Mudge Week - 2018
On March 26-31, 2018, we celebrated our Annual Mudge Week. Benjamin Franklin Mudge (right) was one of the first faculty to teach at what was then the Kansas State Agricultural College, later Kansas State University, starting in 1865. He taught the first entomology course at Kansas State ("Insects Injurious to Vegetation"), and it was also the first economic entomology course taught anywhere in the United States. He also taught courses in astronomy, physics, meteorology, botany, zoology, physiology, mineralogy, geology, physical geography, agricultural chemistry, among others. He was beloved by students, so it is entirely appropriate that we have a week of student-centered activities named in his honor. To learn more about this remarkable man, read this memorial written two years after his death in 1879.
2018 Mudge Week Activities and Schedule
26 Mar |
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27 Mar |
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29 Mar |
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26-30 Mar |
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31 Mar |
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Perry L. Adkisson 3-Minute Thesis Winners:
Degree | Place | Name | Mentor(s) | Amount |
MS | 1st | Grace Craigie | Brian McCornack | $100 |
PhD | 1st | Ryan Schmid | Brian McCornack | $100 |
MS | 2nd | Rachel Wilkins | Kun Yan Zhu/Rachel Wilkins | $75 |
PhD | 2nd | Yinping Li | Raymond Cloyd | $75 |
Support Awards:
Award | Winner | Amount |
Excellence in Administrative Support | Sharon Schroll | $300 |
Excellence in Technical Support | Xiaoli Wu | $300 |
Scholarship Winners for 2018:
Scholarship | Winner | Mentor(s) | Amount |
Lambley Scholarship | Jessica Thomson | Ludek Zurek/Dana Nayduch | $800 |
Fred Clute Scholarship | Yinping Li | Raymond Cloyd | $1,000 |
Floyd Holmes Scholarship | Jacqueline Maille | Tom Phillips | $5,000 |
Reginald H. Painter PhD Scholarship | Paulina Maldonado Ruiz | Ludek Zurek | $800 |
Joe Pankaskie Scholarship | Anastasia Cooper | Kun Yan Zhu | $2,000 |
Ramaswamy Scholarship | Catherine Stewart | Mike Smith | $1,000 |
Roger C. Smith PhD Scholarship | Edwin Afful | Tom Phillips | $1,000 |
Schendel-Mages Scholarship | Matt Hamblin | Undergraduate | $1,000 |