Dairy cow nutritionist Edward DePeters, center, is congratulated by his students after he receiving the 2009 °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement on March 11. The award was presented along with cake and milk before a classroom filled with DePeters’ surprised and supportive students. The $40,000 teaching prize, founded by donors and the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Foundation and first awarded in 1987, is believed to be the largest of its kind in the nation.
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