1. TAMUK’s Soils Team Earn a Top Spot in Southern Regional Contest held in Stillwater, OK and Qualify for the 1st time to go to the National Soil Judging Competition in 2019

2. Texas USDA-NRCS soil scientists train winning TAMUK’s soil judging team to 1st place soils team, 3rd place overall, and 5th place individual awards
L to R: Alan StahnkeA, [Alejandro Carrero, Clara Riquelme, Elizabeth Herrera] B, John SackettA,
(Jonah Trevino, Scott Cardena, and Juan Cortinas)C and Carlos VillarrealA
ANRCS soils scientists; BMulti-HSI institutional Team (UPRM, FIU, UTEP); CTAMUK soil judging team

3. TAMUK Soil Judging Team score BIG in Southern Region Soils Competition in Stillwater, Oklahoma
TAMUK Plant & Soil Science Students: Scott Cardenas, Juan Cortinas and Jonah Trevino take 1st place team and 3rd place overall soil judging awards
Multi-Hispanic Serving Institution Soils Team: Carla Riquelme (FIU), Alejandro Carrero (UPRM), and Elizabeth Herrera (UTEP) takes home 5th place individual award

4. Soils are Like Earth’s Fingerprints of Time, Each Soil is Unique

5. Undergraduates from four different HSI institutions’ USDA-NIFA HSI grant entitled ‘START NOW’ are led by TAMUK faculty and USDA-NRCS soil scientists and educate the importance of soil science and conservation
Student Participants from:
University of Texas-El Paso;
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Florida International University; and Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Funded by USDA-NIFA Hispanic Serving Institution grant award #
START NOW - Student Training in Agricultural Research Techniques by Novel Occupational Workshops.
Project Director: S. Nelson; Co-PDs: D. Ruppert, R. Stanko, G. Schuster, H. Taboada, J. Espiritu, D. Sotomayor, G. Martinez, K. Jayachandran, M. Bhat