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In the Spotlight
PSS graduate students excel at Orlando’s Beltwide Cotton Conference
Two graduate students from Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science were standout research competitors during last month’s Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Orlando, said officials with the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources today.
Former Masked Rider Chadwell ropes in new job as PSS recruiting coordinator
Former Texas Tech Masked Rider and recent agricultural communications graduate Christi Chadwell has been named Communications and Recruiting Coordinator for Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science. She begins her duties today (Feb. 1), said officials with the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Texas Tech’s Zilverberg takes first at AFGC emerging scientist competition
A doctoral student with Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science has won first place in the American Forage and Grassland Council’s Emerging Scientist Competition. Cody Zilverberg, an agronomy major from Holabird, S.D., received the honor at the organization’s annual meeting Jan. 9 in Louisville.
Dr. Ed Hellman, Texas Tech Professor of Viticulture, is conducting variety trials on twenty wine grape varieties to find out which varieties grow well in the area around Lubbock. This area is already the biggest grape producing region in the state.
Texas Tech University,
Department of Plant and Soil Science,
Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409 
806. 742-2838 