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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has announced that 34 faculty and staff members have received college awards this year. These recipients will be formally recognized at the LAS Faculty/Staff Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the Memorial Union Sun Room.

2015 Liberal Arts and Sciences Award Recipients

Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Elisa Rizo, Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Jay Newell, Associate Professor, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
Amy Bix, Associate Professor, History

Outstanding Achievement in Teaching (Non-tenure Eligible)
Terry Alexander, Senior Lecturer, Economics
Thomas Waldemer, Senior Lecturer, World Languages and Cultures
Dave Flory, Senior Lecturer, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

Early Achievement in Teaching
Melissa Deininger, Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Excellence in Undergraduate Introductory Teaching
Dan Krier, Associate Professor, Sociology
Amy Froelich, Associate Professor, Statistics
Michael Bailey, Professor, History

Cassling Family Award
Kevin Amidon, Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures: Cassling Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching
Brianna Burke, Assistant Professor, English: Cassling Award for Early Achievement in Teaching

Shakeshaft Master Teacher in Humanities and Social Sciences
Dan Krier, Associate Professor, Sociology

Outstanding Career Research Award
Dan Nettleton, Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics, and Professor of Statistics
Theresa Windus, Professor, Chemistry
William Gallus, Professor, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

Mid-Career Research Award
Maria Nicole Valenzuela Castro, Associate Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Daniel Nordman, Associate Professor, Statistics
Stephanie Madon, Professor, Psychology

Early Achievement Research Award
Adam Barb, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Kristie Franz, Associate Professor, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Arthur Winter, Assistant Professor, Chemistry

International Service Award
Julie Wilhelm, Senior Lecturer, World Languages and Cultures

Institutional Service Award
Margaret Mook, Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Sharon Bird, Professor, Sociology

Excellence in Graduate Mentoring
Robert Houk, Professor, Chemistry
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Professor and Chair, History

P&S Excellence Award
Stephen Mahoney, Greenhouse Manager, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Diane Jepsen, Accountant, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
Kelly Yohnke, Administrative Specialist, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

P&S Outstanding New Professional Award
Jennifer Grundmeier, Administrative Specialist, Statistics

P&S Research Award
Rupendra Mukerjea, Assistant Scientist, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Merit Excellence Award
William Halterman, ERD Machinist, Chemistry

Diversity Award
Leslie Hogben, Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics, and Professor of Mathematics