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Faculty Awards of Excellence

The 2024-2025 Faculty Awards of Excellence

application is closed. The winners will be

announced in January 2025.

 

Please note the two new award categories as of  fall 2024—one for service and one for scholarly or creative activities—in addition to the teaching awards.

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.

Contact person: Lisa Suter, Faculty Excellence Awards Committee Chair

[email protected]

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The required documentation and evaluation criteria for each award are outlined below.

  1. Faculty Awards for Excellence – Teaching
  2. Faculty Award for Excellence – Scholarly or Creative Activities
  3. Faculty Award for Excellence – Service 

Thank you for your interest in the Faculty Awards of Excellence.  Our brilliant colleagues’ outstanding achievements will be celebrated at the Roadrunners who SOAR ceremony each spring.

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Faculty Excellence Award Winners!

Lisa Suter, English

Tenured

Xiaohui You, Health Professions

Tenured

Kiyan Shafieizadeh, School of Hospitality

Tenure-Track

 

Taryn Wood, School of Education

Category II

Jesse Schulman, Computer Science

Affiliate

Previous Winners

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
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

2023-
2024
Kiyan Shafieizadeh
Hospitality
2022-
2023
Smita Singh
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

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

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
2018-
2019
N/A
2017-
2018
Christopher Keelan
Music
2016-
2017
N/A
2015-
2016
N/A
2014-
2015
Kayoko Moore
Modern Languages
2013-
2014
Rebecca Cottrell
Social Work
2012-
2013
Christopher Tetro
Human Performance and Sport
2011-
2012
Jesse Ruderman
English
2010-
2011
Katherine Sauer
Economics
2009-
2010
Kristine Reyes
Communication Studies
2008-
2009
Wendy Gallagher
Modern Languages
2007-
2008
Allison Wilder
2006-
2007
Kas Parsons
Human Performance and Sport
2005-
2006
Jean Ethridge
Mathematics and Statistics