, Composites and Sustainable Materials for Green Housing.

My favorite quote:

“Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you” - Satchel Paige

I interpret this as ‘you need to keep looking for-ward for new opportunities and don’t look back on the doubters that are jealous of your success’.

In my fridge right now there are:

A dozen kinds of chocolate, and a dozen variet-ies of red wine.

Dr. Dorothy Anderson

Years as PRTM’s Department Head:

6 years

Education:

University of Minnesota, BS in Geography (Climatology)

University of Minnesota,MS in Geography (Land Use Planning)

Colorado State University, PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management


Research: Civic engagement, community bene-fits, place attachment and trust.

Teaching: In my current position as department head, I teach one graduate class on Concept Mapping. Prior to becoming department head, I taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Sustainable Land Use Planning and Recreation Resource Management, and a doctoral research workshop for MacArthur Fellows in development studies and social change.

My guilty pleasure is:

Watching The Weather Channel.


Hike, bicycle, read, read and read!

Advice Graduates

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As you, the class of 2014, leave the campus and embark on your life journey, I hope you are excited by the many opportunities before you. The world desperately needs your knowledge, skills, and commitment. You will be the future stewards of our nation’s forests and wood products, wildlife, water, parks, and sports arenas and you can make an enormous difference in the world.

Dean Mary Watzin

Find something you love, and do it well! The 2014 graduates have a great, albeit complex, future. There are many challenging environmental and social problems facing the use and preservation of our natural resources. But the graduates of 2014 are uniquely positioned to face these challenges. They have great educational backgrounds, and have also learned the value of team approaches and respect for a diversity of opinions. So take these skills and experiences, apply them to something you care about passionately, and do it well!

Dr. Steve Kelley

Remember you’ve earned your degree, so walk in your brilliance. Don’t get discouraged if life throws you a couple of curves. Real maturity develops when you experience challenges and learn your way through them. Don’t be afraid to stand on your own. True leaders show courage in their convictions, but true leaders also work well with people and learn how to meet people where they are.

Dr. Thomas Easley

Remember that no one owes you anything. Work hard, try new things, and take time to talk to the person in the check out line.

Tiffany McLean

Be adventurous. Go places and do things outside of your normal comfort zone. These experienc-es will broaden your perspectives in a given profession, expand your professional network, and greatly increase the pool of potential job opportunities. Don’t limit yourself. I encourage you to be persistent in your search for job opportunities and to not procrastinate when applying for jobs or preparing for a job interview. You can outwork someone that may have more experience or skills and win the job competition. Volunteer. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Lastly, always carry yourself professionally; even if you don’t realize it, someone may be watching and evaluating your potential as an employee. First impressions are lasting impressions. Good luck.

Dr. Chris Moorman

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Now that you have graduated, continue to expand your networks, get involved in a professional organization and remember to stay in touch with your college... we enjoy knowing where your life’s journey has taken you. Best wishes.

Janell Moretz

Go out and grab it. Don’t hesitate to explore at this phase of your life and career. Don’t hesitate to take positions far from home. Remember, in all likelihood, this first job won’t be your last. With the education and the skills you have acquired and those you will develop throughout your career, you have it within your power to create the career path that is just right for you and your family.

Dr. Barry Goldfarb

In your careers you will be asked to solve ambiguous, complex, and volatile problems. Don’t let the impossibility of the task discourage you from doing your best. You will succeed!

Dr. Dorothy Anderson

Live with the purpose to learn something from every person that crosses your path. Your education continues daily, even once you have left NC State. Venture out and make your Alma Mater, family and friends proud.

Jennifer Piercy

Get out! You can always move back to Raleigh or your hometown. There’s no better time than now. Seize opportunities. You never know where an open door may lead. Career paths are rarely linear. Live independently. You need to make your own way, and your confidence will grow as a result. Make things happen. Be resourceful. 80% of jobs are never posted. Don’t be afraid to apply for a position that may seem like a stretch for your experience. Get dirty. Work as hard as you can and do your best with every task you are given, all with a positive attitude. Look forward. Ask yourself if this job will help you get where you want to go. Don’t be afraid to make a change if the answer is no. Stay con-nected. Networking does not end after you’ve landed your first job. Give back. Find a worthy organi-zation or a cause that inspires you and give generously of your time and energy to make a difference. Be passionate. Cultivate your interests outside of work and always be a student of something.

