Congratulations to these faculty and staff on their achievements during the 2024-2025 academic year! They will be celebrated at our fall awards event.
Details about awards are available on our Recognition webpage.
University
Professorships
- Christian Binek, Paula and D.B. Varner Professor
- Christine Kelley, Aaron Douglas Professor
- Daizaburo Shizuka, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor
- Alexander Sinitskii, Charles Bessey Professor
- Wendy Smith, Willa Cather Professor
Dr. Charles Riedesel Outstanding Academic Advising Award
- Kristin Plath, Academic Advising
Harold and Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award
- Liang Chen, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
College
Distinguished Teaching Awards
- James Checco, Chemistry
- Keith Foreman, Physics
- Michelle Homp, Mathematics
- Eric Malina, Chemistry
- Gabrielle (Brie) Owen, English
- Chelsea Witt, Psychology
Professorships
- Peter Capuano, James E. Ryan Professor of English
- Ari Kohen, Political Science and Director of Harris Center for Judaic Studies, Meyer and Dorothy Kripke Chair for Judaic Studies
- Thomas Marley, Dale M. Jensen Chair in Mathematics
- Timothy Schaffert, Glenna Luschei Editor of the Prairie Schooner in English
- Alexandra Seceleanu, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Alexander Zupan, Milton E. Mohr Distinguished Associate Professor of Mathematics
Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA)
- Peter Capuano, Humanities/English
- Alice Kang, Social Sciences/Political Science
- Qingshen Li, Sciences/Biological Sciences
Hazel R. McClymont Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award
- Laura White, English
College Mentoring Award
- Kathleen Lacey, English
Annual Applause Awardees
- Nikki Gohring, Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR)
- Tina Schinstock, Oldfather Business Cooperative (OBC)
- Mike Bergland-Riese, Center for Math, Science and Computer Education (CSMCE)
- Jon Garbisch, Cedar Point Biological Station/School of Biological Sciences
- Melody Scholl-Miller, Tech Support team
- Rachelle Jensen, Mathematics Department; Pound Business Cooperative
The university previously announced professorships, awards, and promotion and tenure.
