College of Education and Human Development award recipients

CEHD Alumni Society's Robert H. Beck Faculty Teaching Award

This award recognizes a College faculty member for outstanding contributions to education.

2008: Michael Rodriguez, Educational Psychology

2007: Karen Seashore, Educational Policy and Administration

Community Outreach and Engagement Faculty Award

This award was initiated to recognize our collegiate tradition of public service, encourage and incorporate the democratic spirit and public purpose of higher education, and emphasize community engagement as a permanent priority of the College.

2008: Keith Russell, School of Kinesiology; Jerry Stein, School of Social Work; Oliver Williams, School of Social Work

2007: Linda Jones, School of Social Work; Vicki Griffin, School of Social Work (CS/BU-staff)

Distinguished Teaching Award

This award recognizes outstanding contributions by College faculty members enhancing learning through classroom and field-based teaching, student advising, and academic innovations.

2008: Martha Bigelow, Curriculum and Instruction; Jean Higbee, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning; Cynthia Meyer, Family Social Science

2007: Lisa Albrecht, School of Social Work; Lee Galda, Curriculum and Instruction; Barbara Hodne, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning

Excellence in Academic Advising

This award recognizes exceptional academic advising of undergraduate or graduate students.

2008: Jean Bauer, Family Social Science

2007: Jo Ann Buysee, School of Kinesiology

Excellence in Research Award

This award recognizes research accomplishments by individuals within one or more of the central fields in the College.

2008: W. Andrew Collins, Byron Egeland, and L. Alan Sroufe, Institute of Child Development

2007: Jeffrey Edleson, School of Social Work

Jeanne T. Lupton Service Award

Named in honor of Jeanne T. Lupton, dean of General College (1979-86), this award recognizes outstanding service to the College and to the University of Minnesota by College Civil Service/Bargaining Unit staff.

2008: Lori Boucher, Educational Psychology

2007: Anita Green, Student & Professional Services

Multicultural Recognition Award

This award recognizes significant professional or extracurricular contributions to and promotion of multicultural relations and perspectives.

2008: Sonia Davila-Williams, School of Social Work; Cathy Solheim, Family Social Science

2007: Priscilla Gibson, School of Social Work; Bryan Cichy, graduate student in Educational Psychology; Antoany Le, undergraduate student in Family Social Science

New Career Excellence Award

This award recognizes a new CEHD professional who has demonstrated outstanding and innovative academic work and shows great promise in terms of future contributions to the college and the field.

2008: Abigail Gewirtz, Family Social Science/Institute of Child Development

Outstanding Student Award

This award recognizes undergraduate and graduate students for exceptional leadership and/or service contributions to the CEHD, the University community, and the surrounding community.

2008: Ann Beuch, School of Social Work; Mohammed Elmeski, Educational Policy and Administration; Sara Lassig, Family Social Science; SunMin Lee, Institute of Child Development

2007: Yongling Zhang, Educational Policy and Administration

P&A Outstanding Achievement Award

This award recognizes academic/professional personnel and administrative personnel for outstanding achievement in furthering the mission and goals of their unit(s) and/or the College

2008: Annette Digre, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning

2007: Deb Snouffer, School of Social Work

Awards presented in 2007 only

Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Outstanding Performance Award

This award recognizes College civil service and bargaining unit staff who have demonstrated excellence and professionalism in their overall performance and who have made meaningful contributions to their unit and/or College and University.

Karen Borchardt, School of Social Work; Pamela Cook, Student and Professional Services

Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Peer Awards

The goal of the program is to reaffirm the value of our employees by publicly recognizing their outstanding achievements and service.

• For service delivery and professionalism
  • Patty Hoag, Dean's Office
  • Alicia Vegell, Educational Psychology
  • Marilyn Johnston, CAREI
  • Cathy Zemke, Curriculum and Instruction
• Cost reduction and operation improvement
  • John Brian Becker, Kinesiology
• Quality and quantity of a job outcome
  • Victoria Neau, Dean's Office
  • Jonathan Sweet, Kinesiology

Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) 2007 Award for Outstanding Achievement

The CEHD CAPA committee established this one-time, shared award to recognize a P&A staff member from each of the three former colleges—General College, the College of Human Ecology, and the College of Education and Human Development—who demonstrated leadership, mutually respectful collaboration and dedicated commitment during implementation of the combining of the three colleges into the new College of Education and Human Development during the academic year 2006-2007.

• Peggy Rader, Dean's Office (formerly in the old College of Education and Human Development)

• Deborah Snouffer, School of Social Work (formerly in the College of Human Ecology)

• Jill Trites, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning (formerly in General College)

Excellence in Discovery Award

This award recognizes discovery scholarship by individuals and/or teams within or across disciplines, that has contributed to new knowledge and understandings within one or more of the central fields in the College.

 Susan Wells, School of Social Work

David L. Giese Service Award

Named in honor of David L. Giese, this award recognizes eligible individuals who have made outstanding contributions of service to the College and its students.

Caroline Hilk, Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology