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2024 NACAA Awards

Southern: Achievement Awards

The purpose of the Achievement Award Program is to encourage and recognize excellence in the field of professional Extension for members with less than ten years of service.

Mallory Maher
Sarah Scott

Southern: Distinguished Service Awards

The purpose of the Distinguished Service Award Program is to encourage and recognize excellence in the field of professional Extension for members with more than ten years of service.

Jaime Pohlman
Zachary Snipes

Regional Winners

Audio Recording: Grower Exchange Podcast
Justin Ballew
Sarah Scott, Zach Snipes, Rob Last

Bound Book/Ebook: Concepts and Research-Based Guidelines for South Carolina Forage Systems
Liliane Severino Da Silva

Educational Video Recordings: Flush Only Toilet Paper Mass Media Campaign
Susan Lunt
Katie Collins, Samantha Porzelt, Bea Calhoun, Catherine Watts, Tancey Belken, Steven O’shields, Ellen Sturup Comeau

Event Promotional Package: 2nd Annual SC Women in Agriculture Conference
Charlotte Maxwell
Jaime Pohlman, Sarah Scott, Kathy Coleman, Chase Baillie, Bethany Funkhouser, Emily Sweatt, Freddricka Pressley, Hannah Mikell, Janet Steele, Amber Starnes, Marie Bolt, Becky Davis, Bailee Floyd, Lee Petitgout

Website/Online Content: Forage Drops – An Educational Forage and Livestock Channel
Liliane Severino Da Silva

State Winners

Agriculture Awareness And Appreciation Award: South Carolina Grower Website/Blog
Justin Ballew
Zach Snipes, Sarah Scott, Rob Last, Andy Rollins, Brittney King, Phillip Carnley, Briana Naumuk

Computer Generated Presentation with Script: Plant This Not That: Native Alternatives for Invasive Species in SC
Terasa Lott

Fact Sheet: Measuring Forage Mass on Pastures to Adjust Stocking Rate
Liliane Severino Da Silva

Feature Story: Files For the Farm Business
Kevin Burkett

Learning Module/Notebook: Be Well Informed Online Course
Charly Greenthaler
Katie Collins, Becky Davis, Heather Nix, Derrick Phinney

Newsletter: CU in the Woods Newsletter
Jaime Pohlman
Derrick Phinney, Puskar Khanal, Cory Heaton, Stephen Pohlman, Jeff Fellers, David Coyle, Patrick Hiesl, Amanda Taylor, Tancey Belken, TJ Savereno, Carolyn Dawson, Ryan Bean

Personal Column: Green Thumb Gardening
Paul Thompson

Publication: Historical Floods of South Carolina (Land-Grant Press) 
Susan Lunt, Vidya Samadi

Photo: A Desirable Chickweed, Who Knew?
Paul Thompson

Search for Excellence in 4-H Programming: 2023 Newberry County 4-H Summer Breakfast Club
Alana West

Search For Excellence in Young, Beginning, or Small Farmers/Ranchers: Family, Forests, Future: Engaging and Educating New and Beginning Forest Landowners
Janet Steele
Patrick Hiesl

Posters

SC Women’s Agricultural Network
Sarah Scott, Jaime Pohlman, Charley Maxwell, Kathy Coleman, Chase Baillie, Bethany Funkhouser, Emily Sweatt, Freddricka Pressley, Hannah Mikell, Janet Steele, Amber Starnes, Marie Bolt, Becky Davis, Lee Petitgout

Evaluation of Cool-Season Forage Species as a Decision Tool for Forage and Livestock Producers in South Carolina
Liliane Severino Da Silva, Brian Beer, Rogerio Furlan, Daniel Adkinson, Katie Seavey

Poster – National Finalist and Regional Winner

Singing in the Rain: Embracing the Hybrid Method for Rain Garden Education
Mallory Maher, Susan Lunt, Samantha Porzelt, Derrick Phinney, Sarah Waickowski, Amy Scaroni, Amy Warner, Rachel Greene



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