Awards
Awards presented by CLAS
CLAS Teaching Excellence Award for Affiliate Faculty in the introductory level classes (100 and 200 level)
CLAS Teaching Excellence Award for Affiliate Faculty
2017 Marcia Frobish, Mathematics and Joseph McCargar, Communications
2018 Susan Laidlaw-McCreery, Writing
2019 Stephanie Bender, Biomedical Sciences and Sarah Clark, Chemistry
2020 Jill Morris, Chemistry and Suzanne Zack, Visual and Media Arts
2021 Becky Bergakker, Statistics
2022 Gisella Licari, Modern Languages and Literatures and Tara Hefferan, Anthropology
CLAS Service Awards (CLAS Outstanding Service Awards Nomination Form)
The CLAS Outstanding Service Awards Nomination Form is due to your unit head by March 1. The unit head is responsible to assemble the nominee's materials and submit to Kristin Winfrey in the CLAS Dean's Office (B-4-232 MAK or [email protected]) by March 12. Names of winners are engraved on plaques displayed in the college office.
The CLAS Service Awards include:
- CLAS Lifetime Faculty Service Award
- CLAS Annual Faculty Service Award
- CLAS Administrative Professional Service Award
Past recipients of these awards are
Lifetime Faculty Service Award
2006 Shel Kopperl
2007 Nancy Shontz
2008 Don Williams
2009 John Bender
2010 Jim Scott and Ross Reynolds
2011 Barbara Roos
2011 Roger Gilles
2012 Harvey Nikkel
2013 Gabriela Pozzi
2014 Gary Stark
2015 Stephen Matchett and Tim Strickler
2016 Laurie Witucki, Dan Royer
2018 Todd Carlson
2019 Robert Hendersen
2020 Ginny Peterson
2021 Brad Wallar
2022 Rachel Powers
Faculty Annual Service
2007 Ed Aboufadel and Neal Rogness
2008 Mary Schutten
2009 Sigrid Danielson and Nancy Mack
2010 Figen Mekik
2011 Kevin Tutt
2012 Shawn Bible and Jennifer Stewart
2013 Colleen Lewis
2014 Mark Staves
2015 Sherril Soman, Stephanie Schaertel, Julie Henderleiter
2016 Felix Ngassa
2017 Laurence Jose, Tonya Parker
2018 Richard Rediske
2019 Amy Masko
2020 Randy Winchester
2021 Len O’Kelly
2022 Christopher Lawrence
AP Service Award
2008 Sandra Bacon
2009 Diane Laughlin
2010 Jim Visser
2011 Betty Schaner
2012 Patricia Haynes and Aaron Perry
2013 Michelle DeWitt
2014 JoAnn Litton
2015 Monica Johnstone
2016 Jim Krikke
2017 Karen Matchett
2018 Chris Mahlmann
2019 Josh Stickney
2020 Jodi DenUyl
Service as CLAS committee chair for at least one year
Cords are presented at the fall start up meeting to chairs of CLAS committees after serving for one year.