Dr. Steph Jeffries

Faculty & Staff

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2013 General Hugh Shelton National Leadership ScholarshipAlexandria Loflin (NR)

2013 Joseph E. and Robin C. Hightower Graduate Student Award Colter Chitwood (FWCB)

2014 ACS National Meeting Best Oral Presentation for Graduate StudentsShuai Li (FB)

2014 Southeastern Wildlife Conclave Rifle Competition - 2nd PlaceApril Boggs (FWCB)

2014 STIHL Timbersports Southern Qualifier Collegiate Champion Griffith Wilson (FOM)

Accepted into the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Eanas Alia (ETM)

Accepted into the 2014 Rocky Mountain Sustainability and Science Network Summer Academy Deanna Metivier (NR)Mallory Gyovai (FWCB)

Baruch Foundation Award for the Best Poster at the 2013 Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference Laura Townsend (FOM)

BioResources Award Madeleine Foster (PSE)Micah Doane (PSE)

BioResources Undergraduate Fellowship Patrick Spencer (WPS)

Caldwell Fellow -Class of 2017Jessica Kraus (SMT)

Careers in Conservation Scholarship April Boggs (FWCB)

Couch Pit Award Matthew Skinner (PSE)

CNR Study Abroad Travel GrantJenai Papillion (ETM)Anna Cole (PRTM)

Donna Martin Bhatnagar Scholarship Alan Brown (PRTM)

Dr. M. Roger Warren Endowment in Park Management Scholarship Erica Painter (PRTM)

Eastman Graduate Award - 3rd PlaceTimo Leskinen (FB)

Edwin and Letitia Lindsay Sport Management Scholarship Jessica Kraus (SMT)

Elected to the Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) Board of DirectorsErin Sills (FER)

Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Modeling of Populations in Biological Systems Poster Competiton - 1st Place Sarah Haas (FER)

Forest Science and Technology Board Student Presentation Competition at the Society of American Foresters (SAF) National Convention - 1st Place Hilary Morris (NR)

Global Change Fellowship by Department of Interior - Southeast Climate Science CenterNitin Singh (FER)

Highlighted in the article “How Many Alligators in N.C?” in the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Coastal Review Online Lindsey Garner (FWCB)

H. L. Kitchens Award Bobby Oglesby (PSE)

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Aaron Sugar (ETM)Kelly Suttles (NR)

Inducted into the Rho Phi Lambda Honors FraternityNury Castro (PRTM)

Inducted to Xi Sigma PiKelly Suttles (NR)

International Symposium on Society and Resource Management Travel ScholarshipKatharine Conlon (PRTM)

Jack “Swede” Frauson Sports Management Scholarship Justin Mumford (SMT)

Legends In Giving Scholarship Elizabeth Croft (PRTM)Anna Cole (PRTM)

Outstanding Student Subunit in the Southern Division of American Fisheries Society NCSU Student Fisheries Society

Park ScholarshipAlexandria Loflin (NR)

Paper Science Super Scholar Julia Woods (PSE)

Phillip S. Rea Endowment for Parks and RecreationKatie Walker (PRTM)

Phillips Family Leadership Incentive ScholarshipJoe McDonald (PSE)Patrick Leasure (PSE)

R.B. and Irene Jordan Endowed Scholarship Jalen Courts (SMT)Andrea Sellers (SMT)Marcus Spruill (SMT)Richard Benjamin Justus (PGM)

SETTRA Sean McCarthy Student Research Grant Birendra KC (PRTM)

Site Solutions Scholarship Clinton Bowman (PRTM)

Southeast Climate Science Center Global Change FellowshipNitin Singh (FER)Michaela Foster (NR)

Southeastern Recreation Research Conference Student ScholarshipKatharine Conlon (PRTM)

Southeastern Recreation Research Conference (SERR) Best PhD Student Poster AwardYuchen Mao (PRTM)

