College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
This summer, James Spartz earned his Ph.D. through the Department of Life Sciences Communication. This fall, he will be an Assistant Professor of Environmental Communication in the Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities at Unity College in Maine. We sat down with Spartz to reflect on his time at LSC. What was your LSC experience like? Developing research experiences on …
Sara Yeo, a recent Ph.D. graduate from LSC, will be joining the Department of Communication at the University of Utah as Assistant Professor of Science and Environmental Communication in the fall. As she transitions into her new position, Sara reflects on how her time in LSC has prepared her for her new role. “The academic training I …
I kneeled over a small blue box covered in dials, hand poised over a detonator button. I yelled “fire in the hole,” three times (the safety protocol for a test range), then pressed the trigger. The concrete bunker muffled the sound of the explosion as the shape charge fired, but it was still strong enough …
LSC alumna Jenny Seifert (MS, 2011) recently accepted a position as Science Writer/Outreach Coordinator for the Water Sustainability and Climate(WSC) project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Seifert joins an interdisciplinary team that is investigating challenges for water quality and quantity in Wisconsin’s Yahara watershed, where the UW–Madison resides, under pressures …
Two LSC Ph.D.’s, Ashley A. Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) and doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore, have accepted tenure-track faculty positions. Ashley A. Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Communication in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication at Colorado State University. Anderson finished her Ph.D. in 2012 and is currently a Postdoctoral …
LSC alumnus Dennis Dimick (MS ’74) will be honored by the National Press Photographers Association(NPPA) with a Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award this March. Dimick is Executive Editor at National Geographic Magazine, where he leads environmental coverage. He joined the magazine in 1980 after working in the Pacific Northwest as a photojournalist, picture editor and reporter. He is joined …
LSC alumna Michele Dalton (B.S., ’12) will be playing for the UMF Selfoss soccer team in Iceland this year. The team competes in the top Icelandic Women’s Professional Soccer League. Dalton, a native of Mt. Prospect, Illinois, served as goalkeeper for the Badgers’ women’s soccer team for three years while a student. In 2011 the Big Ten …
At the 93rd Annual Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation (WFBF) Meeting, LSC alumna, Jenny Dierickx, was selected the winner of the organization’s prestigious Young Farmer and Agriculturist Excellence in Agriculture contest. The winner is determined based on their “involvement in agriculture, leadership ability, involvement and participation in Farm Bureau and other civic and service organizations,” according to the …
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) awarded Life Sciences Communication alumnus, John Rozum, one of its four prestigious 2012 Professional Development Awards of Excellence. The award is given out on the basis of “outstanding achievement in each of the professional development areas: marketing communications, product/species management, public relations, and sales,” according to the National NAMA website. Rozum …
Recent LSC alumna Anna Bethmann has joined the agricultural marketing firm Osborn & Barr in its St. Louis office. Osborn & Barr is a strategic communications agency with offices in St. Louis and Kansas City that serves clients in production agriculture, outdoor, food and feed industries. Bethmann graduated with a bachelor’s of science in Life Sciences Communication in spring …