Announcing the 2017 Award Winners

• The Outstanding Friend of Extension Specialists Award – Texas Pest Management Association and its executive director, David Oefinger.
• TESA Professional Development Grant – Janet Hurley, AgriLife Extension program specialist-school IPM in Dallas
• 4-H Youth Development Agent Award – Amber Carroll, El Paso County
• Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent Award – Cooper Terrill, Williamson County
• Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Award – Lilian Mezquida, Cameron County
• Community Development Agent Award – Rhonda Cummins, Calhoun County
• Support Staff Award – Brayla Leighton, Southeast District 9, College Station
• Scholarship Award – Mason Kaase, Kayla Klose

Great article from AgriLife Today on our award winners, with excerpts from the nominations:

Texas Extension Specialists Association presents awards

(Source: AgriLife Today, writer Kay Ledbetter)

Take a look at the article on the Distinguished Program Achievement Award in Community and Resource Development award winner Rhonda Cummins, Coastal and Marine Resources Agent for Calhoun County.  Just shows what great agents we serve!

Cummins honored by Texas Extension Specialist Association