Student of the Year for the South Atlantic Affiliate of College & University Residence Halls Aaron Sugar (ETM)

TAPPI MHI Corrugated Packaging ScholarshipMichelle Blood (PSE)

TAPPI Process Control Division ScholarshipStanton Wiggins (PSE)

The Association of American Geographers Dissertation Research GrantKunwar Singh (FER)

The J. Harold & Hazel Moses Endowed Scholarship Brittany Phipp (PRTM)

The Philip E. Fleming Endowed Scholarship Caroline Kelly (PRTM)

The Wayne Williamson and Bette Rose Scholarship in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Micayla Mitchell (PRTM)

The Wildlife Society North Carolina Chapter Ken Wilson Memorial AwardMichael Biggerstaff (FWCB)

Thomas L. Quay Experiential Learning AwardApril Boggs (FWCB)

Udall Scholarship Honorable MentionAaron Sugar (ETM)

Winslow, Frauson, Rea Endowed ScholarshipAnna Bellefeuil (PRTM)Tyler Simmons (PRTM)

2013 Award for ExcellenceTeresa Sauls (Dean’s Office)Kim Bush (PRTM)

2013-14 Alumni Outstanding TeacherKim Bush (PRTM)

2013 - 2014 Pride of the WolfpackJames Jeuck (Extension)Mike Maltby (FB)Jennifer Piercy (FB)Jennifer Beedle (PRTM)

2013 Chancellor’s Staff Honoree in Service of Human Rights Tricia Davis (FB)

2013 - 2015 Elected Chair of the UNC Staff AssemblySusan Colby (PRTM)

2013 Henry Hardtner Forest Resource Assistance Award from the Southern Group of State Foresters Mark Megalos (Extension)

2013 Outstanding Paper Award for “A concept for a performance-based rating system for home resilience: ReScU,” International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built EnvironmentDavid Tilotta (FB)Orsolya Bencze (FB)Sudipta Dasmohaptra (FB)

2014 Award for Excellence Erin Adair (PRTM) Patti Woodburry(Development)

2014 First Year College Freshman Advocacy AwardTiffany McLean (Academic Affairs)

2014 TAPPI FellowMed Byrd (FB)

2014 - 2016 NC State District 2 Staff SenatorPatti Woodburry(Development)

Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor for CNR Myron Floyd (PRTM)

Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Aram Attarian (PRTM)

Appalachian Society of American Foresters Dedicated Service Award Fred Cubbage (FER)

Appointed to the Forestry Research Advisory Council by the U.S. Secretary of AgricultureMyron Floyd (PRTM)

Author of “PROVOST: Experiences, Reflections and Advice from a Former ‘Number Two’ on Campus”Larry Nielsen (FER)

Class of 2013 American Chemical Society FellowOrlando Rojas (FB)

Coventry UniversityInternational Visiting FellowshipJason Bocarro (PRTM)

Identified the Olinguito (Bassaricyon Neblina)Roland Kays (FER)

Interviewed and Quoted in the article “The High Cost of Carbon in City Trees in the Scienceline Melissa McHale (FER)

specialRecognitions

EndowmentsEstablished 5.1.13 - 4.21.13

Lead Author of “The Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses is Destroying the Environment and Threatening Our SocietyNils Peterson (FER)

Named by USGS to serve on the Natinal Advisory Committee on Climate Change & Natural Resource Science (ACCCNRS)Erin Seekamp (PRTM)

Named to the Natural Resource Defense Council Sport and Sustainability Advisory BoardJonathan Casper (PRTM)

NCSU University Faculty Scholars - Class of 2013-2014 Chris Moorman (FER)

Outstanding Faculty in Extension and Engagement (AOFEE) Duarte Morais (PRTM)Steve McKeand (FER)

Recognized in The Forestry Source of their work at the Walk-In-The-Forest for 360 School Kids event James Jeuck (Extension)Mark Megalos (Extension)

Snowshoe Hare and Climate Change Research covered in an NPR Weekend Edition broadcast L. Scott Mills (FER)

