The CALS community is invited to attend the 2025 CALS Awards ceremony, celebrating the 2025 CALS Award winners, 2024 recipients of college fellowships, and department chairs who completed service in the last year. The ceremony and reception will take place Wednesdsay, May 7, at 3:00 p.m. at Union South in Varsity Hall III.

Please RSVP by Apr. 23.

2025 CALS Award recipients:

Paul Koch • Plant Pathology
Donald R. Peterson Farm Technology Transfer Award

Brian Luck • Biological Systems Engineering
WALSAA Outstanding Advisor Award

Mallika Nocco • Biological Systems Engineering
Louise Hemstead Leadership Award

Eric Ronk • Animal and Dairy Sciences
Arthur J. and Ellen A. Maurer Extra Mile Award

Sean Schoville  • Entomology
Robert R. Spitzer Teaching Excellence Award

2024 CALS fellowship recipients:

Sarah Adcock • Animal and Dairy Sciences
Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award

Sedona Chinn • Life Sciences Communication
Elton D. and Carrie R. Aberle Faculty Fellow Award

Shelby Ellison • Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award

Department chairs who completed service in 2024:

David Eide • Nutritional Sciences
Eric Kruger • Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Kent Weigel • Animal and Dairy Sciences