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Congratulations to the 2014 APS Foundation Awardees

The following 62 individuals received awards from the APS Foundation, totaling $38,000 given in 2014. Special thanks to all of the APS Foundation donors for making this support possible. The awardees will be recognized at the APS-CPS Joint Meeting during the Opening Session. Be sure to stop by the foundation’s booth in Minneapolis to continue to create possibilities for plant pathology!

Books for the World Award | Raul Allende Molar, Research Center for Food and Development, Mexico; Kylie Ireland, Laos Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Organization
Maria Eugenia Ordoñez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Clemence Tauya, Plant Quarantine Services Institute, Republic of Zimbabwe

Browning Plant Medicine and Health Travel Award
| Haley Oser, University of Nebraska

French-Monar Latin American Award | Jorge Caicedo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Juan Boyzo Marin, CIIDIR IPN Michoacan

Lucy Hastings de Gutiérrez Award for Excellence in Teaching | Joseph-Alexander Verreet, University of Kiel

Frank L. Howard Undergraduate Fellowship | Nicholas Machado, University of Florida

International Travel Award | Abdul Hannan, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

JANE International Research Award | Renuka Attanayake, University of Kelaniya

JANE International Service Award | Valerie Verdier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement/ Colorado State University

Noel T. Keen Award for Research in Molecular Plant Pathology | Pradeep Kachroo, University of Kentucky

Don and Judy Mathre Education Endowment Award | Kevin Cope, Ana Fulladolsa, Alejandra I. Huerta, Jose Pablo Soto-Arias, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Don and Judy Mathre Student Educational Award | Jeannette Rapicavoli, University of California, Riverside; Jose Pablo Soto-Arias, University of Wisconsin-Madison

14th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium | Anna O. Conrad, The Ohio State University; Ian M. Small, Cornell University; Matthew Tancos, Cornell University; Sierra Wolfenbarger, Oregon State University

Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium | Michelle Cilia, USDA-ARS; Diego Quito-Avila, Prometeo, CIBE-ESPOL; Thanuja Thekke Veetil, University of Arkansas

Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship | Ana Fulladolsa, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014 Student Travel Awards

Robert W. Fulton Student Travel Award
Christina Allen, University of Wisconsin

Forest Pathology Student Travel Award
Kamyar Aram, University of California

Zahir Eyal Student Travel Award
Ananda Y. Bandara, Kansas State University

William Moller Student Travel Award
Luisa F. Castiblanco, Michigan State University

Caribbean Division Student Travel Award
Eduardo Chagas Ferreira Da Silva, Louisiana State University

Stephen A. Johnston Student Travel Award
Giovanna Danies, Cornell University

Malcolm and Catherine Quigley Student Travel Award
Johanna Del Castillo Munera, Michigan State University

Richard Gabrielson Student Travel Award
Hung Kim Doan, University of California

John S. Niederhauser Student Travel Award
Mohamed H. El-Shetehy, University of Kentucky

Jose and Silvia Amador Student Travel Award
Ana C. Fulladolsa Palma, University of Wisconsin

John F. Schafer Student Travel Award and
The Harry E. Wheeler Student Travel Award
Abolfazl Hajihassani, University of Manitoba

Malcolm C. Shurtleff Student Travel Award
Kazi T. Islam, Southern Illinois University

Tsune Kosuge Student Travel Award
Jae Hoon Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Efrat Gamliel-Atinsky Student Travel Award
Haoxi Li, University of Georgia

Myron K. Brakke Student Travel Award
Gah-hyun Lim, University of Kentucky

Elsie J. and Robert Aycock Student Travel Award
Emma Lookabaugh, North Carolina State University

C. Lee Campbell Student Travel Award
Kestrel L. McCorkle, North Carolina State University

Kenneth F. Baker and
R. James Cook Student Travel Award
Sean W. McCotter, Washington State University

H.J. Dubin Student Travel Award in honor of the Peace Corps
Luis P. Moncayo , Texas A&M University

Albert Paulus Student Travel Award
Michelle Oliveira, University of Florida

Joseph M. Ogawa Student Travel Award and
The Eugene S. Saari Student Travel Award
Rodrigo Pedrozo, Kansas State University

Don E. Mathre Student Travel Award
Juliana Pereira, University of Florida

Luis Sequeira Student Travel Award
Brittany Pierce, University of California

Raymond G. Grogan Student Travel Award
Gregory J. Reynolds, University of California

H. David Thurston Student Travel Award
Juliana M. Soares, University of Kentucky

Eddie Echandi Student Travel Award
Jose Pablo Soto-Arias, University of Wisconsin

Arthur Kelman Student Travel Award
Anna Thomas, North Carolina State University

J. Artie and Arra Browning Student Travel Award
Peng Tian, University of Georgia

John F. Fulkerson Student Travel Award
Sujan Timilsina, University of Florida

Roger C. Pearson Student Travel Award
Tien T. Tran, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin

Janell M. Stevens Johnk Student Travel Award
Phillip L. Vines, Mississippi State University

Gustaaf A.Ineke C. M. de Zoeten Student Travel Award
Emma C. Wallace, North Carolina State University

Kenneth and Betty Barker Student Travel Award and
The Dennis Hall Student Travel Award
Ellie Walsh, The Ohio State University

Stuart D. Lyda Student Travel Award and
The Larry W. Moore Student Travel Award
Jie Wang, Michigan State University

Virology Student Travel Award
Lindsay Wells, University of Wisconsin

Donald E. Munnecke Student Travel Award
Kayla Williams, University of California, Riverside