Students
2023 Travel Enrichment Experience Winners
WSSA’s Travel Enrichment Experience Program gives graduate students the chance to broaden their experience by spending a week with weed science professionals based outside their home region. WSSA supports this immersive learning experience by matching each participant with a host organization and by providing a $2,000 grant to cover travel expenses.
After a thorough review of over two dozen applications submitted this year, the following winners were selected for 2023 – one from each of WSSA’s five regional affiliates:
2023 WSSA TEE Award Winners | |||
Name | University | Region | Host |
Isabelle Aicklen | University of Guelph | CWSS | Dr. Mark Fisher, Corteva Agriscience, Sacramento, CA |
Victor Hugo Vidal Ribeiro | Oregon State University | WSWS | Dr. Ethan Parker, Syngenta, Vero Beach, FL |
Bholuram Gurjar | Texas A&M University | SWSS | Dr. Darrin Dodds and Dan Reynolds, Mississippi State University |
Jeanine Arana Cordonero | Purdue University | NCWSS | Drs. Lauren Lazaro, William Patzoldt, Jesaelen Moraes, Sunnyvale, CA |
Eli Russell | Virginia Tech | NEWSS | Dr. David Simpson, Corteva Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN |
Winners will share highlights from their trip during next year’s WSSA annual meeting.