International Students of the Week Listed by Department

Oklahoma State University has international students on campus from nearly 120 different countries. In the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, most of the international students are enrolled in graduate programs (Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy). Their backgrounds are tremendously diverse. One wonders how so many different people all selected Oklahoma State University as their University of choice. The challenge of providing them with an educational experience of excellence is one that Oklahoma State University accepts with pride.

Listed below are the individuals who have been featured as the "DASNR International Student of the Week". Clicking on the name takes you to a page featuring information about that student. Feel free to browse through the histories of these students and experience the tremendous diversity that their backgrounds reveal. Join DASNR in celebrating their presence on our campus.

The DASNR international student of the week is selected from nominations received from the Department Heads within the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. We rotate our selection among academic departments to be able to feature a variety of students and departments. Although we regard all of our students as academically gifted, a high gpa is not a requisite for this award. If you would like to nominate an international student to be featured on this page, please forward your nomination through that student's Department Head.

Department of Agricultural Economics

Edson Ali from Mozambique (October 2006)
Kalpana Khanal from Nepal (October 2006)
Lindsey Price (February 2007)

Jon Ann Decker (February 2007)

Department of Animal Science

Monica Prado from Venezuela (October 2006)
Alberto Grado From Mexico (November 2006)
Pauline Aad from Lebanon (March 2007)

Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership

Sineenuch Khrutmuang from Thailand (November 2006)

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Philip Verghese (January 2007)

Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Michael Mueller from Germany (December 2006)
Sabine Eichling From Germany (November 2006)
Cortney Timmons
Saleh Ashagathra from Saudi Arabia (March 2007)

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Kaushal Maskey from Nepal (January 2007)

Environmental Sciences

Cosmas Lungo from Zambia (January 2007)

Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Sophia Kamenidou from Greece (November 2006)

International Agricultural Programs

Taryn Fast from Wichita, Kansas (December 2006)

Natural Resource Ecology and Management

Kota Okahashi from Japan (January 2007)

Plant and Soil Sciences

Brenda Tubana from the Philippines (January 2007)
Solomon Kariuki from Kenya (March 2007)

 

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Comments From DASNR Personnel about the International Student of the Week:

Dear Dr. Henneberry:
Thank you so much for sending the "Student of Week" feature to all of us. I really enjoy reading it and learning about the students and their countries. It makes their world more relevant for all of us. I have not had the opportunity to travel overseas, so I love to read about it. My fondest memories of graduate school, in Maryland, were the many, many different students I met from all over the globe. It opens your mind. To quote Mark Twain from "The Innocents Abroad": "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Thanks again, Sue Gray, Extension Horticulturist

I am really enjoying receiving the Student of the Week highlight!  ~Recia Garcia

Thanks for these glimpses into the lives of our international students.  I am enjoying the info. Suzanne McNatt, CPA

David, Great idea - - - really like to seestudents highlighted on the web page ! Gerald Horn, Department of Animal Science

What a good idea to feature international students!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! W.Stephen Damron

Dave, Thanks for highlighting a student and sharing this with us. Chris Morgan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Agricultural Leadership Internship Coordinator

Thanks for ‘introducing’ us to our International Students.  Very informative and interesting.  -Karen Brown, 4-H and Youth Development

David thanks for these updates.   They are quite interesting.  I appreciate you sending them. Larry G. Shell, Vice President and COO, ConocoPhillps OSU Alumni Center

I really enjoy these articles!  They are well-written, informative & often inspirational!  Thanks for sharing the stories. Karen Whitworth, Ag sponsored Programs

  I really enjoy seeing and reading about the DASNR International Student of the Week.  It is very interesting and also a way to learn about the various countries and how they live.  Culture is an unbelievable way of life that is such a part of each of us that is really takes good education and working hard to try and understand other cultures but it is so important.Rosalyn R Weston 4-H Publications

David, Just wanted you to know that some of the staff out in the field/County offices like me read your International Student of the week—and I enjoy it.  Especially knowing about someone like Cosmas, as I am in the Environmental Science Department about half way through attaining an MS in Environmental Science (Education Option). Hohn Haase, Extension Educator, Horticulture/4-H Youth Development