We in the Dean’s Office celebrate all those nominated and are honored to recognize all nominees as the best of the best! Award winners are chosen by committees with representatives from departments across the college. A faculty committee chooses winners for awards. A staff committee chooses winners for professional awards. Recommendations are then compiled to determine winners. It is never easy to make decisions involving so many talented and hardworking colleagues! This year, ArtSci is allowed to nominate two winners from many categories that move on to the university level. The names that appear below are listed in alphabetical order of last name.
Faculty, Staff & Student Awards
Ross Peterson Distinguished Lifetime Service Award
- David Peak
Physics
Lawrence O Cannon Teaching Excellence Award
- Scott Ensign
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Teacher of the Year
- Andreas Malmendier
Mathematics & Statistics - Sydney O’Shay
Communication & Media
Researcher of the Year
- Peter Crooks
Mathematics & Statistics - Felipe Valencia
World Languages & Cultures
Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
- Amanda Katz
History, Cultures & Ideas - Elsa Pérez
World Languages & Cultures
Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year
- Holly Murdock
Art + Design - Dorothy Wallis
Social Work
Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
- Sarah O’Neill
World Languages & Cultures - Moria Robinson
Biology
Faculty Service Award
- Jennifer Sinor
English - Cathy Rushworth
Biology
Faculty Community-Engaged Award
- Jayne Gold
Theatre Arts - Stacia Ryder
School of Social Sciences
Cazier Lifetime Achievement Award
- Andy Anderson
Biology - Jim Powell
Mathematics & Statistics
Distinction in Creativity
- Sasha Kasman Laude
Music
Lecturer of the Year
- Dustin Crawford
English - Nicholas Pardikes
Biology
Professional Practice/Clinical Faculty of the Year
- Angela Montague
School of Social Sciences - Lydia Semler
Theatre Arts
Professional Advisor of the Year
- Cyrita Green
Social Work
Staff Excellence Award
- Carmell Burns
Social Work - James Coburn
Physics - Carol Hatch
English - Cindy Weatbrook
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Doctoral Student Researcher of the Year
- Jesse Brown
Chemistry - Mufti Ahmed
School of Social Sciences
Master’s Student Researcher of the Year
- Haley Fisher
Chemistry - Tori Strausser
Biology
Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
- Ella Stott
English - Trace Taylor
Physics
Graduate Student Instructor of the Year
- Cara Haderlie
Technical Communication & Rhetoric - Gavin Munson
Biology
Legacy Award
- Henry Greene
Communication & Media - Carlie Prinster
Mathematics & Statistics
ArtSci Valedictorian
- Alexis Lupus
Public Health
Scholar of the Year
- Kaitlyn Line
Social Work - Connor Waite
Physics
Kiwanis Award
- Jacey Hopkin
Biology
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow Award
- Jacob Zollinger
Classics
Students of the Year
- Lexi Green
Aerospace Studies - Sam Richards
Art + Design - William Christenson
Biology - Autumn Jensen
Chemistry & Biochemistry - Brooklyn Hibshman
Communication & Media - Eden Marroquin
English - Mia Sharpe
History, Cultures & Ideas - Whitney Kate Obray
Interdisciplinary Studies - Emily Wessman
Mathematics & Statistics - Gavin W. Patterson
Military Science - Elizabeth Johnson
Music - Connor Waite
Physics - Sascha Baldauf
School of Social Sciences - Rachel Didericksen
Social Work - Jonah Newton
Theatre Arts - Ashton Earl
World Languages & Cultures
