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Article: TEXAS TECH STUDENT CHOSEN AS PART OF 2010 NATIONAL BEEF AMBASSADOR TEAM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Texas Tech University-Lubbock issued the following news release:
A Texas Tech University student was chosen as a National Beef Ambassador Contest winner at an event hosted Oct. 9-11 by the American National CattleWomen.
Mandy-Jo Laurent, an agricultural communications major from Winnsboro, was one of five winners chosen. Together the winners will make up the 2010 National Beef Ambassador Team.
Contestants were judged in the areas of consumer promotion, classroom presentation, media interview technique and issues response.
Students from throughout the country competed for a place on the team of agriculture advocates and a chance to win $5,000 in cash prizes ...