Faculty and staff awards
The College of Science annually recognizes outstanding faculty and staff. Below is a description of all College awards, as well as their recipients categorized by year.
Berninsone Outstanding Service Award
The Berninsone Outstanding Service Award acknowledges faculty members for outstanding outreach and/or service in the past academic year. To be considered for recognition, faculty must participate in activities that contribute scientific knowledge and educational outreach to the community and/or K-12 education that go beyond the faculty member's regular responsibilities. Eligible nominees include academic and administrative faculty members of any rank holding a permanent appointment of at least 50% in a unit in the College of Science.
College of Science Outstanding Classified Employee Award
The Outstanding Classified Employee Award acknowledges classified employees for outstanding service to the College, University or community at large. To be considered for the award, employees must demonstrate concern for the College and its goals; produce creative ideas to streamline efficiency, increase public awareness, and use resources wisely; maintain a positive attitude toward co-workers, graduate students, student workers, faculty and the public; exemplify a positive attitude toward their work and its quality; participate in professional development, community service and academic involvement activities; contribute to the College, University or community at large; and/or receive recognition for other outstanding achievements. Eligible nominees include classified employees holding an appointment of at least 50% in a unit in the College of Science.
LeMay Award for Excellence in Teaching
The LeMay Award for Excellence in Teaching is meant to reward outstanding teaching. To be considered, faculty must exhibit flexibility and a breadth of teaching experience; demonstrate quality, integrity, creativity and innovation in teaching; participation in activities that enrich teaching outside of the College of Science; positive correlation between grades and student performance; meeting the criteria of student learning outcomes and receiving consistent student evaluations; and other considerations. Eligible nominees include academic faculty of any rank holding a permanent appointment of at least 50% in a unit within the College of Science. Individuals may only receive this award once, and those who have already received a College-wide or University-level teaching award are not eligible.
Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative Activity
The Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative Activity recognizes a single creative or research accomplishment by a faculty member during a particular year. Eligible nominees include any tenured or tenure-track faculty member holding at least 0.5 FTE in the College of Science.
Hyung K. Shin Award for Excellence in Research
The Hyung K. Shin Award for Excellence in Research serves to reward outstanding research by faculty in the College of Science. The evaluation period for each award shall be the three calendar years immediately prior to the evaluation. While lifetime achievements may be considered as part of overall considerations of the committee and in the case of near “ties,” the award is primarily intended to reward outstanding achievements over a three-year period. Criteria for consideration may include the quality and impact of the research achievements, the quality of the publication media and the number or magnitude of publications. Research that has not been published during the three-year evaluation period should not be included for consideration. External funding may be used as an indicator of outside recognition of the quality of research, but this award is primarily intended to reward outstanding scientific research achievements rather than large amounts of funding. Eligible nominees include academic faculty of any rank holding a permanent appointment of at least 50% in a unit within the College of Science. Individuals may receive the award only once, and those who have received a College-wide or University-level teaching award are not eligible.
Previous faculty award recipients
2021
- Gideon Caplovitz
2020
- Pat Ghezzi
2019
- Not Given
2018
- Patricia Berninsone
2017
- Not Given
2016
- Zeb Hogan
2015
- Christoffer Feldman
2014
- Melodi Rodrigue
2013
- Christopher Herald
2021
- Owen McCloskey
2020
- Christina Hartman
2019
- Prisilia Maldonado-Masegian
2018
- Phyllis Schmidt
2017
- Julie Hill
2016
- David Kaczorowski
2015
- Jennifer Heck
2014
- Marie Russell
2013
- Chris Sladek
2012
- Beverly McBride
2011
- Shari Baughman
- Cheri Briggs
2010
- Brady Janes
2009
- Lori McClelland
- Erik Williams
2008
- Lucy Morris
2007
- Stephanie Neill
2006
- Wade Cline
- Dennis Meredith
- Walt Weaver
2021
- Yftah Tal-Gan
2020
- Jamie Voyles-Ensor
2019
- Anne Leonard
2018
- Scott Mensing
2017
- Douglas Boyle
2016
- Thomas Quint
2015
- Ilya Zaliapin
2014
- Matthew Forister
2013
- Vladimir Pravosudov
2012
- Lee Dyer
2011
- David Leitner
2010
- Alla Safranova
2009
- Vladimir Ivanov
2008
- Franco Biondi
2007
- Steve Vander Wall
2006
- Wendy Calvin
2005
- Roberto Mancini
2021
- Krisztina Voronova
2020
- Brittany Avila
2019
- Charlie Nazemian
2018
- Jessie Clark
2017
- Lyndsay Munro
2016
- Wesley Chalifoux
2015
- Paul Neill
2014
- Birant Ramazan
2013
- Vincent Catalano
2012
- Bob Sheridan
2011
- Jennifer Hollander
2010
- Sarah Cummings
2009
- Stephen Jenkins
2008
- Stanislav Jabuka
2007
- Steve Wesnousky
2006
- Roberto Mancini
2005
- Scott Mensing
2021
- Thomas White
2020
- Christopher Barile
2019
- Jamie Voyles-Ensor
2018
- David Alvarez-Ponce
2017
- Wesley Chalifoux
- Thomas Parchman
2016
- Vladimir Pravosudov
2015
- Christopher Jeffrey
2014
- Jason Shearer
2013
- Benjamin King
2012
- Matthew Forister
2011
- John Muntean
2010
- Jonathan Weinstein
2009
- Yasuhiko Sentoku
2008
- Liming Zhang
2007
- Tomasz Kozubowski
2006
- Andrei Derevianko
2005
- Stephen Jenkins
2004 and earlier
- David Leitner (2004)
- Mark Meerschaert (2003)
- Christopher Herald (2002)
- Vincent Catalano (2001)
- Kent Ervin (2000)
- Paul Starrs (1999)
- Bruno Bauer (1998)
- Reinhard Bruch (1995)