Congratulations to Cody Schneider (BS, MS ISU Agronomy) on being selected as this year’s winner of the Deborah A. Muenchrath Award. The Muenchrath Award is presented annually to recognize a graduate of the MS in Agronomy Distance Education Program. The award is available to a distance education student who has distinguished themselves academically and who has demonstrated outstanding creativity and completeness in the development and written presentation of his or her creative component (CC).
The title of Schneider’s CC was “Effects of fungicide application timing on disease severity, standability, and yield of hybrid corn in southeast Iowa.” His major professors were Mark Licht, agronomy and Alison Robertson, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology. Schneider is the Superintendent of ISU’s Southeast Research Farm in Crawfordsville, IA.
The award is named in honor of Dr. Deborah Muenchrath, who served as a course developer, faculty member, and dedicated student mentor. She is remembered for her incredible creativity, amazing intellect, abiding commitment to students and indefatigable spirit.
