Matchan Receives P&S Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award
Stacie Matchan, program specialist with the Iowa Pork Industry Center, is the recipient of the 2022 Professional and Scientific Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. She manages pork industry conferences for the IPIC. One of her first actions after joining the center in June 2020 was to transition Iowa Swine Day to a virtual event due to the pandemic.
After working with sponsors, speakers and potential attendees, she took a conference that was traditionally a Midwest event and turned it into a conference with more than 700 registrants from 32 states and 21 countries. In 2021, she oversaw the planning and execution of Iowa Swine Day, the International Conference on Swine Nutrition, the International Conference on Pig Livability and the upcoming IPIC Sow Summit.
The Iowa Pork Industry Center is the hub of a five-year, $2 million research and extension grant funded by the National Pork Board and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture. Matchan is the project coordinator for the grant, where she facilitates meetings, fosters teamwork and accountability, and provides administrative and financial support.
Huff-Lonergan Receives Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award
Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, professor in animal science, is the recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. For 23 years, she has served her students, her discipline, the college and Iowa State through impactful work as an educator and researcher. Her innovation has resulted in high-impact practices in student learning, unique study abroad opportunities, experiential learning, and one-of-a-kind integrated coursework. Her leadership and service in curriculum development and faculty efforts for continuous improvement in teaching extend the impact of her innovation.
Huff-Lonergan also teaches in the Dean’s Global Agriculture and Food Leadership Program, which combines a semester-long course on campus with a month-long course in Rome, where students work directly with professional teams at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
In addition to being an outstanding instructor of fundamental meat science and muscle biology courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels, Huff-Lonergan is an internationally known and highly respected researcher in her field. She is a fellow in three of the major societies that serve her discipline, an inspiration to students and a role model to women in her field.
Mitchell Receives P&S Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award
Jeffrey Mitchell, program specialist with the Meats Laboratory in animal science, Iowa State University.Jeffrey Mitchell, program specialist with the Meats Laboratory in animal science, is the recipient of the 2022 Professional and Scientific Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. He is involved in planning and conducting extension program demonstrations, teaching undergraduate laboratories, training and supervising student workers for Meats Laboratory operations, and assisting graduate students and faculty with research projects.
Mitchell is said to be “a natural teacher who is equally effective with elementary school tour groups, extension clientele of all ages, and undergraduate students and graduate students at Iowa State.” He has taught hundreds of students about meat fabrication and meat cut identification, and assists with extension short courses and the intercollegiate meat judging teams. He also trains and supervises the hourly student workers who carry out many of the daily meat laboratory functions. The meat lab harvests poultry, sheep, swine and beef as a service to several teaching and research programs. The meat inspection requirements of USDA and the operating safety requirements of EHS and OSHA make it necessary to provide extensive student training and supervision for these activities. “His contributions…have been an important part of the success of Iowa State’s meat science program.”
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