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From UT Tyler:

Corey Dale Cates of Hughes Springs, a senior biology major at The University of Texas at Tyler, was recognized at this year’s Southwestern Association of Naturalists Conference at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.

He received the Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award and cash prize in the amount of $600 for his poster presentation titled, “Behavioral Changes Related to Compensatory Growth in Corn Snakes (Pantherophis guttata).”

The award, which recognizes visual presentation quality and research significance, is presented by a panel of judges to the undergraduate, graduate or doctoral student displaying the best poster at the association’s annual meeting. Although posters may be coauthored with the major faculty mentor, the work presented must be primarily the student’s.

From Tyler Junior College:

Tyler Junior College’s student-led literary publication, The Bell Tower Arts Journal, received multiple awards in the Literary Magazine Division of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association annual conference held last week in Fort Worth.

Faculty adviser Dr. Linda Gary said, “These awards are all the more significant since the literary magazine contest is an open division, which means TJC is judged not only against other two-year colleges, but also against top-notch universities.”

TJC brought home the following awards:

• First place, Literary Magazine Cover Design – Gabe Urbina, Tyler

• Second place, Literary Magazine Overall Excellence

• Third place, Literary Magazine – Feature Photo – Grace Stubblefield, Lindale

• Honorable Mention, Literary Magazine – Illustration – Amanda Hatfield, Lindale

• Honorable Mention, Literary Magazine – Short Story – Raymond Homan, Athens