Award Archives - Land Resources and Environmental Sciences | Montana State University

Devanshi Het Desai wins the People's Choice Award in the College of Agriculture's Three Minute Thesis Competition - April 10th, 2026
Pushpa Pandey is a runner up in College of Agriculture's Three Minute Thesis Competition - April 10th, 2026
Frank Dougher wins the College of Agriculture's Transformative Teaching Award - April 8th, 2026
Hezekiah Afolabi receives a NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award of Merit - April 8th, 2026
Dorie Seymour and Emma Kubinski awarded Everyday Heroes in Research - March 2026
Dr Jane Mangold awarded the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award by The MSU Pesticide Education Program - February 18th 2026
Congratulations to Dr. William Wetzel for wining the James and Mary Ross Provost's Award for Excellence - January 28 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Tony Hartshorn for wining the Excellence in Open Education award - January 28 2026

Dr. Lisa Rew awarded the Western Society of Weed Science Outstanding Weed Scientist – Public Sector December 17,2025
Alyssa Harmel named LRES Outstanding Graduating Senior for Fall 2025 December 8th, 2025
Samuel Koeshall has been selected for a Ph.D. Dissertation Award for Spring 2026
MSU Extension employees, partners recognized for service November 18th, 2025
Safal Adhikari secures first position in ASA Poster Competition November 13th, 2025
Erin Teichroew wins College of Agriculture Student Travel Award October 10th, 2025
Montana State’s Bob Peterson named a fellow of the Entomological Society of America. September 17, 2025
Nine Entomologists Honored as 2025 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America. August 4, 2025
Cameron Presidential Scholarship awarded to eight Montana State students. June 23, 2025

Student veteran Max Tolstedt lands competitive national internship through Montana State environmental health program. November 13, 2024
Gretchen Rupp was chosen by the Bozeman Chronicle for its Ninth Annual Prime Awards. August 20, 2024
Montana State ecology student wins prestigious NSF fellowship. May 15, 2024
Lilly Sencenbaugh and Erin Teichroew took first and second in the Range, Forestry and Natural Areas graduate student oral competition at the Western Society of Weed Science meeting. March 25, 2024
Montana State honors top faculty with 2024 Founders Day Faculty Awards. February 15, 2024
Lisa Rew received the Outstanding Research Award from the Weed Science Society of America. January 31, 2024
Bill Kleindl received an Excellence in Open Education Award. January 30, 2024
Including sulfur in soil fertility programs can benefit crops, according to Montana State Extension specialist. January 25, 2024

Jane Mangold granted the MSU Extension Distinguished Faculty Award. September 14, 2023
Bob Peterson Earns Honorary Membership at Entomological Society of America. MSU Article. August 30, 2023
Lisa Rew received the Fox Faculty Award. February 1, 2023
Tim McDermott received the MSU Wiley Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity. January 25, 2023

Montana State environmental health senior wins national scholarship. October 27, 2022
LRES graduate students Zane Ashford, Lilly Sencenbaugh and Emma Kubinski won SARE grad student research grants. October 25, 2022
Taylor Kennedy was chosen as the 2022 Science as Art Contest Winner. October 14, 2022
Cliff Montagne was recognized in the Bozeman Chronicle "24 over 64". September 7, 2022
MSU doctoral students receive awards from international precision agriculture society. August 24, 2022

Marni Rolston receives Pure Gold award. October 13, 2021
Bob Peterson receives the College of Agriculture Distinguished Faculty Award. September 30, 2021
Several LRES Faculty and Graduate Students announced as recepients of 2021 College of Agriculture Awards in Inside Ag. September 24, 2021
Maxer wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to study at the University of Florida. April 19, 2021
LRES/Extension weed specialist Jane Mangold receives national award. March 1, 2021
LRES Ph.D. student Loewen receives remote sensing fellowship for organic farming research.February 17, 2021
LRES student Madeline Beck and Mentor Nicholas Fox honored at Awards for Excellence ceremony. February 3, 2021 *Click here to view the ceremony
LRES Alum receives remote sensing fellowship. January 28, 2021

