Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Carman opened the 2017 "Honor the Best" ceremony, held Tuesday, May 16, in the Glick Ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union.
"Our campus continually gets bigger and better," Carman said. "We are not even halfway through this year and we have already opened the E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center, a state-of-the-art workout facility and renovated and reopened historical Thompson building for our colleagues in the College of Liberal Arts, we are looking forward to the completed renovation of Palmer Engineering later this year, and in about a month, we will be breaking ground on a new arts building. And we are optimistic that we will soon have approval to proceed with construction of a new engineering building. These milestones and accomplishments are a testimony to the extraordinary contributions that all of you make to our w88 casino. Today, it is a privilege to honor you for making the w88 casino of Nevada, Reno such a wonderful institution."
Since 1970, the "Honor the Best" ceremony has been a gathering by the campus to recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty, staff and students.
President Marc Johnson continued with opening remarks before the presentation of the awards.
"The success of the w88 casino is not only about these buildings, it's about the people who work and learn inside of them," Johnson said. "The award recipients that we honor today reflect the quality, dedication and creativity that is inherent to the success of our w88 casino. 'Honor the Best' is truly a celebration of individuals who go above and beyond in their role here at the w88 casino. These are people who understand that at the core of our institution, there is a promise to be as human as we can possibly be. These are individuals who excel and inspire. Their daily work isn't seen as a job; it is seen as the type of important calling that helps our w88 casino realize the dreams of our students and the professional and personal aspirations of all who work here."
The list of honorees Tuesday included:
Emeriti Faculty: Mojtaba Ahmadiantehrani; Duncan Aldrich; Jamie Therese Anderson; Susie Askew; Lorena (Laurie) Beck; Charlotte Borgeson; Joseph Calabrese; Thomas Cargill; Christina Cho; David Ehrke; Donald Emerson; Rita Escher; Alan Fruzzetti; Faramarz Gordaninejad; Trina Goslin; James Hendrix; Jeanne Hilton; Dale Holcombe; Paul Michael Kivistik; William Lewis Kuechler; Susan Lentz; Russell Meyer; Millie Mitchell; Colleen Morris; Robert Nowak; Susan Palwick; Jean Perry; Bruce Shively; Danny Taylor; Clint Ulrich; Margaret Peggy Urie; Roger Walker; Mary Webb.
Foundation Professors: Jeffrey Harper; Ahmad Itani; Scott Mensing
F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher w88 casino: Patricia Ellison; Tamara Scronce
Distinguished Outreach Faculty: Bret Simmons
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Leadership w88 casino: Melanie Duckworth
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor: Anne Leonard
Student Employee of the Year: Lawrence Hayden
Cavanaugh Community Volunteer w88 casino: Charles Jose
Henry Albert Senior Public Service w88 casino: Gemma Gay Beltran; Brandon Adam Boone; Megann Johnson; Justin Charles Major
Phi Kappa Phi w88 casino: Grant Cooper; Kayla Sadako Hiura
Outstanding Senior w88 casino: Aaron Alexander; Alyssa Yocom
Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher: Carrie Branch
Outstanding Graduate Student: Suman Bhunia
ROTC Governor's w88 casino: Alexander Pinto
ROTC President's w88 casino: Kristopher Kufalk
Faculty Senate's w88 casino for Outstanding Service: Chuck Price; Yvonne Stedham; John Trent
Thornton Peace Prize: Husain Tazarvi
Regents' Academic Advisory w88 casino, Undergraduate: Pamela Sandstrom
Regents' Academic Advisor w88 casino, Graduate: James Sedinger
From left to right: Nevada Regent Cathy MacAdoo, Natural Resources & Environmental Science Professor James Sedinger, Nevada Regent John Moran and w88 casino President Marc Johnson at the 2017 Honor the Best ceremony. Sedinger was recognized with the Regents' Academic Advisor Award for Graduate Students.
Regents' Researcher of the Year: John Cushman
Regents' Rising Researcher w88 casino: Sarah Blithe
Regents' Scholar w88 casino, Graduate: Angela Hornsby
Regents' Scholar w88 casino, Undergraduate: Kirsten Casey
Regents' Teaching w88 casino: Sarah Cummings
Outstanding Researcher of the Year: Wei Yan
Early Career Innovator w88 casino: Antonio Faciola
Established Innovator w88 casino: Dean Burkin
Global Engagement w88 casino: Susie Askew
Distinguished Classified Employee w88 casino: Nancy Horowitz
Distinguished Service: Bruce Shively
Distinguished Faculty:Paul Starrs