UNC Board of Governor’s Teaching Excellence AwardGeorge Hess (FER)

Used as an example of teaching excellence in an article about universities that promote leadership in the classroom in The Forestry Source George Hess (FER)

“Where Tree Species Can Survive Under Various Climate Change Scenarios” research was featured on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory website Kevin Potter (FER)

“Wood Supply Projections for South Carolina” research cited in South Carolina Times and DemocratBob Abt (FER)

Dr. Carroll L. and Dawn N. Mann Endowments for Wildlife Ecology and ManagementEst. June 3, 2013

Robison Undergraduate Research FundEst. July 20, 2013

David and Angelica Harcharik Forestry International Studies EndowmentEst. July 22, 2013

Jerry H. Fox ScholarshipEst. September 27, 2013

Phillips Family Leadership IncentiveEst. December 6, 2013

Karla HendersonEst. February 11, 2014

Brenda E. and C. Wade Brickhouse Natural Resources Initiative EndowmentEst. April 9, 2014

*Want to see your accomplishments featured Pinetum? Make sure to submit your information to Academic Affairs throughout the year!

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Fall 2013

Summer 2013

2013+2014Graduates

Department of Forest Biomaterials

Doctor of Philosophy in Forest BiomaterialsJunyeong ParkCarlos L. Salas Araujo

Master of Forest BiomaterialsAnthony AtamimiEdward E. Pomeroy

Master of Science in Forest BiomaterialsJonathan R. Aycock

Bachelor of Science in Paper Science and EngineeringBrandon R. Taylor

Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources

Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation BiologyMaria B. Palamar

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry and Environmental ResourcesDamian Maddalena

Master of Environmental AssessmentAaron D. AskinsMatthew J. BrownKaren A. Trimberger

Master of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation BiologyEric L. KilburgRyan L. Klimstra

Master of ForestryErnest Dixon IV

Master of Science in ForestryMatleena M. Vuola

Master of Natural ResourcesSara Alicia VelaLongjian Yang

Master of Science in Natural ResourcesStephen Andrew Banks

Meghan E. LobsingerTeisha L. WymoreBachelor of Science in Environmental Technology and Management Brittany C. AnsteadJoAnthion A. HarrisGregory L. PalmerDaniel T. SegravesCharles B. Tate

Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation BiologyJames T. DicksonMichael T. FranksLawrence A. KennardZeb L. RobinsonRoss A. SnotherlyMatthew T. Supple

Bachelor of Science in Forest Management Joshua M. HusseyPaul L. Turner III

Bachelor of Science in Natural ResourcesAaron B. Parsons

Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management

Doctor of Philosophy in Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementCandice M. BrutonInes M. Palacios

Master of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management Jessica N. DelkDavid C. Santucci II

Bachelor of Science in Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementMatthew J. BlizzardMariah J. BoulwareTaylor D. BrownJohn V. ChapmanJonathan D. CliftonEmily Egelhoff-WhalenDouglas S. EricksonHaileab Z. FishastionAustin P. GreeneElizabeth A. HarkeyAllison M. HendrenWeston D. HenleyMatthew J. MessanaZachary D. MislerFranklin R. MunfordVirginia Colleen ReedSamantha M. SmithKyle L. Smith

Robert S. SmithTyler A. SosaBenjamin W. Steele Robert R. Tatum IIJohn M. TaylorJake D. VermiglioRachel M. WellsMatthew B. WhitlowMirjam R. Zanon KrugerBachelor of Science in Professional Golf ManagementBryce E. AronsonMatthew Geoffrey JonesJoshua Bizzell Rackley

Bachelor of Science in Sport ManagementBryan P. AdametzCooper Thomas BoyceClyde Bronson BrownDaniel Gregory CarrollLandon Jackson ChildersCaitlin Anne DentThomas William DeschenesJoshua Allen DorcheusPaige Nicole EleyJoshua Brent FountaineColin W. GenthertJeffrey Adam HairrPaul HarmonBlake A. IsleyClifford M. KohutChristian Tyler KranzNicholas Seth LawsonSimeon Aaron MacdonaldLee A. PhillipsKenneth Charles PraschanRoger Michael RoseNicolas E. SaccoBrent Ryan SchwartzKarimah M. K ShepherdSungjin SongMoritz Jo David SteidtenJack Allen Sweeney Mark Brian Teasley IIDavid Andrew ThomsonAshlee TownsJackson Keller Wrenn


