North Dakota State University honored Agriculture and University Extension faculty and staff in an awards ceremony Dec. 15.

D.C. Coston, vice president for Agriculture and University Extension; Ken Grafton, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources and director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; and Duane Hauck, director of the NDSU Extension Service, presented the awards.

The 2009 award recipients were:

• Larson/Yaggie Excellence in Research Award – Dragan Miljkovic, professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Eugene R. Dahl Excellence in Research Award – Dale Herman, professor, Department of Plant Sciences
• Earl and Dorothy Foster Excellence in Teaching Award – Deying Li, associate professor, Department of Plant Sciences
• H Roald and Janet Lund Excellence in Teaching Award – Cheryl Wachenheim, associate professor, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• William J. and Angelyn A. Austin Advising Award – Eugene Berry, associate professor, Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences
• Myron and Muriel Johnsrud Excellence in Extension/Outreach Award – David Newman, Extension swine specialist, Department of Animal Sciences
• AGSCO Excellence in Extension Award – Dwight Aakre, Extension farm management specialist, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Charles and Linda Moses Staff Award – Norman Cattanach, research specialist, School of Natural Resource Sciences (Soil Science)
• Donald and Jo Anderson Staff Award – Diane Pennington, office manager, School of Natural Resource Sciences (Entomology)
• Rick and Jody Burgum Staff Award – Richard Wilhelmi, research technician, Langdon Research Extension Center

NDSU Agriculture Communication