Mandall, Acklie Win Bumpers College Honors Poster Competition

Photo by Dentin Schwartz

Steve Halbrook, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, reviews research displays in the AFLS Building submitted by students in the Bumpers College's Honors Student Board Poster Competition.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Rabindra Mandal and Paige Acklie have been named winners of the graduate and undergraduate divisions, respectively, of the Honors Student Board Poster Competition in the U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

Posters were displayed in the atrium of the Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Building April 11-13 with students, faculty and staff invited to review and vote for the winners.

In the graduate division, Mandal was first, followed by Kallie Sullivan and Brianna Neumann. Mandal and Sullivan are both in poultry science while Neumann is in food science.

In the undergraduate division, Acklie placed first, followed by Lauren Cambias and Olivia Caillouet. Acklie is majoring in agribusiness, Cambias human nutrition and Caillouet horticulture.

The purpose of the competition and display was to provide students in the Bumpers College's honors program with ideas and direction for future research topics.

"We want all students to know that they do not need to wear a white lab coat to participate in quality research," said Leslie Edgar, assistant dean and director of the honors program. "This event allowed undergraduate and graduate students to share their research and assist novice researchers with ideas. I appreciate the Bumpers College Honors Student Board for its efforts and I'm grateful for the students who entered the competition."

The honors program plans to make this a regular event.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.