LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico State Univer- sity College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environ- mental Sciences honored its outstanding students Friday during the Sam Steel Ceremony.

Each student received a framed certificate and will also be recognized during their department’s senior reception. The students were nominated by their department and selected by the College Awards Committee.

The Alumni Association Outstanding Senior Award was given to Colleen Keri Boyd, agricultural economics and agricultural business.

Sara Marta, agricultural and extension education, was honored as the Outstanding Student in Agriculture. Molly Rose-Coss was the Outstanding Student in Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Outstanding Student in hotel, restaurant and tourism management was Crista Mestas. Tonya Marten, HRTM, received the Dean’s Award of Leadership Excellence.

Fourteen students rec- eived the undergraduate Dean’s Award for Excellence. They were: Sherida Elkins, agricultural economics and agricultural business; Angela Newton, HRTM; Elena Ruiz, HRTM; Phillip Lujan, entomology, plant pathology and weed science; David Mitchell, fish, wildlife and conservation ecology; Alida Elizabeth Burchett, plant and environmental sciences; Michael Woodard, plant and environmental sciences; Julie Bond, family and consumer sciences; Nathan Henrie, family and consumer sciences; Shara Lynn Jordan, family and consumer sciences; Allison Otis, animal and range sciences; Heath Tjaden, animal and range sciences; Amy Lamb, agricultural economics and agricultural business; and Samuel Nesbitt, agricultural economics and agricultural business.

Jorge Achata Bottger – entomology, plant pathology and weed science – Anwar Anderson – agricultural economics and agricultural business – and Katie Laney and J. Aaron Sims – agricultural and extension education – were given the graduate student Dean’s Award of Excellence.

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