Excellence in MSU Entomology celebrated at 2016 Awards Ceremony

The Entomology Department gathered Thursday evening, April 28, 2016, to recognize excellence in the Department by honoring students at the Entomology Awards Ceremony.

The Entomology Department gathered Thursday evening, April 28, 2016, to recognize excellence in the Department by honoring students at the Entomology Awards Ceremony. This was a new, and unique, event for celebrating significant achievements of our students by also including the donors who funded the awards. To view photos of this special evening including honored donors with recipients, visit the 2016 Awards Ceremony Photo Gallery. Congratulations to the following people:

  • Dan Lawson– 2016 MSU Entomology Distinguished Alumnus Award
  • Katie Demeuse (Szendrei and Kaufman Labs) and Beauchamp Thomas (Cognato Lab) – Undergraduate Awards
  • Courtney Larson (Benbow Lab) – Gordon Guyer Endowed Fellowship in Aquatic Entomology
  • Courtney Weatherbee (Benbow Lab) – Merritt Endowed Fellowship in Aquatic, Medical or Forensic Entomology
  • Logan Rowe (Isaacs Lab) – Roger and Barbara Hoopingarner Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Apiculture, Honey Bee Science or Pollination
  • Dan Gibson (Landis Lab) – Rhodes (Gene) Thompson Memorial Fellowship in Applied Entomology
  • Andrew Myers (Landis Lab) – Scriber Scholar Award in Butterfly Biology and Conservation
  • Katie Demeuse (Szendrei and Kaufman Labs), Heather Leach (Isaacs Lab) and Mario Pinilla-Gallego (Isaacs Lab) – MS Hutson Endowment Research Proposal Awards
  • Rachel Osborn (Cognato Lab) – PhD Hutson Endowment Research Proposal Award
  • Chris Adams (Miller Lab) – Robert Dreisbach Award
  • Nicole Quinn (Szendrei Lab) – Paul Wooley Award
  • Dan Hulbert (Smith Lab) – Eugenia McDaniel Award
  • Heather Leach (Isaacs Lab) – Gordon Guyer Award
  • Courtney Weatherbee (Benbow Lab) – Bug House Fellow
  • Steven Crisp (Ziegler Lab) – James Bath Award

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