The University's best honored at 'Honor the Best'

Provost praises the "interconnected" accomplishments of campus honorees

May 11, 2016
Honor the Best plaques

The University's best honored at 'Honor the Best'

Provost praises the "interconnected" accomplishments of campus honorees

May 11, 2016
Honor the Best plaques

Provost Kevin Carman said it best during Tuesday's "Honor the Best" ceremony in the Glick Ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union.

"To all of the people who are honored here today: We salute and celebrate your accomplishments," Carman said. "So much of what is honored here today is interconnected. One person's honor is a direct reflection not only of that person's personal and professional excellence, it also, too, is a reflection of the vitality of our institution."

Since 1970, the "Honor the Best" ceremony has been a gathering by the campus to recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty, staff and students.

The list of honorees on Tuesday included:

Emeriti Faculty: Brandis Bernard; Cathy Butler; John Cannon; Patricia Charles; Michael Daines; Amy Elwood; Donald Hardy; Heather Hardy; Tom Judy; Stephen Lafer; Theodore Mitchell; Robert Morrison; Thomas Nickles; Larry Nussbaum; Richelle O'Driscoll; Jean Regan; James Richardson; William Rowley; Barbara Scott; Stanley Shane; H. Barry Spraggins; Mary White Stewart; Gloria Messick Svare; Andrea Turman; Yaakov Varol; Steven Zink.

Foundation Professors: Miles Greiner; G. Richard Scott; Wei Yan.

F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award: Sarah Cummings; Donald Hardy.

Distinguished Outreach Faculty: James Kent McAdoo.

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor: Robert Ostergard, Jr.

Student Employee of the Year: Brian McElrath.

Cavanaugh Community Volunteer Award: Julia Shelbourn.

Henry Albert Senior Public Service Award: Amanda Cuevas; Jacqueline Engler; Margarita Salas-Crespo; Luke Tanaka; Ashley Tarchione.

Phi Kappa Phi Award: Natalie Bartnick; Zachary Kind.

Outstanding Senior Award: Zachary Brounstein; Julia Shelbourn.

Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher: Md Helal Uddin.

Outstanding Graduate Student: Lisa Paul Palathingal.

ROTC Governor's Award: Jordan Nash.

ROTC President's Award: Samuel Crampton.

Faculty Senate's Award for Outstanding Service: Jacque Ewing-Taylor; Maggie Ressel; David Zeh.

Thornton Peace Prize: Marta Elliott.

Regents' Rising Researcher Award: Henry Fu.

Regents' Creative Activity Award: Eunkang Koh.

Regents' Scholar Award, Graduate: Ruchi Gakhar.

Regents' Scholar Awarad, Undergraduate: Allison Blair.

Outstanding Researcher of the Year: Mae Gustin.

Established Innovator: Mehdi (Saiid) Saiidi.

Graduate Academic Advisor Award: Tamara Scronce.

Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award: Nancy Markee; Julie Stoughton.

University's Global Engagement Award: David Croasdell; Emma Sepulveda Pulvirenti.

Distinguished Classified Employee Award: Dale Mueller.

Distinguished Service: Rita Escher; Tom Judy.

Distinguished Faculty:  James Richardson.

May 11, 2016

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