2025 – Our First Cohort! Our 2025 Cohort Group Our first cohort group at the Livestock Insects Workers Conference in Cody, WY Scholars at the University of Georgia Sarah Stacy Sarah is a Veterinary Health Sciences major at Lincoln Memorial University. Project: Beetles in the broiler house Sarah Stacy Sydnie Frost Sydnie is an Animal Sciences major at Purdue University. Project: Bioware in the water: Bti against aedes mosquitoes. Sydnie Frost Scholars at the Kansas State University Andy Fajardo Andy is an Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology major at University of Kentucky. Project: Prevalence of Theileria orientalis in outbreak herds in Kansas. Andy Fajardo Samuel Piper Samuel is an Animal Sciences major at Purdue University. Project: Cattle in peripheral feedlot pens show increased signs of fly worry. Samuel Piper Scholars at the Texas A&M University – Stephenville Caycen Ratliff Caycen is an Animal & Dairy Sciences major at Mississippi State University. Project: Texas producer perception and knowledge of tick-born diseases Caycen Ratliff Jared Saufley Jared is an Entomology Major at Oklahoma State University. Project: Supplementing producer knowledge on tick-borne diseases via tick surveys in beef pastures and wildlife areas of Texas. Jared Saufley Scholars at the University of Tennessee Jason Chavez Renteria Jason in an Animal Science major at New Mexico State University. Project: Surveillance of tick species for Anaplasma marginale in Tennessee ticks. Jason Chavez Renteria
