Extension

Epsilon Sigma Phi and Oklahoma State University Extension recognized its 2021 award winners Jan. 12 during the Biennial Extension Conference in Stillwater. ESP is a national honorary fraternity for all Extension professionals.

Epsilon Sigma Phi Awards

Diversity Team Award

• Coming Together for Racial Understanding
  
• Cathleen Taylor, assistant Extension specialist, Leadership and Civic Engagement
  
• Cheryl Newberry, Program and Personnel Development specialist
  
• Michael Stout, associate professor
  
• Mekko Tyner, Dean of Academic Affairs, College of the Muscogee Nation
  
• Sonya Moore-Davis, Media Communications coordinator, Langston University School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Mid-Career Service Award
Cathleen Taylor, assistant Extension specialist, Leadership and Civic Engagement

Distinguished Service Award
Greg Owen, Pittsburg County 4-H educator

25-Year Tenure Award
Dea Rash, Payne County FCS/4-H educator

Retired Service Award
Jim Rutledge, ESP treasurer and former Oklahoma 4-H Foundation director and adjunct professor

Honor Extension Awards

Outstanding Intern
William Walls, agricultural economics student

Gerrit W. Cuperus Integrated Pest Management Professional Achievement Award

• Outstanding IPM Leadership
• Tom Royer, professor, IPM coordinator and interim head, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Excellence in Diversity Award

• Recovery Support and Life Skills Educational Series
  
• Susie West, High Obesity Program educator, Muskogee County

Outstanding Field Staff Award

• Taking Steps to Curb Obesity: Safe Routes to School
• Jessie Collins, High Obesity Program educator, Adair County

Outstanding Team

• Freezer Beef Production: Pasture to Plate
  
• Donna Patterson, Rogers County Ag/4-H educator
  
• Earl Ward, Northeast Area Livestock specialist
  
• Scott Clawson, Northeast Area Ag economist

Outstanding Group

• Feeding Our Communities During COVID-19
  
• Lacey Williams, High Obesity Program project manager
  
• Jessie Collins, High Obesity Program educator, Adair County
  
• Brenda Miller, Northeast District FCS program specialist
  
• Jennifer Patterson, Adair County Ag/4-H educator
  
• Tammy Perry, Muskogee County FCS/4-H educator
  
• Todd Trennepohl, Muskogee County Ag/4-H educator
  
• Michelle Carter-Brown, CNEP nutrition education assistant
  
• Retha Mitchell, CNEP nutrition education assistant

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Distinguished Educator
LaDonna Hines, Oklahoma County