2011
Pickup Patrol Mont Vernon Village School Mont Vernon, NH Problem: Communications problems between parents and school administration when students’ end-of-day travel plans change Solution: An electronic system that allows parents to change a child’s after-school travel plans with the school by computer or mobile device At an awards ceremony held at Walt Disney World®, two […]
The River Rangers Ripley’s Aquarium Myrtle Beach, SC Problem: Abandoned boats on rivers and the Intercoastal Waterway Solution: Community Awareness outreach to educate the community about the environmental problems created by abandoned boats, and creation of an alarm system to alert boaters of navigational hazards. The finalist teams were judged for the practicality of implementing […]
Stephen Bethel Senior Lake Brantley High School Altamonte Springs, Florida The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $5,000 Agriscience Student’s Award Columbus Scholar. Stephen recently graduated from Lake Brantley High school in Altamonte Springs, Florida. His research, Evaluation of Ubiquitin Promoter Expression […]
Bhiravi Rathinasabapathi Senior Eastside High School Gainesville, Florida The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $5,000 Agriscience Student’s Award Columbus Scholar. Bhiravi Rathinasabapathi is a student who has spent most of her life in Gainesville, Florida. Her interests include science, service and […]
Laura Lane Senior Aztec High School Aztec, New Mexico The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $5,000 Agriscience Student’s Award Columbus Scholar. Laura is a 2011 high school graduate. Following graduation she relocated to Las Cruses where she works at New Mexico […]
Michele Sutton Tompkins Seneca Tioga BOCES Ithaca, New York The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $10,000 Agriscience Educator’s Award Columbus Scholar. Michele Sutton grew up in Greenville, NY, on a small hobby farm with her parents and three siblings. She was […]
Melissa Braun Gillett Secondary School Gillett, Wisconsin The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $10,000 Agriscience Educator’s Award Columbus Scholar. Melissa Braun’s passion for agriculture has always been a part of her life, as she was raised on a dairy farm in […]
Paul Heasley State College Area School District State College, Pennsylvania The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $10,000 Agriscience Educator’s Award Columbus Scholar. Mr. Paul Heasley has taught Agricultural Sciences in grades 9th – 12th for 30 years. The program’s courses are […]
Andrew H. Paterson, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor University of Georgia Athens, Georgia The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $25,000 Distinguished Agriscience Scientist’s Award Columbus Scholar. Andrew H. Paterson, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, jointly appointed […]
Randall Prather, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Biotechnology Division of Animal Science The University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2011 $25,000 Distinguished Agriscience Scientist’s Award Columbus Scholar. Since 1982, Dr. Prather’s research has focused on the early […]
