Massey’s School of Agriculture and Environment has named its top students of the year at their annual Agriculture, Horticulture and Environmental Science Awards Dinner.
Massey University is proud to announce four new Emeritus Professors conferred by the Honorary Awards Committee this week.
Distinguished Professors’ Paul Spoonley, Sally Morgan and Anne Noble and Professor Ravi Ravindran are awarded emeritus titles in recognition of their service to the university.
The title “Professor Emeritus” is conferred upon retirement to select nominees who are recognised nationally as having been outstanding in their discipline; and who have made an outstanding contribution to scholarship or the university or both; as well as being held in the respect and esteem of colleagues.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley , who retired in April 2021, is recognised for his extensive contribution to both academia and Massey University.
Massey University has achieved a QS World University ranking of 34 in the Agriculture and Forestry discipline.
This is the highest of any university in New Zealand in this discipline and places Massey University second in the southern hemisphere.
This high value is in recognition of Massey’s traditional strengths of Agricultural Science, Agribusiness, Horticulture and Animal Science.
The ranking is also a reflection of the closely related disciplines of Food Technology, Environmental and Earth Science, Plant Science, AgriTech and Veterinary Science which both undergraduate and postgraduate students are exposed to through its inter-disciplinary teaching and research approach.
Head of the School of Agriculture and Environment Professor Paul Kenyon says Massey is unique not only in New Zealand, but in many respects worldwide, by having world-leading researchers and teachers across all of these disciplines, together on one site contributing to agriculture.