LRES MS alum Natalie Meyer receives DOE government award. December 2, 2020
Two MSU professors receive teaching excellence awards. July 15, 2020
MSU student wins national award for weed science - May 19, 2020

Maxwell receives MOA's "Leadership in Organics" award. December 31, 2019
Ed Davis honored as College of Agriculture Distinguished Staff. October 1, 2019
Ewing and Payn leading EPSCoR Award to MT. May 30, 2019
Maxwell wins national research award from the Weed Science Society of America. April 19, 2019
LRES undergrad Miles "Antman" Maxcer received first prize grant at John Ruffato Business Startup Challenge. March 13, 2019
Ewing co-PI on NSF EPSCoR CREWS award to UM/MSU. March 13, 2019
LRES Affiliate Faculty Dennis Neuman is Pure Gold. January 16, 2019
Zabinski wins Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Distinguished Teaching Award. January 3, 2019

Environmental Science major Maxcer wins Apprentice Ecologist Award. June 27, 2017
LRES Alum wins Outstanding Weed Scientist- Early Career award from WSWS. April 28, 2017
LRES graduate, Lisa Kirk of Enviromin, Inc. received a "Shooting Star Business Grant". April 23, 2017
Rosie Wallander awarded Excellence in Service Award. April 20, 2017
Jeff Holmes receives PURE GOLD award. March 29, 2017
Littlefield recognized with MWCA Lifetime Achievement Award. March 27, 2017
Dr. Tony Hartshorn and Connor Mertz receive 2017 Award for Excellence. February 21, 2017

LRES Graduate students place at Graduate Summit Rendezvous Poster Session. September 21, 2016
Ana Murphy recognized for Service Excellence -May 6, 2016
LRES Stoy linked farming technique to cooler temps, and earns prestigious NSF CAREER Award -April 6, 2016
LRES students and mentors honored with annual Awards for Excellence -February 22, 2016
Peterson and Sterling receive MSU awards at Spring Convocation -January 7, 2016

Drs. Mangold and Menalled Receive Visionary Leadership Award - November 5, 2014
Dr. John Priscu to Receive Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award - September 2, 2014
Dr. Sharlene Sing, LRES Affiliate, Receives National Forest Service Award for Excellence - June 12, 2014
Spring 2014 President's List and Dean's List Released - June 6, 2014
Melody Schimpf, LRES Fiscal and Operations Manager, Named Employee of the Year - April 8, 2014
LRES Senior Ethan Mayes and his mentor, Dr. Zach Miller, Win 2014 Award for Excellence from MSU Alumni Foundation and Bozeman Chamber of Commerce - February 18, 2014
Congratulations LRES Undergraduate Students! - January 6, 2014
Diana Cooksey, LRES Instructor, Wins President's Award for Excellence in Service Learning - January 3, 2014
Kevin O'Neill, LRES Professor, Wins the Anna K. Fridley Distinguished Teaching Award - January 3, 2014

LRES Alum Hayden Ferguson Receives First-Ever College of Agriculture Alumni Achievement Award - October 1, 2013
LRES Department Head, Tracy Sterling, and LRES Professor Bob Peterson Win an Award for Excellence Presented by the Western Extension & Research Directors - July 17, 2013
LRES Graduate Student Receives Major Award for Hydrology Research - July 17, 2013
Adam Sigler, LRES Ph.D. Student and MSU Extension Water Quality Associate Specialist, Wins 2013 Watershed Stewardship Award for His Dedication to Citizen-Based Water Monitoring in Montana - May 30, 2013
LRES Senior Collin Preftakes and His Mentor, Dr. Bob Peterson, Were Recognized at the Awards for Excellence - February 15, 2013
Congratulations LRES Students! - January 23, 2013
LRES Staff Member Ana Murphy Receives the Pure Gold Award - January 9, 2013

Priscu wins SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research - July 2, 2012
LRES Senior Megan Podolinsky Received the Torlief Community Involvement Award - February 22, 2012
LRES Senior Megan Podolinsky and her mentor Geoff Poole were Recognized at the Awards for Excellence - February 20, 2012