May 3, 2018
Honoring some of the best at K-State
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Kansas State University recognized several faculty and staff members for excellence at the All-University Awards Ceremony on May 2 at the K-State Alumni Center.
The honorees:
Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Award — Soumia Bardhan, assistant 1xbet online games login communications studies; Blake Belanger, associate 1xbet online games login landscape architecture and regional & community planning; Hitesh Bindra, assistant 1xbet online games login mechanical and nuclear engineering; Jessica Canfield, associate 1xbet online games login landscape architecture and regional & community planning; Pablo Martínez Diente, assistant 1xbet online games login modern languages; Mervi Pakaste, associate 1xbet online games login graphic design; David Pickering, associate 1xbet online games login music; and Kathrin Schrick, associate 1xbet online games login biology.
Coffman Chair for Distinguished Teaching Scholars — Keith Hohn, 1xbet online games login chemical engineering.
Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award — Christine Aikens, 1xbet online games login chemistry, and Frederick Burrack, 1xbet online games login music education and director of the Office of Assessment.
Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Presidential Faculty and Staff Award for Distinguished Services to Historically Underrepresented Students — Larry Moeder, associate vice president for student life and executive director of admissions and student financial assistance.
Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Presidential Student Award for Distinguished Services in Enhancing Multiculturalism — Chelsea Turner, junior in American ethnic studies.
Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award — Bruce Babin, instructor of mechanical and nuclear engineering; Genevieve Baudoin, assistant 1xbet online games login architecture; J.J. Brotton, instructor of marketing; and Daniel Kuester, director of undergraduate studies in economics.
K-State Excellence in Engagement Award — Richard Rosenkranz, associate 1xbet online games login food, nutrition, dietetics and health; and the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, represented by Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, associate 1xbet online games login history and center director, and MJ Morgan, instructor of history and center research director.
K-State Mentoring Fellowship — Suprem Das, assistant 1xbet online games login industrial and manufacturing systems engineering; Sally Davis, assistant 1xbet online games login experimental pathology; Behzad Ghanbarian, assistant 1xbet online games login geology; Stephanie Shames, assistant 1xbet online games login biology; and Maggie Syme, assistant 1xbet online games login gerontology.
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching — Heather Bailey, assistant 1xbet online games login psychological sciences; Nathaniel Birkhead, assistant 1xbet online games login political science; Mike Finnegan, assistant 1xbet online games login leadership students; and Amanda Martens, doctoral student in psychology.
Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head — Jeff Pickering, professor and head of the political science department.
Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising — Lisa Wilken, assistant 1xbet online games login biological and agricultural engineering.
President's Award of Excellence for Unclassified Professionals — Sarah Barrett, Clery Act compliance coordinator, Office of Administration and Finance; Nathanael Bascom, assistant director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet; Michelle Langvardt, executive assistant, Office of the Provost; Jo Maseberg-Tomlinson, academic and professional program coordinator, K-State Global Campus; and Rita Newell, budget fiscal officer II, College of Human Ecology dean's office.
Putting Students First Award for Outstanding Service to Students — Sarah Barr, attorney with Student Legal Services, Division of Student Life; and Ronaldo Maghirang, associate dean of research and graduate programs, director of the Engineering Experiment Station, and 1xbet online games login biological and agricultural engineering, College of Engineering.
University Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentoring of Undergraduate Students in Research — William Hsu, 1xbet online games login computer science.
University Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Student in Research — Maria Fernanda De LaTorre Romo, senior in computer science and mathematics.
University Outstanding Department or Unit Award for Enhancing Diversity — Kansas State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering, represented by Chardie Baird, executive director.