Shannon Ellis, VP Student Services, opened the 2018 "Honor the Best" ceremony, held Tuesday, May 15, in the Glick Ballrooms of the Joe Crowley Student Union. More than 370 people attended the ceremony and reception.
“As members of the Wolf Pack family know, this is a vibrant campus with the success and challenges of a public land-grant w88 online game seeking to prepare itself and its students for the future,” Ellis said. “This afternoon, we recognize and celebrate many of those who have made this w88 online game what it stands for today.”
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Since 1970, the "Honor the Best" ceremony has been a gathering by the campus to recognize the outstanding achievements of w88 online game, staff and students. Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Carman continued with welcoming remarks before the presentation of awards.
“We are a vital, productive and quality institution because we have so many vital, productive and quality people who play important roles,” Carman said. “All of today’s honorees have made it a point throughout their careers to take that extra step, to go that extra mile, so that others could benefit. So, this is a shared moment, where we celebrate personal achievement and also acknowledge the great outcomes that are often a combination of extraordinary moments, done together, for the good of all. All of you have provided us with a proud example of what it means to work, to teach, to research, to study and to provide service.”
The list of honorees Tuesday included:
Emeriti w88 online game: Davood Bahrami; Phillip Boardman; Charles Carslaw; John Cobourn; Denise Cordova; Jason Davison; Francis Flavin; Alan Fuchs; Betty Glass; Cheryll Glotfelty; Sandra Haslem; Guy Hoelzer; James Kenyon; Steven Lewis; Bernadette Mae Longo; Richard Mason; Marilyn Ming; William Murphy-Sharp; Christopher Nielson; Kim O’Reilly; Samuel Parks; Pat Ragains; Susan Ray; Roger Ritzlin; Beatriz Robinson; Howard Rosenberg; Patsy Ruchala; David Sanders; Eberhardt Sauerland; Kathleen Schegg; Emma Sepulveda Pulvirenti; Sonya Sistare; Marilyn Smith; Anton Sohn; William Sparkman; Gregg Tallman; John Tipton; Virginia Vogel; Patricia Walsh; Mary Perry Wilson; Ronald Zurek
Foundation Professors: George Bebis, Michael Branch, Wendy Calvin, Peter Weisberg
From left, Provost Kevin Carman, Professor of Political Science Eric Herzik and VP Student Services Shannon Ellis. Herzik was surprised and honored with the 2018 Distinguished w88 online game award. Photo by David Calvert.
F. Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher w88 online game: Shannon Richard; Dianna Townsend
Distinguished Outreach w88 online game: Jane Fisher
Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Leadership w88 online game: Albert Lee
Innovative Impact w88 online game: Kara Cleveland
Outstanding Undergraduate Research w88 online game Mentor: Christopher Jeffrey
Postdoctoral w88 online game for Exceptional Mentoring: Felicity Muth
Student Employee of the Year: Karla Cortes Canchola
Cavanaugh Community Volunteer w88 online game: Tyra Eggert
Henry Albert Senior Public Service w88 online game: Joseph Jun-Yiu Cheung, Jr.; Catherine Pollock; Brittany Rose Russ; Clark Watkins
Phi Kappa Phi w88 online game: Kayla Banda; Luke Bittar; Brenda Saldana
Outstanding Senior w88 online game: Yesenia Alvarez Padilla; Catherine Pollock
Outstanding Graduate Student Researcher: Alicia DeVault
Outstanding Graduate Student: Farzan Kazemi
ROTC Governor's w88 online game: Mira Seekins
ROTC President's w88 online game: Royce Kennerley
w88 online game Senate's Award for Outstanding Service: Cheryl Hug-English; David Sanders
Thornton Peace Prize: Kate Berry; Kevin McReynolds
Regents' Academic Advisory w88 online game, Undergraduate: Natalia Rudi
Regents’ Researcher of the Year: Mae Sexauer Gustin
Regents’ Rising Researcher w88 online game: Wesley Chalifoux
Regents’ Rising Researcher w88 online game: Jacqueline Snow
Regents’ Scholar w88 online game, Graduate: Carrie Branch
Regents’ Scholar w88 online game, Undergraduate: Shahil Pema
Outstanding Researcher: Jeffrey Harper
Early Career Innovator w88 online game: Amilton de Mello
Established Innovator w88 online game: Thomas Bell
Global Engagement w88 online game: Mehmet Tosun
Outstanding Supervisor w88 online game: James Beattie
Administrative w88 online game of the Year: Jeffrey Erickson
Distinguished Classified Employee w88 online game: Donna Healy
Distinguished Service: Ronald Zurek
Distinguished w88 online game: Eric Herzik
Ellis concluded the ceremony and said, “Together, we are taking our w88 online game into a bright and prosperous future.”