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Department |
Committee |
Year Corded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Edward |
Aboufadel |
Mathematics |
CLAS Faculty Council |
2009 |
|
Matthew |
Boelkins |
Mathematics |
CLAS Faculty Development Committee |
2009 |
|
Grace |
Coolidge |
History |
CLAS Faculty Council |
2010 |
|
Karen |
Gipson |
Physics |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2009 |
|
Jodee |
Hunt |
Biology |
CLAS Faculty Council |
2009 |
|
Sheldon |
Kopperl |
Biomedical Sciences |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2009 |
|
Colleen |
Lewis |
Movement Science |
CLAS Faculty Council |
2012 |
|
Stephen |
Matchett |
Chemistry |
CLAS Faculty Development Council CLAS Faculty Council |
2011 2015 |
|
George |
McBane |
Chemistry |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2011 |
|
Figen |
Mekik |
Geology |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2009 |
|
Melissa |
Morison |
Classics |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2013 |
|
Paul |
Murphy |
History |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2009 |
|
Charles |
Norris |
Music and Dance |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2009 |
|
Bruce |
Ostrow |
Biology |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2011 |
|
Mary |
Schutten |
Movement Science |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2009 |
|
Caroline |
Shapiro-Shapin |
History |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2011 |
|
Sherril |
Soman |
Chemistry |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2009 |
|
David |
Stark |
History |
CLAS Faculty Development Committee |
2012 |
|
Darren |
Walhof |
Political Science |
CLAS Faculty Development Committee |
2009 |
|
Donovan |
Anderson |
Modern Languages & Literatures |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2015 |
|
Mark |
Williams |
Music and Dance |
CLAS Personnel Committee |
2016 |
|
Caitlin |
Horrocks |
Writing |
CLAS Professional Development Committee |
2016 |
|
Beth |
Gibbs |
Music and Dance |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2016 |
|
David |
Kurjiaka |
Biomedical Sciences |
CLAS Faculty Council |
2017 |
|
Michael |
Henshaw |
Biology |
Faculty Council |
2018 |
|
Colleen |
Lewis |
Movement Science |
Personnel Committee |
2019 |
|
Shannon |
Biros |
Chemistry |
Faculty Development Committee |
2019 |
|
Tamara |
Shreiner |
History |
CLAS Curriculum Committee |
2019 |
|
David |
Kurjiaka |
Biomedical Sciences |
Faculty Council |
2019 |
CLAS Communications Cordon
Carl Brown 2017
Monica Johnstone 2016
Jodee Hunt and Mark Staves 2015
CLAS on the Green
Names of those on the winning team of the former annual golf outing which raises funds for the CLAS Scholarship Fund have their names engraved on a plaque displayed in the college office.
2019 Brown, C., Sims, J., Hilgendorf, S.
2018 Seufert, J., Kurjiaka, D., Pearl, C., Vander Kooy, D.
2017 Shatsky, A., Sayfie, A., Noordoff, M., Glass, S.
2016 Antczak, F., Williams, M., Williams, Breit, B.
2015 Stephenson, P. Curtiss, A. Curtiss, E. Curtiss
2014 Zainea, R. Glass, M. Zomberg, T. Zomberg
2013 Bullock, Neideck, Ochs, Hermanson
2012 Frobish, Suchovsky, Gabrosek, Malloure
University Awards
Glen A. Niemeyer Award (from Provost's website)
2022 Medar Serrata
2020 Felix Ngassa
2019 Stephen Mattox
2018 Sheldon Kopperl (BMS) and Neal Rogness (STA)
2017 Robert Franciosi (ENG)
2016 Matthew Boelkins (MTH)
2014 Deborah Herrington (CHM)
