University honors students, faculty and staff at 'Honor the Best’

May 18, 2009

University honors students, faculty and staff at 'Honor the Best’

May 18, 2009

The University of Nevada, Reno honored its best on Wednesday, May 13 during the annual Honor the Best ceremony. More than 70 University faculty, staff and students were honored.

Awards presented included:

Distinguished Faculty: Richard Davies, professor of History

Distinguished Outreach Faculty: Edwin G. Smith, area extension specialist, UNCE

Distinguished Service: Leah Gorbet, controller, Controller’s Office

Classified Employee of the Year: JoAnne Gipson, program officer, Extended Studies

Cavanaugh Community Volunteer Award: Windi Goodman

Foundation Professors: Mae Gustin, associate professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science; Ian Buckle, professor of Civil Engineering; Kent Ervin, professor of Chemistry

F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award: David Ake, associate professor of Music

F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award Runner-Up: Kristen Clements-Nolle, assistant professor of Community Health Sciences

Governor’s Award: Cadet Megan Ann O’Keefe

Henry Albert Senior Public Service Award: William Andrew Yancey Jr.; Abigail Lupena; Nipa Patel; Frances Arnold

Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher: Narasimharao Kondamudi

Outstanding Graduating Graduate Student: Rashi Tiwari

Outstanding Researcher of the Year: Bruce Moran, professor of History

Outstanding Senior Award: Nipa Patel; Joseph Villaluz

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor: Monica Miller, assistant professor of Criminal Justice

Phi Kappa Phi Award: Carson Nikkel

President’s Award: Wesley Leedy

President’s Award for Outstanding Committee Service: B. Grant Stitt, professor of Criminal; Justice; Wilfredo de Rafols, associate professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Regents’ Academic Advisor Award, Undergraduate: Elliott Parker, professor of Economics

Regents’ Rising Researcher Award: Wei Yan, assistant professor of Physiology and Cell Biology

Regents’ Scholar Award, Graduate: Eryn M. Xavier

May 18, 2009

Editor's Picks

Candles commemorating the Holocaust.

Remembering the Holocaust
Two bike riders along a paved path with views of pine trees and Lake Tahoe.

Earth Month events focus on increasing campus sustainably, gardening, thrifting and more
Kendra Isable.

Anthropology doctoral candidate places second in regional Three-Minute Thesis Competition
A photo collage with all the faculty members mentioned in the article.

A look at careers of substance and impact
Latest From

Nevada Today

Education & Public Service

Center for Urban Water Conservation celebrates 30 years of research

Public invited to tours, presentations and native plant sale

A row of wine grapes in an orchard.
4/18/2024
Education & Public Service

Reno/Sparks selected to be part of Urban Heat Mapping Campaign

The summer 2024 effort will involve community volunteers and is supported by the National Institutes of Health, NOAA, Climate.gov and Heat Watch

A boy works with a woman to affix a device to a passenger car window. The device looks like a mallet with a long handle.
4/18/2024
Impact & Student Success

College of Education and Human Development hosts awards ceremony

This year, 24 awards were given to outstanding students, faculty and staff in the College during the Spring Celebration

NCED team with Dean Easton-Brooks accepting their award.
4/19/2024
Health & Medicine

A passion for learning: Ph.D. candidate reflects on the importance of growing from mistakes

Lauren Parker studies cellular molecular pharmacology and physiology

Headshot of Lauren Parker
4/19/2024
Education & Public Service

Join Extension to celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony

Registered attendees will have the opportunity to learn from arborists and win a prize

A desert museum palo verde tree.
4/17/2024
Media & Society

Journalism school hosts 59th Scripps Dinner and Lecture, honors four students with scholarships

Steven Waldman, founder and president of Rebuild Local News, was this year’s Scripps lecturer

Four student scholarship recipients, each with a gold medal around their necks.
4/16/2024
Health & Medicine

Wilderness medicine program director leads a life of adventure

Wilderness and sports medicine specialist Arthur "Tony" Islas, M.D., wields his expertise on and off the path

David Fiore and Arthur Islas holding up a sign that says "Wilderness Medicine" in a forest next to a waterfall.
4/16/2024
Research & Innovation

Grand opening of new School of Public Health building

Ribbon cutting ceremony marks the new home of the School of Public Health at the Edna S. Brigham Building

A cheerleader, Brian Sandoval, Muge Akpinar and Jeff Thompson smiling while holding large commemorative scissors at the School of Public Health's ribbon cutting ceremony.
4/17/2024