Award Winners
Faculty/Student Mentored Research Award
2012
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Zane Cupec
Faculty: Michael Vercelli
School of Music
2nd Place
Student: John Kiselica
Faculty: Alan McEwen
School of Theatre & Dance
3rd Place
Student: Kiy Tywoniw
Faculty: Gerald Habarth
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Morgan Milders
Faculty: Dylan Collins
School of Art & Design
2nd Place
Student: Ben Lauer
Faculty: Steven Neuenschwander
School of Theatre & Dance
2013
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Ben Gazsi
Faculty: Dylan Collins
School of Art & Design
2nd Place
Student: Daniela Londoño-Bernal
Faculty: Erika Osborne
School of Art & Design
3rd Place
Student: Jennifer Marcus
Faculty: Jason Lee
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Vlad Basarab
Faculty: Gerald Harbarth
School of Art & Design
2nd Place
Student: Sheila Barnhart
Faculty: Christine Kefferstan
School of Music
2014
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Daniel Gutierrez
Faculty: Steven Neuenschwander
School of Theatre & Dance
2nd Place
Student: Jordan Welsh
Faculty: Joseph Lupo
School of Art & Design
3rd Place- tie
3rd Place- tie
Student: Thomas Seidler
Faculty:
Michael Vercelli
School of Music
3rd Place- tie
Student: James Pfaff
Faculty: Dylan Collins
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Lauren Schiefelbein
Faculty: Eve Faulkes
School of Art & Design
2nd Place
Student: Nathan Ditzler
Faculty: Shoji Satake
School of Art & Design
2016
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Daniel del Busto
Faculty: Alan McEwen
School of Theatre & Dance
2nd Place
Student: Leslie Norris
Faculty: Joseph Lupo
School of Art & Design
3rd Place
Student: Emily Harmon
Faculty: Shoji Satake
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Ryan Frost
Faculty: Michael Vercelli
School of Music
2nd Place
Student: Sally Deskins
Faculty: Rhonda Reymond & Kristina Olson
School of Art & Design
2018
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Olivia Richardson
Faculty: Joseph Lupo
School of Art & Design
Honorable Mention
Student: Justin Clem
Faculty: Kofi Opoku & Joseph Galbreath
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Travis Nester
Faculty: George Willis
School of Music
2019
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: William Wrightson
Faculty: Mary McClung
School of Theatre & Dance
Honorable Mention
Student: Olivia Richardson
Faculty: Joseph Lupo
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Raymond Thompson
Faculty: Michael Sherwin
School of Art & Design
Honorable Mention
Student: Stephanie Alaniz
Faculty: Joseph Lupo
School of Art & Design
2020
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Andre Magalhaes
Faculty: Matthew Heap
School of Music
Honorable Mention
Student: Ineke Knudsen
Faculty: Patrick Jones
School of Art & Design
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Laure Zwonik
Faculty: Nina Assimakopoulos & Lynn Hileman
School of Music
Honorable Mention
Student: Erin McCarty
Faculty: Shoji Satake
School of Art & Design
2021
UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Micah Buser
Faculty: Jennifer Walker
School of Music
Honorable Mention
Student: Lilly Runion
Faculty: Maureen Kadaar
School of Theatre & Dance
GRADUATE
1st Place
Student: Amy Simpson
Faculty: Peter Amstutz
School of Music
Honorable Mention
Student: Jordan Bennett
Faculty: Jonas Thoms
School of Music
Collaborative Award
1st Place
Student: The Montani Quartet
Gabrielle Padilla, Sandra Morales Corrales, Gerardo Sanchez Pastrana, Yaniv Gutman
Faculty: Erin Ellis & Mitchell Arnold
School of Music
Honorable Mention
Student: EJ Wogaman, Katie Martin, Ashley Knox
Faculty: Cynthia Babin Anderson
School of Music
Outstanding Faculty Service Award
2012 Michael Vercelli
2013 Kristina Olson
2014 Joseph Lupo
2015 Steven Neuenschwander
2016 Terese Giobbia
2017 N/A
2018 Gerald McGonigle
2019 Alan McEwen
2020 General MacArthur Hambrick
Travis Stimeling
2021 Shalya Marsh
2021 Shalya Marsh
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award
2012 Jennifer Rockage
2013 Brian Pliknik
2014 N/A
2015 Maureen Kaddar
2016 N/A
2017 N/A
2018 Matthew Saffron
2019 N/A
2019 N/A
2020 Carson McTeer
2021 Timothy DeWitt
Outstanding Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award
2012 Janet Snyder
2013 Joe Lupo
2014 Mitchell Arnold
2015 Travis D. Stimeling
2016 General Hambrick & Michael Ibrahim
2017 Amy Schissel
2018 Robert Klingelhoefer
2019 George Willis
2020 Kristina Olson
2021 Hakeem Bilal
Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award
2006 Virginia Thompson
Laura Hitt
Kristina Olson
2007 Mary Ferer
Bob Klingelhoefer
Kristina Olson
2009 Jason Lee
2010 Michael Ibrahim
Cathy O’Dell
Michael Sherwin
2012 Jason Lee
2013 Rhonda Reymond
2014 Mikylah McTeer
2015 Joseph Lupo
2016 N/A
2017 Leland Blair
2018 Evan MacCarthy
2019 Matthew Heap
2020 Jeffrey Moser
2021 Maureen Kaddar
Faculty Excellence in Internationalizing the College Award
2012 Michael Vercelli
2013 N/A
2013 N/A
2014 N/A
2015 Rhonda Reymond
2016 Janet Robbins
2017 Shoji Satake
Outstanding Advising Award*
2015 Kristina Olson
*The Outstanding Advising Award is being brought back in 2022
Teaching with Technology Award**
2012 Rhonda Reymond
2013 Bob Klingelhoefer
2014 N/A
2015 Michael Ibrahim
2016 N/A
2017 Steven Neuenschwander
*The Teaching with Technology Award is no longer awarded
