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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
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
Student: Thomas Seidler
Faculty:  Michael Vercelli
School of Music

3rd Place- tie
Student: James Pfaff
Faculty: Dylan Collins
School of Art & Design

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


2022

UNDERGRADUATE
1st Place 
Student: Zoey Lim 
Faculty: Dr. Matthew Heap & Kyle Simpson
School of Music

Honorable Mention
Student: Elizabeth Rockwell
Faculty: Dr. Michael Vercelli
School of Art & Design

GRADUATE
1st Place 
Student: Madelyn Brodie
Faculty: Dr. Rhonda Reymond
School of Art & Design

Honorable Mention 
Student: Sammy Holloman
Faculty:  Nina Assimakopoulos
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

2022

1st Place 
Students: Kathryn Roe & Emily Lehr 
Faculty: Hannah Ivey-Bush
School of Music

Honorable Mention
Students: Riley Klug & Samuel Hensley
Faculty: Dr. Megan Leight
School of Art & Design


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


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
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
200 7 Mary Ferer
         Bob Klingelhoefer
         Kristina Olson
200 9 Jason Lee
20 10 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
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