Kevin Carman, Executive Vice President and Provost, opened the 2019 "Honor the Best" ceremony, held Tuesday, May 14, in the Glick Ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union. More than 350 people attended the ceremony and reception.
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Residential Life, Housing and Food Services Executive Director Rod Aeschlimann received the Distinguished Service Award, shaking hands here with w88 online casino betting President Marc Johnson.
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w88 online casino betting President Marc Johnson continued with welcoming remarks before the presentation of awards.
"Awards help our institution applaud individuals whose deeds are extraordinary - and they also help remind us that our campus is a place where teamwork and partnership and a belief in one another are central to the success of everyone here," President Johnson said. "I'd like to congratulate all of our honorees today. We have a unique story to tell here at the w88 online casino betting, and each of the people we honor here today have helped make our story richer, more meaningful and worth remembering."
The list of honorees Tuesday included:
Emeriti w88 online casino betting: Rod Aeschlimann; Greg Arehart; Kathleen Boardman; Stacy Burton; Dale Carrison; Audrey Casey; Joseph Cline; Patrick "Tod" Colegrove; DAyue Darrel Duan; Amanda Evans; Jacque Ewing-Taylor; Adam Garcia; William Gerthoffer; Stuart Golder; Catherine Goring; Darren Griswold; Christopher Henry; Martha Hildreth; Janita Jobe; Kathleen Keef; Evan Klass; Peggy Lakey; Kenneth Lucey; Bruce Mack; Cynthia Marczynski; Gerald Marczynski; Glenn Miller; Denise Montcalm; Ronald Pardini; Pamela Jo Powell; Robert (Jerry) Qualls; Alan Ramelli; Jennifer Ring; Nelson Rojas; Dan Ruby; Janet Sanderson; James Sedinger; Mark Simkin; Ed Smith; Terence Smith; Debra Stiver; Gregory Stone; C. Richard Tracy; Deborah Verstegen; Shernaaz Webster; Leah Wilds; and Joseba Zulaika
Foundation Professors: Marjorie Matocq; Monica Miller; Vladimir Pravosudov
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Distinguished Outreach w88 online casino betting: Todd Felts
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Leadership w88 online casino betting: Stephen Rock
w88 online casino betting Foundation Innovative Impact Award: Kalena Pelekai-Wai
Outstanding Undergraduate Research w88 online casino betting Mentor: Angela Smilanich
Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Jason Geddes, Biology Lecturer Jennifer Hollander, w88 online casino betting President Marc Johnson and Regent Rick Trachok present Hollander with the Regents' Teaching Award.
Postdoctoral w88 online casino betting for Exceptional Mentoring: Jorge Monteiro
Student Employee of the Year: Payton Smith
Cavanaugh Community Volunteer w88 online casino betting: Ryan Baldwin
Henry Albert Senior Public Service w88 online casino betting: Vanessa Amaya; Alec Brennan; Tania Gonzalez Contreras; Hannah Jackson
Phi Kappa Phi w88 online casino betting: Kaitlyn McKenna
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Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher: Marcella Rosie Shrout
Outstanding Graduate Student: Jhony Habbouche
Associate Chair and Professor of Music Larry Engstrom was surprised with one of the two Distinguished w88 online casino betting Awards, seen here in between President Johnson and Provost Carman.
ROTC Governor's w88 online casino betting: Adam Khouri
ROTC President's w88 online casino betting: Chris Hopper
w88 online casino betting Senate's Award for Outstanding Service: Dave Croasdell; Judith Sugar
Thornton Peace Prize: Sarah Blithe
Regents' Academic Advisory w88 online casino betting, Undergraduate: Ivy Chin
Regents' Researcher of the Year: Jeffrey Harper
Regents' Rising Researcher w88 online casino betting: Yu Yang
Regents' Rising Researcher w88 online casino betting: Jennifer Hollander
Regents' Scholar w88 online casino betting, Graduate: Hector Arciniega
Regents' Scholar w88 online casino betting, Undergraduate: Hannah Huntley
Associate Professor Chemical & Materials Engineering Ravi Subramanian and family celebrate his Global Engagement w88 online casino betting at the 2019 Honor the Best ceremony.
Outstanding Researcher: Peter Sebaaly
Early CareerInnovator w88 online casino betting: Monika Gulia-Nuss
Graduate Academic Advisory w88 online casino betting: Mark Nichols
Established Innovator w88 online casino betting: David AuCoin
Global Engagement w88 online casino betting: Ravi Subramanian
w88 online casino betting Foundation Outstanding Supervisor Award: Jerry Marczynski
University Foundation Administrative w88 online casino betting of the Year: Audrey Casey
Distinguished Classified Employee w88 online casino betting: Brendi Gertsma
Announced at Ceremony:
Distinguished w88 online casino betting: MaryAnn Demchak; Larry Engstrom
Distinguished Service: Rod Aeschlimann
Carman concluded the ceremony.
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