2013 Edward Aboufadel (MTH)
2011 Diane Rayor (CLA)
2010 John Gabrosek (STA)
2008 Robert Smart (CHM)
2004 Shaily Menon (BIO)
2003 John Weber (GEO)
2002 Peimin Ni (PHI)
2001 David Tannis (CHM)
Distinguished Contribution to a Discipline Award
CLAS (and disciplines now in CLAS) recipients:
2022 Corey Anton (Communication) and Bopi Biddanda (AWRI)
2020 Jack Mangala (AGS and Political Science)
2018 Patricia Clark (Writing)
2017 William Ryan (Music, Theatre, and Dance)
2016 Brian Lakey (Psychology)
2014 Deborah Herrington (Chemistry) and Figen Mekik (Geology)
2013 Helen Marlais (Music and Dance)
2011 Gary Stark (History)
2010 George McBane (Chemistry)
2009 Thomas Herzog (Psychology)
2008 Stephen Rowe (Philosophy)
2006 Lois Tyson (English)
2005: Teresa Castelão-Lawless (Philosophy)
2004 Charlene Beckmann (Mathematics)
2003 Mary deYoung (Sociology)
2001 James Goode (History)
2000 Frances B. McCrea (Sociology)
1999 Edward J. Baum (Chemistry)
1997 Laura Salazar (Communications)
1995 Deanna J. Morse (Communications)
1993 William C. Baum (Political Science)
1991 Philip J. Pratt (Math/Computer Science) and Loretta Wasserman (English)
1990 Norman W. TenBrink (Geology)
1989 Richard Flanders (Anthropology)
1988 Pierre Robert (Foreign Languages)
1985 Carl Bajema (Biology)
1984 Christine A. Rydel (Foreign Languages) and John Grey Sweeney (Art)
1983 Ronald W. Ward (Biology)
1982 Chester J. Alkema (Art) and Ursula R. Franklin (Foreign Languages)
Distinguished Early Career Scholar Award
2022 Laura Hawk, Chemistry
2020 Abdullah F. Alrebh, Sociology
2020 Christopher Dondzila, Movement Science
2020 Caitlin Callahan. Geology and Integrated Science
2019 Kyle Barnes, Movement Science
2019 Beth Peterson, Writing
2019 Katherine Corker, Psychology
2018 Christopher Shaffer, Anthropology
2017 Paul Cook, Chemistry
2017 Melissa Tallman, Biomedical Sciences
2017 Daniel Graser, Music, Theatre, and Dance
2016 Christopher Kurby. Psychology
2016 Cynthia Thompson, Biomedical Sciences
2015 Amorak Huey, Writing
2015 Medar Serrata, Modern Languages and Literatures
2015 Richard Lord, Chemistry
2014 Shannon Biros, Chemistry
2014 Amanda Dillard, Psychology
2013 Dawn Hart, Cell and Molecular Biology
2013 Amy Russell, Biology
2012 Caitlin Horrocks, Writing
2012 Glenn Valdez, Psychology
2012 Jonathan Nichol, Music
2011 Rachel Powers, Chemistry
2011 Ryan Thum, Annis Water Resources Institute
2010 Christopher Lawrence, Chemistry
Pew FTLC Teaching Awards (information, full list of awardees)
The Burch, Jacobs & Moore Diversity Teaching Award (New 2013/2014)
University Outstanding Teacher Awards
Recipients from CLAS
2016 Thomas Pentecost (Chemistry)
2015 Darren Walhof (Political Science)
2014 Brad Ambrose (Physics)
2013 Janet Vigna (Biology)
2012 David Austin (Mathematics)
2010 Brad Wallar (Chemistry)
Pew Teaching Excellence Awards
Recipients from CLAS
2022
Brian Bowdle
Meghan Cai
Lauren Keough
Agnieszka Szarecka
David Zwart
2020
Laura Hawk
2019
Mary Bower Russa
Virginia Peterson
Ingrid Johnson
Chris Haven
2018
Dalila Kovacs (Chemistry)
Christine Smith (Psychology)
Pamela Wells (Mathematics)
2017
Laurence José (Writing)
Andrew Lantz (Chemistry)
Tara Cornelius (Psychology)
Mayra Fortes-Gonzalez (Modern Language & Literatures)
2016
Amy Masko, Burch, Jacobs and Moore Diversity Teaching Excellence Award;
Feryal Alayont, Todd Aschenbach, Richard Geisel, Wendy Reffeor, Ellen Shupe, Jessica VandenPlas and Severine Ward Teaching Excellence Awards.
