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Champaign, IL (June 7, 2024)—The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) is pleased to announce Lisa Holden as the 2024 recipient of the Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production. The award will be presented on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, during the awards ceremony at the ADSA Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production was created to recognize outstanding teaching of undergraduate students in dairy science. The winner must have demonstrated outstanding ability as a teacher of undergraduate students of dairy science in an accredited college or university, have been an active teacher when nominated with not less than a total of 10 years of active teaching preceding, and have been a member of ADSA for at least five successive years.
Lisa Holden, PhD, is an associate professor of Dairy Science at The Pennsylvania State University and the 2024 recipient of the Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production. She has taught more than 100 formal undergraduate or graduate-level courses and many nonformal extension-education offerings. Her teaching style is interactive, drawing on her extension expertise, bringing examples into the classroom, and providing students with on-farm experiences. She leads teaching for several dairy-management classes, collaborates in a graduate-level global agricultural systems course, and coaches the Dairy Challenge students. She is dedicated to the success of her students and strives to provide positive learning experiences.
It is with great pleasure that ADSA and Purina Animal Nutrition present Lisa Holden with the 2024 Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production.
About the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)
The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) is an international organization of educators, scientists, and industry representatives who are committed to advancing the dairy industry and keenly aware of the vital role the dairy sciences play in fulfilling the economic, nutritive, and health requirements of the world’s population. It provides leadership in scientific and technical support to sustain and grow the global dairy industry through generation, dissemination, and exchange of information and services. Together, ADSA members have discovered new methods and technologies that have revolutionized the dairy industry. www.adsa.org