Recent graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) received WALSAA (Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association) honorary awards during their recent graduation ceremony.

Students were honored for exceptional efforts in activities and leadership within the short course program. Academic awards were given to first- and second-year students who earned a 3.80 GPA or higher.

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First row, left to right: Mandy Peirick, Watertown, Activity and Leadership Award, Faith Williquette, Oshkosh, Activity and Leadership Award, Sarah Stodola, Burlington, Academic Award, Jennifer Sigg, Hollandale, Academic Award, Gregg Peirick, Watertown, Activity and Leadership Award.

Second row, left to right: FISC alumni president Andrea Brossard Martin, FISC director Theodore Halbach, Laura Miller, Rock City, IL, Academic Award, Jason Jay Heberlein, Fennimore, Activity and Leadership Award, Steven Davis, Sharon, Activity and Leadership Award, Joseph Hartung, Arena, Academic Award, David Tischendorf, Dorchester, Academic Award, Charles Hookstead, Whitewater, Academic Award, Bradley Sternweis, Marshfield, Academic Award, FISC assistant director Karen Knipschild and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Dean Molly Jahn,

Receiving Academic Awards and not pictured: Andrew Jaworski, Green Bay, Tori Jennings, Hillsboro, Brian Nischke, Amherst Junction, and Tyler Stenjem, Cambridge