2015
Thomas Pentecost (CHM)
Lisa Kasmer (MTH) Jason Yancey (MLL)
2014
Timothy Evans (BIO) Mandy Menke (MLL)
2013
Shannon Biros (Chemistry) Roderick Morgan (Biology) Andrew Spear (Philosophy) 2012
Nathan Barrows (Chemistry) Alice Chapman (History) Michelle Miller-Adams (Political Science) Kirsten Strom (Art and Design) Richard Vallery (Physics) 2011
Margaret Dietrich (Cell and Molecular Biology) Bruce Ostrow (Biology) Heather Van Wormer (Anthropology)
2010
Matthew Daley (History) John Kilbourne (Movement Science) Ellen Pool (Music)
2009
Rachel Anderson (English) Peter Anderson (Classics) Neil MacDonald (Biology)
2008
John Gabrosek (Statistics) Ross Reynolds (Physics) Darren Walhof (Political Science) Ellen Yezierski (Chemistry)
2007
David Coffey (Mathematics) Kevin den Dulk (Political Science) Michael deWilde (Philosophy)
2006
Majd Al-Mallah (Modern Languages) Bradley Ambrose (Physics) Stephen Glass (Movement Science) Mark Richards (Political Science) Brad Wallar (Chemistry)
2005
John Capodilopo (Biomedical and Health Sciences) Stephen Matchett (Chemistry) Charles Pazdernik (Classics) William Rogers (Psychology) Robert Watson (English)
2004
Corey Anton (School of Communications) Carol Griffin (Biology) Polly Diven (Political Science)
2003
Maria Cimitile (Philosophy) Matthew Boelkins (Mathematics) Donna Henderson-King (Psychology)
2002
Rosa Fernandez Levin (Modern Languages) Stephen Mattox (Geology) Deborah Orth (Political Science)
2001
Barbara Roos (School of Communications) Robert P. Smart (Chemistry) Jennifer Gross (Psychology)
2000
Phyllis Vandenberg (Philosophy) Stephanie Schaertel (Chemistry) Lawrence Burns (Psychology)
Pew Teaching with Technology Awards
Recipients from CLAS
2022 Jeroen Wagendorp (Geography and Sustainable Planning)
2019 Julie White (Writing)
2018 Andrew Korich (Chemistry)
2017 Sister Lucia Treaner (Writing)
2016 Meagan Luttenton-Knoll and Maureen Wolverton
2015 Robert Talbert (Mathematics)
2011 Jennifer Gross (Psychology)
2010 Nathan Barrows (Chemistry)
2008 Deborah Herrington (Chemistry)
2007 Janel Pettes Guikema & David Eick (Modern Languages)
2006 William Dickinson (Math)
2005 Mary Karpen (Chemistry)
2004 David Austin (Math)
Pew Teaching Excellence Awards for Part-Time Faculty
Recipients from CLAS
2020 Isaac Simon (School of Communications)
2018 Roger Allman (School of Communications)
2017 Tyler Klaskow (Philosophy)
2016 Nicholas Johnson
2015 Mike Braid (Movement Science)
2013 Michael Seger (Movement Science)
Outstanding Community Service
2020 Todd Aschenbach
Outstanding University Service Award
2020 C. “Griff” Griffin, General Education and Biology
2019 Janel Pettes Guikema
Outstanding Advising and Student Services Award
2020Tara Kneeshaw, Geology
2019 Lorie Jager
AP Achievement Award
2020 Monica Johnstone, CLAS
2017 Karen Meyers, RMSC
2016 Jo Ann Litton, CAAC
2015 Margo Dill, RMSC
2008 Sandi Bacon, Laboratory Support
2007 Rick Rediske, AWRI
2006 Mary Ann Sheline, RMSC
AP Service to Community
2015 Michelle DeWitt, CHM
2009 – Janet Vail, AWRI
2007 John Koches, AWRI
AP Commitment to Students Award
2013 James Krikke, CHM
2012 Caroline Cascini, CAAC
2011 Jo Ann Litton, CAAC
2009 Jill Hamilton, MTD
AP Commitment to Diversity Award
2010 Monica Johnstone, CLAS
AP Innovation Award
2010 Aaron Perry, CLAS
Graduate School Awards
Faculty Mentor Award
Kimboko Inclusion Award
2022
Distinguished Undergraduate Mentoring Award
Martin Burg, Biomedical Sciences
Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award
Sok Kean Khoo, Cell and Molecular Biology
Distinguished Early-Career Scholar Award
Laura Hawk, Chemistry