MARCH 2008
14625 CR 672, Wimauma,FL 33598
(813) 634-0000
A government big
enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas
Jefferson
Gulf
Coast REC has two Superior Accomplishment Award winners this
year! Congratulations to Christine Cooley
and Rick Thomas!
Christine
was selected in the category of Clerical/Office Support and Rick in the
category of Support Services. Both will receive a check for
$200.00, a certificate and commemorative coffee mug set. They will
als
o be considered for campus-wide recognition in their category which
is honored with a check for $2,000 and personal plaque. A
reception in honor of the winners will be help in the Grand Ballroom of
the Reitz Union on March 25, 2008. 23 persons within IFAS are
being honored with this award. Congratulations to our two winners!
3......Marta Hincapie Caputo
5......Tracey Revels (ret.)
5......Victor Alifonso
7......Lloyd Stettler
10....Shawna Loper
11....Renata Zalewski (ret.)
17....Gurpal Singh Toor
17....Monica Raguckas
18....Aliya Momotaz
20....Sokha Branham
21....Carolyn Hinson
26....Rick Thomas
 Ragy Ibrahem,
graduate of Suez Canal University in Egypt with a BS in Genetic
Engineering from Zagazeg University, is working with Jeremy
Edwards as OPS Assistant in the tomato breeding program.
He worked as a research associate in Egypt before coming to the
US in 2006. |
 Mary
Hudson, a UF student at Plant City campus, will be assisting
Dr. Michael Andreau's forestry program as OPS. She received her
AA from Hillsborough Community and is working on her BS degree
at Plant City in Natural Resource Conservation. |