Posts Tagged: Becky Westerdahl
Got an Idea for a Bee T-Shirt? WAS to Meet in Davis
The Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded at the University of California, Davis, and set to...
The Western Apicultural Society, founded at UC Davis, will return to its birthright site Sept. 5-8. Here a beekeeper gets ready to lift a frame from a hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's All the Buzz: WAS to Meet in Davis in 2017
It's all the buzz. It's just been announced that the Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded 40...
This sign, fronting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, is the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is "Miss Bee Haven," a worker bee ceramic-mosaic sculpture that anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick (shown) of Davis, a self-described "rock artist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology operates the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nominate UCCE academics for ANR Distinguished Service Awards
Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 ANR Distinguished Service Awards, which are sponsored by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and Academic Assembly Council.
Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to recognize outstanding achievement by yourself or your colleagues.
The biennial ANR Distinguished Service Awards recognize service and academic excellence in UC Cooperative Extension over a significant period of time. Awards highlight the use of innovative methods and the integration of research, extension and leadership.
The purpose of these awards is to recognize and reward outstanding accomplishments in five areas:
- Outstanding Research
- Outstanding Extension
- Outstanding New Academic
- Outstanding Team
- Outstanding Leader
Winners of individual awards will receive a certificate and $2,000. Winners of the team award will share $5,000. Complete award criteria and instructions for submitting nominations are at http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=16765.
Submit all materials in the nomination packet by 5 pm., Feb.15, 2016.
Academic Assembly Council Website: http://ucanr.edu/sites/UCAAC/
For further information, feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
The AAC Program Committee
Becky Westerdahl, bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu
Jennifer Heguy, jmheguy@ucanr.edu
Keith Nathaniel, kcnathaniel@ucanr.edu
Susie Kocher, sdkocher@ucanr.edu
View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.
This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.
/span>Easter Lilies Bring Beauty, Joy and Hope--But Also Problems, Says UC Davis Nematologist
DAVIS--Those glorious Easter lilies that grace homes and churches this time of year probably...
Easter lily field in the tiny town of Smith River, Del Norte County, Calif. (Photo Courtesy of Easter Lily Research Foundation)
Extension nematologist Becky Westerdahl at work in her Storer Hall office, UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis nematologist Becky Westerdahl and Lee Riddle, director of the Easter Lily Research Foundation, examine Easter lilies. (Photo by Zeke Harms)