Tuesday, March 10, 2020 231 faculty, staff receive Parents’ Recognition Awards
More than 230 University of Nebraska-Lincoln employees were honored for their support to students during the annual Parents’ Recognition Awards March 6.
The awards, presented in a ceremony at Willa Cather Dining Complex, were earned through nominations made by parents of Nebraska students. The honors provide encouraging feedback to faculty and staff about their work with students, while inspiring positive student and faculty relationships, giving recognition in an area often overlooked by formal rewards systems.
The Parents Association solicits nominations through an annual mailing, asking parents to nominate a faculty or staff employee who has made a significant difference in their student's life. Nominations include a short explanation of why this person was nominated.
All who were nominated by at least one parent or student and who are still with the university received a certificate. The annual recognition ceremony was organized by the Office of Student Affairs and co-sponsored by the Teaching Council and the Parents Association. Certificates of recognition for contributions to students were given during the ceremony. This is the 32nd year Nebraska faculty and staff have received the awards from the Parents Association.
The 2019-2020 recipients are listed below. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of years a recipient has received the award. If no number is listed, the award is a first-time honor. For more information, contact Student Affairs at 402-472-3755.
Academic Affairs
ADMISSIONS
Jeff Beavers
CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND TRANSITION
Lori Romano (3)
GRADUATE STUDIES
Eva Bachman
HUSKER HUB
Pete Haslett
JEFFREY S. RAIKES SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
Steve Cooper
Anna Pressler (4)
MILITARY AND VETERAN SUCCESS CENTER
Joe Brownell
Deb Quinn (8)
SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Rick Tast
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS
Laura Damuth (6)
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM
Jacob Schlange (2)
WILLIAM H. THOMPSON SCHOLARS LEARNING COMMUNITY
Jodi Bergstrom
Kelli King (7)
College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Kara Heideman
Fabio Mattos
Rosalee Swartz (21)
AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION
Blaise Lanoha
Tori Pierce (2)
AGRONOMY AND HORTICULTURE
Mark Canney
Christian Elowsky (2)
David Holding
David Lambe (9)
Donald Lee (27)
Walter Schacht (2)
Kim Todd (13)
ANIMAL SCIENCE
Lori Jaixen (2)
Jessica Petersen
Alli Raymond (3)
Bryan Reiling
Gary Sullivan
Brett White (2)
BIOCHEMISTRY
Erin Sayer (10)
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Roger Hoy (8)
Nicole Iverson (2)
Deepak Keshwani (8)
Cheryl Pflueger (3)
Santosh Pitla (2)
CENTER FOR GRASSLAND STUDIES
Dann Husmann (5)
DEAN'S OFFICE
Marybeth Helmink (2)
EAST CAMPUS VISITOR’S CENTER
Karen Francis (2)
ENGLER AGRIBUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM
Thomas Field (7)
FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Robert Hutkins (3)
Randy Wehling (7)
FORENSIC SCIENCE
Larry Barksdale (4)
PLANT PATHOLOGY
Brandi Sigmon (3)
SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Dennis Ferraro (7)
Dave Gosselin (3)
Mark Pegg (3)
Lisa Pennisi (2)
Elyse Watson (2)
Sara Winn (7)
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
John Kammermann
College of Architecture
ARCHITECTURE
Zachary Porter
Bud Shenefelt
DEAN’S OFFICE
Leslie Gonzalez (3)
College of Arts & Sciences
ADVISING CENTER
Amy Beyer
CHEMISTRY
Saman Bagheri
Stephanie Berg
Peg Bergmeyer
Barry Cheung (2)
Patrick Dussault (2)
Mark Griep (3)
Jason Kautz (12)
Shengyuan Luo
Eric Malina (11)
Alena Moon
Trisha Vickrey
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Morgan April
Aaron Duncan (4)
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Tyler Bienhoff
Chris Bourke (3)
Justin Bradley
Berthe Choueiry (3)
Ann Koopmann (16)
Suzette Person (2)
Saravanan Raju
Bonita Sharif
EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Irina Filina
ENGLISH
Eder Jaramillo (2)
Robert Lipscomb (2)
Deborah Minter (4)
Chigozie Obioma
Lydia Presley
Beverley Rilett (7)
Gregory Rutledge (3)
GLOBAL STUDIES
Emira Ibrahimpasic (4)
HISTORY
Parks Coble (2)
Katrina Jagodinsky
