Tori Valdez, a research associate in the CSU Wheat Breeding Program, has received the 2012 Jeannie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Award. This award, established in 2010, provides professional development opportunities for women working in wheat during the early stages of their career. The award is named after Jeanie Borlaug Laube, mentor to many, and daughter of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. Jeanie Borlaug Laube has served as Chair of the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) since October 2009. Tori is among a group of five women internationally who will be receiving the award in 2012.
Recipients of the Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT award are invited to the annual Borlaug Global Rust Initiative technical workshop, to be held in Beijing, China in September 2012. Award recipients are also eligible to attend a training program at CIMMYT in Obregon, Mexico, in 2013, along with the 2013 Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT Award recipients.
go ahead Tori congratulation