Tag: Food and Resource Economics Undergraduate

Food and Resource Economics graduating senior poses with UF/IFAS CALS Teaching Dean after receiving the UF/IFAS CALS Alumni & Friends Leadership Award

FRE Alumnus Drew Blanton Receives CALS Alumni and Friends Leadership Award

by Alena Poulin
June 9, 2026

While finishing his undergraduate degree was a major step for UF Food and Resource Economics Alumnus Drew Blanton, it is not the end of his academic journey in Gainesville. And yet, as one of the CALS Top 10 Seniors and recipient of the 2026 CALS ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, CALS, CALS Awards, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Food And Resource Economics Alumni, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, UF CALS
Undergraduate Coordinator Misti Sharp poses with her students after receiving award for undergraduate mentorship

Dr. Misti Sharp Receives CALS Outstanding Undergraduate Advising/Mentor Award

by Alena Poulin
June 8, 2026

For UF Food & Resource Economics undergraduate coordinator and associate instructional professor Dr. Misti Sharp, student mentorship is all about the stories. “I love getting to know the “story” behind each person I meet knowing ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Faculty, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, UF Food And Resource Economics
Xumin Zhang is presented with Outstanding Teaching of a Course Award at 2026 SAEA Annual Meeting.

Dr. Xumin Zhang Receives 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award

by Alena Poulin
April 20, 2026

Xumin Zhang, Instructional Assistant Professor in the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, received the 2026 Outstanding Teaching of a Course Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) during their annual meeting ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Quest Courses
Angelia Chen and Suraj Gurung hold awards at SAEA annual meeting

UF Food and Resource Economics Assistant Professor Lijun “Angelia” Chen receives SAEA Emerging Scholar Award for Teaching Program in Agricultural Marketing & Consumer Behavior

by Alena Poulin
March 23, 2026

 Dr. Lijun “Angelia” Chen, assistant professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department, was recognized this spring with the Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s Emerging Scholar Award in recognition of her exceptional teaching ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Faculty, Food And Resource Economics Graduate, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate

UF/IFAS launches agricultural entrepreneurship program to prepare students to create farming, AgTech businesses

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
March 12, 2026

Highlights: UF’s Food and Resource Economics Department is launching the Wayne T. Davis Agricultural and Rural Entrepreneurship program in Fall 2026 to help students build agriculture-focused businesses. The new course sequence teaches ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Alumni, Food And Resource Economics News, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Master Of Agribusiness
FRE Quiz Bowl and other students post doing the Gator Chomp at AAEA 2025

UF FRE Quiz Bowl Takes First Place at AAEA Competition

by Alena Poulin
September 22, 2025

At the end of July, FRE’s Academic Quiz Bowl team traveled to Denver, Colorado, to compete against some of the top rising agricultural economists in the country at the annual meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, ... READ MORE

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Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Student Involvement, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, FRE Quiz Bowl

FRE’s Ag Econ Club Wins Creative Club Award at AAEA Annual Meeting

by Savannah Bailey
August 25, 2025

The Agricultural Economics (Ag Econ) Club proudly took home first place in the Creative Club Competition at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, a recognition of their innovative efforts to foster student ... READ MORE

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Tags: Ag Econ Club, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Gator NAMA
Food and Resource Economics Undergraduate Coordinator Misti Sharp Receives 2025 Teaching Award at AAEA Conference

Food and Resource Economics Undergraduate Coordinator Dr. Misti Sharp Recognized for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Program at AAEA Annual Meeting

by Alena Poulin
August 18, 2025

From participating in her local high school’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) to receiving recognition by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) as a distinguished food and resource economics undergraduate teacher, Misti ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Faculty, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Teaching

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