Doctor of Philosophy in Forest BiomaterialsJiajia Meng

Master of Forest BiomaterialsJeffrey S. Ewers

Master of Sciences in Forest BiomaterialsZachary David Miller

Bachelor of Science in Paper Science and EngineeringKyle Jared KeatingCarter Anderson RechtinMichael Lance Nellas SanchezKyle Sanders ShepherdMatthew Lee ThomasJacob Schuyler Vrooman

Bachelor of Science in Wood ProductsJames Dylan DavenportJensen Reece Sales


Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry and Environmental ResourcesYari B. JohnsonGuofang Miao

Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Brett M. HartisAimee P. RockhillMartha E. Rutledge

Master of Environmental AssessmentJoshua T. Johnson

Master of ForestryStephen Bazemore

Master of Science in ForestryEric JaeschkeJaakko J. NippalaCormac S. O’Doherty

Master of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation BiologyBryan C. Will

Master of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation BiologyAnnemarie PrincePaul J. Taillie

Master of Geospatial Information Science

and TechnologyRachel R. AlbrittonAdam E. CrainBrian S. HickinbothamGeoffrey M. Schwitzgebel Master of Natural ResourcesFrancis G. Davis IIIEdmund C. Burnett III

Master of Science in Natural ResourcesJohn M. DiazAlexander E. Metzger

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Technology and Management Erin E. FurrChandler W. HatchellDalton T. HelmsBrett A. LandalsRoy T. MarionBenjamin O. MartinAndrew S. McGowanAustin B. McIntyreMija J. NicholsMatthew D. ReidJason E. StrotherPertti L. Virtaranta

Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation BiologyElysha A. AgneMatthew A. AndrewsNicole E. CianciulliDavi L. ClarkNathan K. GillilandTanya C. GodseyEthan J. GreeneJoshua G. GrimesTodd C. HarrisonJoshua H. HooksMelana R. HortonErin E. LatimerDaniel K. LeeTyler W. LegginsTyler C. MoodyJordan S. NanneyGregory H. SidesKaleb K. SmithGretchen L. StokesAustin L. WarnerRobert P. WatsonJames D. Wehbie

Bachelor of Science in Forest Management Kevin L. BoyerThomas M. BrendleLewis F. CongerLynwood Graham IIISamuel W. GriffithBranden S. ReddinAlexander B. Thompson

Bachelor of Science in Natural ResourcesTheodore C. BenbowDouglas M. ClarkJennifer K.DoucetteLee M. HoweKevin S. Murphrey


Master of Geospatial Information Science and TechnologyJeremy A. BaynesBrian L. McLeanBrenda H. McluskieCarl W. NordmanMichael S. Stec

Master of Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementAmy C. Saltmarsh

Master of Science in Natural ResourcesFrancis G. Davis III

Bachelor of Science in Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementQuinn Banning-ArndtJonathan J. BeckerColeman R. BuckwellDuran M. ChristopheGrant A. ClydeWilliam B. Cooper IIILaura Caroline CraigJohn Alexander DurhamMonikah N. FisherLindsay B. FroggattDavid S. GambleCameron M. GatlinElizabeth A. GreatSteven L. HeathHarriett A. HussPablo JassoAdam R. JusticeMatthew G. KornegayJoseph A. LancasterMatthew D. LaneJohn H. LindermanScott C. LowColin P. McCartyBenjamin S. MoorePamela E. MyersWilliam E. PaigeDeion M. RobersonJared B. ScottMegan E. SherrillBrian K. SlayDavison F. SmithRashard K. SmithMary E. TewAmy C. Saltmarsh

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Spring 2014

Bachelor of Science in Professional Golf ManagementJames C. CrabillMichael R. HillDavid M. Nastalski

