Top Teacher: SDSU professor recognized as one of the top ag teachers in the nation

Jager Robinson
Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020 Updated Feb 19, 2020

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Either in the classroom or out in the pens, Cody Wright has excelled at teaching students at South Dakota State University for many years. Now the animal science professor has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Excellence in College and University Teaching Award for Food and Agricultural Sciences.

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