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Faculty Awards of Excellence
The Faculty Senate invites faculty members at all ranks and from all academic disciplines to apply for the 2025-2026 Faculty Awards of Excellence.
There are 3 types of awards:
- Faculty Awards for Excellence – Teaching: 4 winners in total
- 4 categories: Tenured Faculty, Tenure Track Faculty, Full-Time Non-Tenured Track (Category II), Affiliate(part-time)
- 1 winner per category, 4 winners in total
- Faculty Award for Excellence – Scholarly or Creative Activities: 1 winner
- Faculty Award for Excellence – Service: 1 winner
Winners in each award category will receive a prize of $1500 as well as recognition at the Roadrunners Who Soar Awards ceremony in the spring.
Applications for all awards will start from Monday, Sep. 8th, and end by Wednesday, October 15th, for consideration. Applications that are incomplete will not be reviewed.
Contact person: Xiaohui (Helen) You, committee chair
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Application is by Qualtrics survey: the links are below.
Open any survey to see that award’s required documentation on the first page of the application, as well as all the criteria the committee will be evaluating.
- Teaching – Faculty Awards for Excellence
- Scholarly or Creative Activities – Faculty Award for Excellence
- Service – Faculty Award for Excellence
Thank you for your interest in the Faculty Awards of Excellence. We sincerely hope you may apply, so that we may soon celebrate our brilliant colleagues’ outstanding achievements!
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Faculty Excellence Award Winners!
David Merriam - Biology
Tenured Track
Cindy Price - Alternative Licensure Program
Category II
Mari Foster - Social Work
Affiliate
Carolyn McGary - EAET
Affiliate
April Hill - Chemistry
Faculty Excellence in Service Award
Elizabeth Kleinfeld - English
Excellence in Scholarly or Creative Activities
Annual Recipients
Tenured
| 2023- 2024 |
Lisa Suter English |
| 2023- 2024 |
Xiaohui You Health |
| 2022- 2023 |
Cheryl Sanders Psychology |
| 2021- 2022 |
Mark Koester Mathematics and Statistics |
| 2020- 2021 |
Carla Aguilar Music |
| 2019- 2020 |
Meredith Jeffers Modern Languages |
| 2018- 2019 |
Ingrid Carter Elementary Education |
| Lisa Hagen Psychological Sciences |
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| 2017- 2018 |
Sue Barnd Secondary Education |
| 2016- 2017 |
Jeff Loats Physics |
| 2015- 2016 |
Matt Makley History |
| 2014- 2015 |
Barbara McKenzie Special Education |
| 2013- 2014 |
Cherise Leiter Music |
| 2012- 2013 |
Lunden MacDonald Modern Languages |
| 2011- 2012 |
Rebecca Ferrell Biology |
| 2010- 2011 |
Jennifer Weddig Nutrition |
| 2009- 2010 |
Ann Williams Modern Languages |
| 2008- 2009 |
Bill Baxendale Biology |
| 2007- 2008 |
Erick Erickson Economics |
| 2006- 2007 |
Nancy Frontczak Marketing |
| 2005- 2006 |
Anil Rao Biology |
| 2004- 2005 |
Robert Schatz Psychology |
Tenure-Track
| 2024- 2025 |
David Merriam Biology |
| 2023- 2024 |
Kiyan Shafieizadeh Hospitality |
| 2021- 2022 |
Steve Krizman Journalism and Media Production |
| 2020- 2021 |
Leslie Boyd Art |
| 2019- 2020 |
Ann Obermann Social Work |
| 2018- 2019 |
N/A |
| 2017- 2018 |
Corey Sell Elementary Education |
| 2016- 2017 |
Jeff Parker Theatre and Dance |
| 2015- 2016 |
Barb EchoHawk Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Rebecca Canges Special Education |
|
| 2014- 2015 |
Courtney Rocheleau Psychology |
| 2013- 2014 |
Uwe Kackstaetter Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
| 2012- 2013 |
Andrew Bonham Chemistry |
| Todd Reimer Secondary Education |
|
| 2011- 2012 |
Annie Butler Human Services and Counseling |
| 2010- 2011 |
Jeff Loats Physics |
| 2009- 2010 |
David Kish Music |
| 2008- 2009 |
Rebecca Gorman English |
| 2007- 2008 |
Aaron Richmond Psychology |
| Jeff Simpson Biology |
|
| 2006- 2007 |
Cynthia Kuhn English |
| 2005- 2006 |
Kamran Sahami Physics |
| 2004- 2005 |
Bruce Degi English |
Category II
| 2024- 2025 |
Cindy Price Alternative Licensure Program |
| 2023- 2024 |
Taryn Wood Education |
| 2022- 2023 |
Maria Magallanes School of Education |
| 2021- 2022 |
Claire Critchlow Human Services and Counseling |
| 2020- 2021 |
Alycia Palmer Chemistry |
| 2019- 2020 |
Sophia Cherry Chemistry |
| 2018- 2019 |
Wendy Gallagher Modern Languages |
| 2017- 2018 |
Ali O’Brien Elementary Education |
| 2016- 2017 |
Sarah Schliemann Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
| 2015- 2016 |
Christine Kuglin Accounting |
Affiliate
| 2024- 2025 |
Mari Foster Social Work |
| 2024- 2025 |
Carolyn McGary EAET |
| 2023- 2024 |
Jesse Schulman Computer Science |
| 2022- 2023 |
Andrew Gillespie Physics |
| 2021- 2022 |
Harry Chiang Psychological Sciences |
| 2020- 2021 |
Joy Pieper Nutrition |
| 2019- 2020 |
Rebecca Bryan Biology |
| 2017- 2018 |
Christopher Keelan Music |
| 2014- 2015 |
Kayoko Moore Modern Languages |
| 2013- 2014 |
Rebecca Cottrell Social Work |
| 2012- 2013 |
Christopher Tetro Human Performance and Sport |
Faculty Excellence in Service Award
| 2024- 2025 |
April Hill Chemistry |
Excellence in Scholarly or Creative Activities Award
| 2024- 2025 |
Elizabeth Kleinfeld English |