Each year, Colorado State University celebrates the teaching, research and service achievements of CSU students, alumni and friends, academic faculty, administrative professionals and classified staff as part of the Celebrate! Colorado State Awards.
The Office of the Provost has already recognized its recipients for distinguished teaching and scholarship, faculty excellence, service, advising and leadership-related awards on behalf of the academic enterprise. Those recipients were honored in a previous article in SOURCE. Below are the recipients of other honors.
Scholarship Impact Award: Career Achievement
This award recognizes those whose scholarship has had a major impact nationally and/or internationally.
Charles “Chuck” Henry
Professor
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering
Scholarship Impact Award: Recent Achievement
This award recognizes those whose scholarship has had a major impact nationally and/or internationally.
Ronald Tjalkens
Professor
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary Scholarship Award – Individual
The Interdisciplinary Scholarship Award – Individual recognizes a faculty member or research scientist/scholar whose interdisciplinary scholarship has had a major impact nationally and/or internationally, or who have demonstrated their potential to do so.
Wolfgang Bangerth
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Scholarship Award – Team
The Interdisciplinary Scholarship Award – Team recognizes a team whose interdisciplinary scholarship has had a major impact nationally and/or internationally, or who have demonstrated their potential to do so.
Joshua Chan
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ed Hall
Associate Professor
Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Jessica Metcalf
Associate Professor
Department of Animal Sciences
Erika Szymanski
Associate Professor
Department of English
Pankaj Trivedi
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Biology
Mike Wilkins
Associate Professor
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Kelly Wrighton
Professor
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation
This award recognizes technology-related instructional innovation or the significant encouragement of such innovation. It is named for N. Preston Davis, who retired in 1992 after serving the CSU community for more than four decades.
Samuel Bechara
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
and the School of Biomedical Engineering
Christianne Magee
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Boris Nikolaev
Assistant Professor
Department of Management
Outstanding RSO Advisor of the Year
This award recognizes a faculty/staff RSO advisor who demonstrates strong relationships with students, employs effective interpersonal skills, respects students’ agency and supports their holistic development.
Samuel Bechara
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering
Albert C. Yates Student Leadership Award
The Albert C. Yates Student Leadership Award is given to a student who demonstrates strong involvement, demonstrated leadership and a commitment to upholding CSU’s values, traditions and spirit.
Reham Abdunabi
Graduating senior
Department of Political Science
Advancing Education Scholarship: Honoring the Legacy and Memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship is presented each year to a CSU graduate student who demonstrates service to and advancement of underrepresented student education and personal academic excellence.
Miguel (Mikko) Jimenez
Climate Equity Committee member
and Ph.D. student
Department of Ecology
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Office of International Programs Distinguished Service Award
This award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the internationalization of CSU.
Travis Maynard
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs
College of Business
Angie Nielsen
Director
Office of Budgets
Erika Osborne
Professor
Department of Art and Art History
Extension Distinguished Service Award
This award is to recognize individuals for outstanding commitment to CSU Extension and contributions made toward Extension’s mission of providing information and education on various issues affecting individuals and communities of Colorado.
Tony Koski
Professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Multicultural Staff and Faculty Network Distinguished Service Faculty Award
This award is presented to faculty members in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their profession and the multicultural community.
Edwin Chong
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Multicultural Staff and Faculty Council Distinguished Service Administrative Professional Award
This award honors and celebrates employees who have made outstanding contributions within CSU as well as the surrounding communities.
Josh Baros
Academic Advisor
College of Business
Aki Hosoi
Associate Director, Training Director
CSU Health Network
Classified Personnel Council Outstanding Achievement Award
This award celebrates meritorious and outstanding achievements to the University by state classified employees.
Kristin Berthold
Program Assistant II
Department of Chemistry
Shelly Lynch
CAS HR Operations Specialist
College of Agricultural Sciences
Valerie Romero
Accounting Tech III
Warner College of Natural Resources
Karen Solomon
Administrative Assistant III
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Kelly White
Veterinary Technology III
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Distinguished Administrative Professional Award
This award is presented to administrative professional staff for continuing meritorious and outstanding achievement in the areas of outreach, teaching, administration, and/or research.
Carolyn Bell
Director of Facilities
Housing and Dining Services
Abhimanyu Chawla
Systems Administrator
Department of Computer Science
Leelee Kates
Associate Executive Director
CSU Health Network
Lillian Nugent
Finance Manager
College of Liberal Arts
Ellen Plese
Manager of Strategic Planning and Operations
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence Diversity Impact Award
This award recognizes one Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence Fellow who has actively transformed their classroom and positively influenced the campus climate.
Dr. Shari Lanning
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Positive Action Award
The Positive Action Award recognizes individuals, groups, units or departments that have made a positive contribution to state classified employees at CSU by fostering a supportive work environment, improved campus climate and/or positive work experiences for state classified employees.
Harrison Bridge
Civil Engineer Project Manager I
Facilities Management
Lakesha Hershfeldt
Extension Regional Assistant
CSU Extension – Eastern Region
Joan Paulsen
Custodian III
Facilities Management
Exceptional Achievement in Community Engaged Learning, Student Award
This award celebrates social or environmental contributions achieved through an academic service-learning course, a supervised internship or professional project, or community-engaged research.
Student Teaching Staff, Middle School Outreach Ensemble and Trying-On-Teaching program
School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Spirit of Philanthropy
Given by the Division of University Advancement, this award recognizes a current, emeritus or retired faculty or staff member whose longstanding commitment and passion for CSU has made a significant impact to university fundraising efforts by influencing philanthropic support of alumni, friends, donors, and corporations.
Lt. Col. Matthew Tillman
Professor of Military Science
Division of Military Studies
Exceptional Achievement in Community Engaged Learning, Community Partner Award
This award is presented to a CSU community partner for their commitment to building university-community partnerships that meet community-articulated needs and challenges while supporting the holistic education of the next generation of professionals, leaders, and citizens.
Stephen Walker
Project Manager
FCI Constructors, Inc.
Marcy Yoder
Neighborhood Service Manager
City of Fort Collins
Distinguished Community Engagement Scholarship Award
In recognition of a collaboration, a project or a program with a long-term record of sustained impact, achievement and scholarship.
Deborah Fidler
Professor
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Division of the Prevention Research Center
Emerging Community Engagement Scholarship Award
In recognition of a collaboration, a project or a program with a growing record of sustained impact, achievement and scholarship.
David Pyle
Instructor
Community Engagement and Arts Program
AP Star Award
The AP Star Award was created to express appreciation by recognizing the accomplishments of administrative professional (AP) employees who have demonstrated outstanding individual performance at CSU. The goal is to recognize APs who make a difference and “shine” in the CSU community.
Jenny Brandsma
Associate Director
Health Network Counseling Services
Michelle Haddix
Lab Manager
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Chase Jackson
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
School of Biomedical Engineering
Merrill Kingsbury
Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Denver County Extension
Nora May
Academic Success Coordinator
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Karin Skogerboe
Lead Academic Advisor
Office of Engagement and Extension
CSU Online
Jessica Smolenske
Assistant Director of Events
CSU Mountain Campus
Amanda Webb
Nursing Supervisor
CSU Health Network