Excellence Awards Recipients | April 15, 2013
The purpose of the Excellence Awards is to recognize and encourage excellence in all forms at the academic level. Awards were presented by President M. Duane Nellis and Provost and Executive Vice President Doug Baker. The Excellence Awards Ceremony was held on Monday, April 15, 2013 in the Student Union Building, Ballroom.
Research or Creative Activity Excellence Award
Patrick J. Hrdlicka
Associate Professor, Chemistry
College of Science
Donald Crawford Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award
Troy E. Hall
Professor, Conservation Social Sciences
College of Natural Resources
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Awards
Master's Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award
Heather Michelle Blume
M.S. candidate in Family and Consumer Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Doctoral Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award
Michelle M. Howard
Ph.D. candidate in Geography
College of Science
Outstanding Graduate Student Research & Creative Activity Awards
Master's Graduate Student Research and Creative Activity Award
Courtney M. Thompson
M.S. candidate in Geography
College of Science
Doctoral Graduate Student Research and Creative Activity Award
Christopher J. Cox
Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Science
College of Science
Advising Excellence Award
Faculty Advising
Pingchao Zhu
Associate Professor, History
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Staff Advising
Kristine Roby
College Advisor
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Teaching Excellence Award
David Lee-Painter
Professor, Theatre Arts
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Hoffman Award in Teaching Excellence
Sanjay R. Sisodiya
Assistant Professor, Business
College of Business and Economics
Outreach and Engagement Excellence Award
Harriet Shaklee
Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Grace Goc Karp
Professor, Movement Sciences
College of Education
Interdisciplinary or Collaborative Efforts Excellence Award
David McIlroy
Professor, Physics
College of Science
2013 – 2015 Presidential Mid-Career Awards
Kenneth D. Cain
Professor, Fish and Wildlife Sciences
College of Natural Resources
Stacey Camp
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
Barbara A. Cosens
Professor, Law
College of Law
Elizabeth "Lee" Fortunato
Professor, Biological Sciences
College of Science
Brian K. Johnson
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
Alexander V. Karasev
Associate Professor, Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Allen Kitchel
Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
Sanjay R. Sisodiya
Assistant Professor, Business
College of Business and Economics
Nancy Sprague
Associate Professor, Library
Library
University Distinguished Professors
Sanford Eigenbrode
Professor, Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Larry Forney
Professor, Biological Sciences
College of Science