Posts Tagged: Citation of Excellence
California Master Beekeeper Program Honored: 'The Bee Team' Is Really 'The 'A Team'
"The Bee Team” is really "The A Team." For "outstanding achievements and notable...
The California Master Beekeeper Program, founded by UC Extension apiculturist Elina Niño, received an excellence award at the UC Davis Staff Assembly program. With Chancellor Gary May (center) are CAMBP co-program managers Wendy Mather and Kian Nikzad. Niño and Mather shared the Faculty-Staff Partnership Award. Nikzad, an integral part of the program but ineligible as a new employee to be part of the nomination, accepted the award on behalf of Niño, who was attending a conference in Chile.
California Master Beekeeper Program co-program managers Kian Nikzad (left) and Wendy Mather talk bees with Chancellor Gary May. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño, who founded the California Master Beekeeper Program in 2014, examines a frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A queen and worker bees at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, the home base of the California Master Beekeeper Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why 'The Bee Team' Is 'The A Team'
"The Bee Team" is "The A Team." Congrats to the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper...
Checking out a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, is California Master Beekeeper Program director Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of Cooperative Extension and a member of the faculty of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, examining a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cindy McReynolds: UC Davis Staff Assembly's 'Citation of Excellence Research Award'
Cindy McReynolds, a 10-year outstanding research administrator and scientist in the laboratory of...
Cindy McReynolds, research administrator and scientist, with Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ivana Li: Staff Assembly's Citation for Excellence Award
UC Davis biology lab manager Ivana Li, who received her bachelor's degree in entomology from UC...
Ivana Li, scientist, artist and chef--and now recipient of the UC Davis Staff Assembly's Citation for Excellence Individual Award, Service category. (Photo by Deirdre Li)
Why Elvira Galvan Hack Is 'Paying It Forward'
When the UC Davis Staff Assembly honors Elvira Galvan Hack at its campuswide Citation for...
Academic advisor Elvira Galvan Hack in her office in Hutchinson Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Elvira Galvan Hack assists a prospective animal biology major. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Galvan family is close-knit. In front (from left) are Joaquin Galvan of Dixon, mother Lilia Galvan of Dixon, and Bonifacio Galvan of Sonora, known for the thriving company that he founded in his garage, Galvan Fly Reels. In the second row (from left) are Elvira Galvan Hack, Dixon; Sandra Galvan, Elmira, and Amanda Galvan, Dixon. In back (from left) are Lilia Felix, Washington state; Virginia "Virgie" Freitas, Vallejo; and Lydia Rodrigues, Arizona. Lilia and Lydia are twins.