Three faculty members in the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources have been selected as recipients of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teaching Award of Merit for the 2018-19 academic year at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

This year’s recipients are Dr. Frank Flanders, Associate Professor of Agricultural Education; Dr. George Lowerts, Associate Professor of Forestry; and Dr. Erin Porter, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering.

Dr. Mark Kistler, Dean of the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and department heads selected the three faculty members based on their performance during the school year.

NACTA is a professional society formed in 1955 that focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning in agriculture and related disciplines at the postsecondary level. It provides professors of agriculture a forum for discussion of questions and answers, seeks improvement of agricultural related teaching, and rewards instructional excellence in agriculture and research.