Bachelor of Science in Sport ManagementNazmi N. AlbadawiDevin G. AthanJohn L. BarbourEdward L. BymanKatherine W. CampbellDixon C. ChristyNathan T. L. Cook Leslie R. Cox IIIDalton J. CunninghamJoshua C. EasleyAaron M. FreemanThomas W. GoodwinMatthew R. HeliksonDontae T. JohnsonKyle G. JonesTyler LassiterCharles M. LesterMoses O. MakindeCasey R. MartinThomas P. McGoldrickMatthew C. MessnerRobert C. NethercuttFabian W. Otte William G. Patterson IIITyler M. ProfittGarrett SheetzChloe M. SmithSarah R. SpeedAshlyn G. StoneRonald A. Tortoriello IIIJames H. VickRichard C. WorleyLarson B. Young


Doctor of Philosophy in Forest BiomaterialsJulio C. A. Fernandez

Master of Science in Forest BiomaterialsLalita Kohprasert

Bachelor of Science in Paper Science and EngineeringJohn C. AlexanderAshley N. AustinAndrew J. BattenMichelle L. BloodGeoffrey S. BognerJeremy M. CarterDaniel W. DudleyFrederick A. HobbsWilliam M. Jones

Kendre B. KeslerKimberly A. PhillipsDavid C. StengerScott G. Strednak, Jr.Yik Shing TungLee A. WaltersJeremy H. Watson

Bachelor of Science in Wood ProductsHunter E. AlexanderFoy L. Coley, Jr.Garrett R. LivengoodJacob D. SmithStacy P. Thornton


Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry and Environmental ResourcesDavid K. Barker

Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation BiologyNeil A. ChartierErnst F. HainMarcus A. Lashley

Master of Environmental AssessmentZeke W. HillMatthew G. HorineAmanda C. KennedyJamie N. LandyJohn C. PflegerNeal S. Tobias

Master of Science in ForestryRachel E. BurnettHao ChenOscar N. B. NilssonZaidee L. PowersThomas J. RobinsonSarah S. Wiener

Master of Geospatial Information Science and TechnologyGinger A. BalmatShane S. CutshawOuise A. HamidKatherine M. HardenWilliam A. HickinbothamJui-Hsiang HungSalifou S. MamarCassandra T. StelowMichael F. VannChristopher R. Vernon

Master of Natural ResourcesJiancheng HanRoscoe L. Sullivan

Master of Science in Natural ResourcesScott M. BeckJessica E. MayerHilary L. C. Morris

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Technology and Management Samuel S. AlbrightJoshua K. BassAaron T. BurkhartJacob A. BushDustin G. CarpenterCory A. ConnellAlex S. CrouseMorris B. FairclothKathryn M. FraboniStacy L. FreemanAbby C. GingrichKevin R. HeavnerIan M. HooksJames R. HugginsCory S. KirklandLouis J. KrasuskiAmanda M. LaceyChloe A. LeblancJennifer M. LeeJoshua G. MathisRoger B. MiesfeldRheagan L. MilesDeion M. OakesDavid M. OldhamJenai M. PapillionAlexa M. PechtChristopher A. PennyAlan Greer Peterson George L. Phillips IIIAdrianne M. RodriguezGrant H. RussellJohn N. SimpsonJames C. StroudCorey J. SugerikZachary T. ThomasParker J. VeitchCameron F. WaldbartMatthew R. WernerJohn H. Womble

Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation BiologyTrevor S. AndrewsMichael T. BiggerstaffErica L. BrownAdrianna Cardinal-De CasasPreston A. ChappellJennifer L. DaltonErika L. DinklerSterling J. FulfordRichard G. FumarolaAndrew D. GaySummer D. HigdonDerrick T. Holloman

Kyle J. HusseyAlexandra J. MorrisonDanielle M. NeujahrAlexander W. PadgettBenjamin C. PattersonJacob W. PearceSteven J. SchutzAmy K. StarkeAndrew T. WaltersKeleigh C. Yelverton

