Earth-Kind Rose team earns Vice Chancellor’s Award

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The National Earth-Kind Rose team has been honored with the Texas A&M AgriLife Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Collaboration.

The honor was presented Jan. 6 during the 2015 Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence ceremony in College Station.

The Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence were established in 1980 to recognize the commitment and outstanding contributions of Texas A&M AgriLife faculty and staff throughout Texas and provide an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of those honored.

Team members recognized were: Todd Williams, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent in Rockwall County; Allison Watkins, AgriLife Extension horticulture agent in Tom Green County; Kimberly Benton, AgriLife Extension horticulture agent in Cherokee County; Dr. Derald Harp, associate professor of horticulture at Texas A&M University-Commerce; Dr. John Sloan, watershed scientist at the University of Illinois-East Alton; and Dr. David Zlesak, associate professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

According to the nomination, the interdisciplinary team was assembled to address some of the greatest concerns facing American landscapes: wasted water, misuse of fertilizers and pesticides, and overburdening landfills with leaves, grass clippings and wood chips.

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