Conner Connects
This April, the department hosted Conner Connects, an annual spring awards ceremony, to celebrate the accomplishments of our students and faculty at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Hotel. We recognized 34 scholarship recipients from the department, with more than $28,000 in total scholarships awarded this year. Thirteen students, faculty, and staff were recognized for Outstanding Awards for their passion and dedication to the department.
- Outstanding Master of Business: Lynes McKinney
- Outstanding Master of Science: Shikshit Parajuli
- Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy: Susmitha Kalli
- Outstanding Faculty: Ellen McCullough
- Outstanding Staff: Jeanne Taylor
- Outstanding Agribusiness Junior: Katie McNeese
- Outstanding Agribusiness Senior: Analyn Ingram
- Outstanding Agricultural and Applied Economics Junior: Lucy Ray
- Outstanding Agricultural and Applied Economics Senior: Anna Clifton
- Outstanding Environmental Economics and Management Junior: Henry Bush
- Outstanding Environmental Economics and Management Senior: Haden Drake
- Outstanding Hospitality and Food Industry Management Junior: Maverick Garcia
- Outstanding Hospitality and Food Industry Management Senior: Jay Lavender