In this engaging talk, recently retired professor, Elizabeth Mitcham reflects on her career journey to offer valuable advice to students. Drawing from personal experiences and professional milestones, Professor Mitcham will share insights on making choices throughout your career, seizing opportunities, and maintaining work-life balance. The talk covers essential topics such as the importance of networking, knowing what you value most, and the benefits of pursuing diverse interests. By weaving these lessons into a narrative of her own career, Professor Mitcham aims to inspire students to navigate their academic and professional paths with confidence, resilience, and purpose.
The Department of Horticulture has 16 research, teaching and extension faculty members and about 40 full-time staff plus additional hourly workers located primarily in Fayetteville, Little Rock, and at research stations in Clarksville and Kibler, AR. The department is home to approximately 15 graduate students and 75 undergraduate students and focuses on sustainable horticulture, landscape and ornamentals, fruit, vegetable, and ornamental/landscape field and controlled environment production, and turfgrass science. The faculty members work throughout the state, have strong relationships at different Division of Agriculture research stations and work directly with producers and other relevant stakeholders. There are several exciting collaborations and novel research and extension opportunities immediately available. Among the six faculty who are actively seeking graduate students, there are projects in ornamentals, public horticulture, physiology, fruit breeding and production, integrated pest management in entomology and weed science, and controlled environment horticulture.
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
Graduate Research Assistant, Kentucky State University
BSc in Conservation Agriculture / Pursuing a Master’s in Environmental Studies. Highly interested in Controlled Environment Agriculture and Horticulture.
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
Agronomy Engineer graduated from the Federal University of Paraíba. With experience in the management and cultivation of Ornamental Plants, through a year of experience working in Greenhouses in the state of New Hampshire, USA. Experienced in the management and cultivation of vegetables... Read More →
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
I am a graduate research assistant working at the Kansas University Olathe, 22201 W Innovation Dr, Olathe, KS 66061. My major is urban food system under the department of horticulture and natural resources. Currently, I am working in the hydroponics research project.
Wednesday September 25, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm HST
South Pacific 3
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia
Hello! I am a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in the Food Science and Technology Department at the University of Georgia.My research interests are Metabolomics, using Machine Learning Algorithms to discover the biomarkers. My recent work involves evaluating pecan quality, looking at biomarkers... Read More →
I am a PhD candidate working on grape breeding and genomics at the University of California Davis. I am working on developing high-throughput phenotypic and genomic tools for salt and drought tolerance in grapes.
Competition participants must bring your poster pdf on a thumb drive or the physical poster to your assigned room. You will be lined up to present to the judges in order of arrival. You will enter the room one at a time.
Students will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers.
This competition is open to graduate students that have a poster presentation scheduled during the ASHS conference AND have also signed up to participate in this competition (Note: This is separate of the assigned time to present your abstract during the conference program).
Please note that if you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Poster session, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition.
I am a graduate student at Utah State University working on my master's degree in Dr Jennifer Reeve's lab. I got my bachelor's in plant science and Asian studies from Utah State University. While I was an undergrad, I worked in Jennifer Reeve's lab. When I graduated, I was offered... Read More →
Wednesday September 25, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm HST
South Pacific 4