2020 College of Science & Liberal Arts (CSLA) Awards
The accomplishments of our colleagues, students, and alumni are truly remarkable. Thus, please join us in congratulating this year’s award winners:
Register for the Virtual 2020 CSLA Awards ceremony on
Wednesday, November 11th at 3:00 PM EST
Click here for the program for the ceremony.
CSLA Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Karl Schweizer
Federated Department of History
Distinguished Research Award
Department of Physics
Dr. Maurie Cohen
Department of Humanities
Rising Star Research Award
Dr. Calista McRae
Department of Humanities
Excellence in Service Award
Dr. Megan O'Neill
Department of Humanities
Dr. Stephen Pemberton
Federated Department of History
Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award
Dr. Yuanwei Zhang
Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Excellence in Graduate Education Award
Dr. Dirk Bucher
Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Brittany Hamfeldt
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Excellence in Graduate Education Award
Award for Excellence in Teaching by a University Lecturer
Mr. Je Hyun Ro
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Award for Excellence in Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty
Ms. Deborah Morrison-Santana
Federated Department of History
Award for Excellence in Research by a Research Professor
Dr. Yan Xu
Department of Physics
Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Dr. Kyle Riismandel
Federated Department of History
Outstanding Staff Award
Ms. Michele Rittenhouse
Department of Humanities
Spirit of "Doc" Award
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Awards
Katherine Ji, Department of Biological Sciences
Mary McGuinness, Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Roy Samuel, Federated Department of History
Alexis Telyczka, Department of Humanities
Philip Zaleski, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Manuel Gallego, Department of Physics
Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Christine Sosiak, Department of Biological Sciences
Oindrila Gupta, Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Angel Cruz, Department of Humanities
Brandon Behring, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Nengyi Huang, Department of Physics
Samar Azizighannad, Department of Physics/MTSE
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Dr. Florencio C. Ballesteros, Jr.
Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Mr. Kamil Olufowobi
Department of Humanities
Dr. Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mr. Chet Ragavan
CSLA - Computer Science
Mr. Dave Isbitski
CSLA - Information Systems
Rising Star Alumni Awards
Mr. Nexus Sea
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Ms. Kiristil Amuroglu
Chemistry & Environmental Science
Ms. Carly Berdan
Department of Biological Sciences
Mr. Ryan Brown
Department of Humanities
Ms. Anna Blazic
Department of Humanities