People
WATERLOO HONOURS TREVORS
Prof. Jack Trevors, Environmental Biology, has been selected to receive a Faculty of Science Alumni of Honour Award from the University of Waterloo. He has also been appointed to the International Scientific Advisory Committee of BioMicroWorld 2007, the International Conference on Environmental Industrial and Applied Microbiology.
BEWLEY RECOGNIZED
Prof. Derek Bewley, Molecular and Cellular Biology, has received a 2007 Corresponding Membership Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists. The honour provides life membership and society publications to distinguished plant biologists from outside the United States.
ACCESS AWARDS PRESENTED
Four staff members at the U of G Child-Care and Learning Centre received Access Recognition Awards from the Guelph Barrier Free Committee. Judy Callahan, Lisa Henshall, Shawna McCaughan and Rachelle Campbell were recognized for helping to encourage freedom from social and physical barriers for all members of the Guelph community. Pat Richards of the Department of Athletics also received an Access Recognition Award.
PROF JOINS CHAMBER
Prof. Geoff Smith, assistant dean of the College of Management and Economics, has been named a member of the board of directors of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce.
TALK CAPTURES FIRST PLACE
Alexander Kalimbira, a PhD candidate in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, captured first place in a Nestlé-sponsored national graduate nutrition student competition held at the Canadian Nutrition Congress. Kalimbira won for an oral presentation on the “Impact of an Integrated Community-Based Micronutrient and Health Program on Anemia in Malawian Preschool Children.”
ANIMAL SCIENCE GRAD STUDENTS WIN AWARDS
At the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Animal Science this summer, three graduate students in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science received awards. In the oral competition, Dan Columbus took first place and Yuri Montanholi placed second. Lisa Pivotto tied for second place in the poster competition. Montanholi was also honoured by the Beef Improvement Federation, receiving the Frank Baker Memorial Scholarship.
KUDOS FOR COMMUNICATORS
U of G student Kate Roberts, a member of the Office of Research's SPARK program, won two awards of excellence from the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. Students Jan Kennema, Amy Meekes and Katie Savage also received awards.