It was great seeing those of you who were able to make the Spring social gathering coming with the 2012-2013 Cohort Colloquium poster presentations. I enjoyed getting to talk with you in these informal venues! I hope you all had a productive 2012-2013 year and wishing you a great summer - we finally have some sunshine with signs of warmth, which is encouraging! I want to acknowledge our Spring 2013 graduates and those who successfully hurdled their prelims as well as recent award winners. Spring 2013 Graduates Jennifer Burks (AGRY) Peter Caldwell (Civil) Lauren Logan (BIOL) Xiaoming Ma (ABE) Laura Page (ABE) Krystin Riha (EAS) Jennifer Roath (ABE) Passed Prelim Exam (Summer 2012 / Fall 2012 / Spring 2013) Natalie Chin (ABE) Yujie He (FNR) Becca Logsdon (ABE) Monique Long (AGRY) Andy Martin (AGRY) Michael Mashtare (AGRY) John McMillan (AGRY) Leila Nyberg (Civil) Katherine Ortegon (Civil) Michael Schuster (FNR) Matthew Stensberg (ABE) Recent Awards Jennifer Burks - Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science from Purdue University Youn Choi (AGRY) - Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship Award Michael Mashtare (AGRY) - Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants Excellence in Teaching Award; AGRY Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award; Joe L. White Graduate Student Award in Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy Lindsey Payne (EAS)- COE Teaching Award Keynote Leadership Team Student Sustainability Fund Student Grant of $4000 for the 2013-2014 academic year on "Keystone Series: Approaching Campus Controversy in Sustainability with Interdisciplinary Discussion" Please forgive me if I missed including you on an email sometime this semester acknowledging an award that you received. If so please let me know so I can include it in the next award acknowledgment email I send out. Thank you to all of you who participated in the nomination that led to me receiving the PGSG Faculty Mentor Recognition Award. You guys are awesome! Lastly, thank you Christal for your continued above and beyond efforts to support the ESE students - you are awesome too! Linda S. Lee Purdue Univerity, Department of Agronomy, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Associate Head Ecological Science & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Program Head, www.purdue.edu/ese<http://www.purdue.edu/ese> 3-363 Lilly Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Office: (765) 494-8612; Cell (765) 414-3086 lslee@purdue.edu<mailto:lslee@purdue.edu>