2018 Outstanding Senior: Tyler Plum
Plum worked as a lab technician in the WVU Wild Genomics Lab, keeping him extremely involved in undergraduate research. As a recipient of the George A. Myles Natural Resources Undergraduate Student Enhancement Grant and a winner of a National Science Foundation undergraduate research award, he had the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on genetics research on lake sturgeon and study chemical accumulation in a small shark species, the smooth dogfish, respectively.
2018 Outstanding Senior: JoBeth Delawder
A native of Old Fields, West Virginia, Delawder is a proud sixth generation farmer. She established her own sheep and goat operation at the age of 11, and is now part owner of Water Rise Farm, a beef cow-calf, broiler breeders, swine, sheep and goat operation.
2018 Outstanding Senior: Morgan Campbell
Campbell, a native of Earlysville, Virginia, minored in business administration and GIS and was a recipient of the George A. Myles Natural Resources Undergraduate Student Enhancement Grant, which he used to support his work in analyzing the development of Marcellus shale using GIS.