Jeannette Jones
MATHEMATICS
George Avalos
Michael DeBellevue
Huijing Du
Kevin Gonzales (4)
Brian Harbourne (3)
Christine Kelley (2)
Aurora Marks
Amadeus Martin
Scott Martin
Mohammad Rammaha (13)
Abigail Raz
Shahriyar Roshan Zamir
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Darima Bolokhoeva
Yoanna Greenwood (4)
Kelly Kingsbury Brunetto
Erica Schauer (2)
Hana Waisserova
Sijia Yao (4)
PHILOSOPHY
Jean Cahan (4)
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Keith Foreman (2)
Michael Sibbernsen (2)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Donald Beahm (3)
Ari Kohen (2)
Rupal Mehta
Bettina Roundey
Robert Schub (2)
Sergio Wals (4)
PSYCHOLOGY
Carolyn Brown Kramer (2)
Tierney Lorenz
Maital Neta
Anne Schutte (2)
Manda Williamson (8)
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Peter Angeletti (5)
Audrey Atkin
Michael Herman
Wendy O'Connor (10)
Eric Weaver
SOCIOLOGY
Ryan Kaufman
College of Business
BUSINESS ADVISING AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Jeff Burdic (5)
Megan Christensen (3)
Ashley Light (3)
DEAN'S OFFICE
D'Vee Buss (10)
ECONOMICS
Sam Allgood (8)
Laurie A. Miller (5)
FINANCE
Nam Hoang Le
Sue Vagts (6)
MANAGEMENT
Marijane Hancock (2)
Elina Ibrayeva (2)
Troy Smith (3)
MARKETING
Rob Simon (3)
SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY
Steven Hegemann (2)
Kathryn Maresh
Samuel Melessa
Jill Trucke
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTICS
Shanna Meyer
College of Education & Human Sciences
ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER
Amanda Bergeron-Bauer (5)
Eric Einspahr (6)
Trish Fenster (2)
AnnMarie Gottner (3)
CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY STUDIES
Cody Hollist (5)
Vanessa Neuhaus
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Debra Mullen (13)
NUTRITION AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Ajai Ammachathram (3)
Joel Cramer
Dipra Jha (4)
Kristin Malek
Shannon Rowen (6)
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Suzanne Kemp (5)
Naomi Rodgers
TEACHING, LEARNING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
Emily Fisher
Tricia Gray (5)
Tammera Mittelstet
John Moeller
Amanda Morales (2)
Yassine Rfissa (2)
TEXTILES, MERCHANDISING AND FASHION DESIGN
Sandra Starkey (2)
College of Engineering
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Hunter Flodman
Srivatsan Kidambi (2)
Kevin Van Cott
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Massoum Moussavi
DEAN'S OFFICE
Mohamed Amar
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Dennis Alexander
Christos Argyropoulos
Jay Carlson
Jerald Varner (5)
ENGINEERING STUDENT SERVICES
Emily Griffin Overocker
Jayde McWilliams (2)
MECHANICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
George Gogos (2)
Carl Nelson (2)
Cody Stolle
Jiashi Yang
College of Journalism & Mass Communications
ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Patti Harney (3)
Brandon Nutting (2)
Monte Olson (2)
ADVISING
Jill Arth (5)
Andrea Gaghagen (4)
BROADCASTING
Rick Alloway (27)
Luis Peon-Casanova
John Shrader (3)
DEAN'S OFFICE
Alex Fernando
JOURNALISM
John Bender (3)
Jill Martin
Joe Starita (6)
Matthew Waite (4)
Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts
GLENN KORFF SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Paul Barnes (8)
Alisa Belflower (15)
Peter Eklund (12)
Tony Falcone (13)
Paul Haar (10)
Stanley Kleppinger (2)
Tom Larson (3)
Jamie Reimer (4)
William Shomos (8)
JOHNNY CARSON CENTER FOR EMERGING MEDIA ARTS
Steve Kolbe (7)
Sharon Teo-Gooding (4)
Michelle Walenz
JOHNNY CARSON SCHOOL OF THEATRE AND FILM
Ian Borden (4)
Sarah Imes Borden (2)
Andrew Park
Ann Marie Pollard (2)
SCHOOL OF ART, ART HISTORY AND DESIGN
Chance Allen
Katie Anania
Stacy Asher
Bailey Barnard
Michael Hoff (5)
Student Affairs
COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
Brigham Scott
FRATERNITY AND SORORITY LIFE
Cindy Brandl
TRIO PROGRAMS
Darwin Archie
Marianna Burks (4)
UNIVERSITY HOUSING
Tobey Brockman
Lory Erving
Justin Hullman
John Wachal
Additional Units
AEROSPACE STUDIES
Dawn Hegert
ATHLETICS
Alvin Banks (5)
Mark Hankins
Sheri Hastings (5)
Danny Marcuzzo
Pablo Morales (3)
Keith Zimmer (13)
NEBRASKA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Laura Springer
NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE
John Erixson (3)