Bachelor of Science in Forest ManagementMatthew A. AlexanderMatthew M. HaunspergerTravis L. HowellMichael L. HuculakDustin W. JerniganTodd S. LabarrTimothy G. LeimerElisha L. ParlierHunter E. Sykes Robert K. Taylor IIINathan G. Thomas

Bachelor of Science in Natural ResourcesStephanie M. BuchkoWilliam V. EricsonJenny R. MorrisNicholas T. MountcastleKyle T. ObermillerCarrie A. Rosental


Doctor of Philosophy in Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementPenny A. JamesChantell M. LaPanMaster of Geospatial Information Science and TechnologyErik M. BakerAnthony C. BassilMatthew R. ColwinGraham I. CopelandTerrence P. DolanWilliam C. Hague, Jr.James J. KimJohn R. ParsonsChristopher B. ReaganAndrew W. RosadoStewart D. RouseLatonia M. Strickland

Master of Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementAbagail A. BarmanKari A. ColieOlema L. EdwardsAshley B. FosterKathryn Gaddis

Paige E. HamKathleen A. HebertJessica L. HumphreyDustin P. KilpatrickPhilip MacaskillRobert C. MattesMichael A. MerrillJoAnnah MichaelBarry J. MorrisAmie J. NewsomeElizabeth F. ProbstAmy A. RenfranzNickie I. RobertsMichael W. SmithPatrick H. SpenceMelanie S. StradlingKimberly D. TerrellDale A. TiskaJoseph S. WagstaffJessica B. WilliamsSusan M. Yerkes

Master of Science in Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementRobert N. Sayre-McCord

Master of Science in Natural ResourcesKatharine E. Conlon

Bachelor of Science in Parks, Recreation and Tourism ManagementWhitney J. BakerTaylor A. BrewsterAdam BuntingDeylan M. BuntynJarvis E. ByrdKrista L. CanfieldJerricho CotcheryJoshua R. DanielTaylor Linn DownsBailey A. DudeckHannah D. FallancaSarah K. GerberEmily D. GuarneriKathryn A. HayesBrittany C. HelmKelly M. HobbsAlexandra A. HughesMegan C. JarvisVictoria E. JonesMegan A. LovettDeanna L. LudwickSarah K. MorrisonKatherine M. PateMelissa K. PeletiRoy O. Powell, Jr.Laura L. PowerZachary D. RayCameron P. RayJessica C. RichardsPeter RichardsonErica L. StarnesGerrick J. SuggsCelia E. TrivetteKatherine E. VanvorstPurnell M. VickJayme R. WainerJillian Ward

Courtney M. WestonKatelyn G. WhiteCarson E. WilkinsNashika L. WilliamsAmanda A. Young

Bachelor of Science in Professional Golf ManagementKirk R. BlackburnAdam T. BrownCory C. CoenenPhillip K. DesrochesMatthew J. GalowniaRobert W. JonesAndrew C. MerrittDakota R. MinceyBrian S. MoskevichClark R. WillardJoseph G. WinkerBachelor of Science in Sport ManagementRebecca S. AlbertsonDylan B. AldridgeMaggie C. BroachAmber N. ButlerNicholas A. Cioffi Anthony C. Creecy IICharles M. DarceyKieran F. DowneyDavid E. DyerGregory B. EdwardsZachary C. FaganSydney G. FordLeighton P. FosterChad M. Friesen Rolland G. Geiger IIIMyisha L. Goodwin Mark V. Gray IIZina C. GroggAllison W. HallerKatlyn E. HardisonJames B. HuntAndrew E. JomantasJustin Andrew JordanMax R. KaufmannChase P. KaznowskiTyler C. KilburnTyson M. LaneEllen S. MarionGambill L. MiddaughDavid L. MitchellGregory K. MooreBrandon W. MurrayLatham K. PattersonJeremiah S. PopeLonnie E. RingerNicholas J. RuoccoTyler B. RussellTanner Z. SheldonConnor S. SiskAndrew Christian SnyderMatthew L. SonnenfeldtChristopher M. SullivanZachary D. TreadwayHaley E. WalkerRobert W. WalshBradley M. Williams, Jr.Lauren M. WilsonJames M. Zimmerman 30

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