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Nine Kentucky State University (KSU) students received honors at the 2016 Kentucky Academy of Science Student Research Competition. Each year at the organization’s annual meeting, KAS presents awards to students in each of its 19 sections in the categories of undergraduate oral presentation, undergraduate poster presentation, and graduate oral presentation.

At the meeting held November 4-5 at the University of Louisville, KSU students were presented with honors in Agricultural Sciences, Computer and Information Sciences, Geography, and Microbiology.

The winners:

• Nathan Kring, 3^rd place, Agricultural Sciences, undergraduate poster presentation
• George J. Pate, 2^nd place, Agricultural Sciences, undergraduate oral presentation
• Jarod Jones, 1^st place, Agricultural Sciences, undergraduate oral presentation
• Chelsea Walling, 3^rd place, Agricultural Sciences, graduate oral presentation
• Rick Hulefeld, 2^nd place, Agricultural Sciences, graduate oral presentation
• Brittany M. Woodward, 1^st place, Agricultural Sciences, graduate oral presentation
• Jongouk Choi, 1^st place, Computer and Information Sciences, graduate oral presentation
• Bijesh Mishra, 2^nd place, Geography, graduate oral presentation
• Rhiannon Cecil, 1^st place, Microbiology, undergraduate oral presentation