Join CALS in celebrating our 2017 faculty and staff honorees on May 3
The CALS community is invited to help celebrate the college’s staff and faculty honorees, including 2017 CALS faculty and staff award winners and 2016 recipients of college and department professorships. The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 3 at 3 p.m. in the Microbial Sciences Building’s Ebling Auditorium. Following the ceremony, a reception will be held in the Microbial Sciences Building’s first floor atrium.
Academic Staff Award for Excellence in Leadership
Laura Ward Good • Soil Science
Academic Staff Award for Excellence in Research
Rani Govindasamy-Lucey • Center for Dairy Research
Academic Staff Award for Excellence in Service
Alex Crockford • Plant Pathology
Arthur J. Maurer Extra Mile Award
Michel A. Wattiaux • Dairy Science
Equity and Diversity Award
Molly Reinhard • Academic Affairs
Excellence in International Activities Award
Guilherme J. M. Rosa • Animal Sciences
J. S. Donald Short Course Teaching Award
Francisco J. Arriaga • Soil Science
Pound Extension Award
Amanda Gevens • Plant Pathology
Pound Research Award
Zach Peery • Forest & Wildlife Ecology
Robert G. F. and Hazel T. Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award for Excellence
Susan M. Paskewitz • Entomology
Spitzer Excellence in Teaching Award
Troy M. Runge • Biological Systems Engineering
University Staff Awards
Lynn Martinsen • Human Resources
Catherine Rook • Dairy Science
Laura Trumble • Animal Sciences
WALSAA Outstanding Advisor Award
Molly Reinhard • Academic Affairs
College and department professorships named during the past year:
Clif Bar and Organic Valley Chair in Plant Breeding for Organic Agriculture
William F. Tracy • Agronomy
Douglas D. Sorenson Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Caitilyn Allen • Plant Pathology
Rick Eisenstein • Nutritional Sciences
Alfred E. Hartemink • Soil Science
Richard L. Lindroth • Entomology
Patricia S. McManus • Plant Pathology
O.N. Allen Professor of Soil Microbiology
Thea Whitman • Soil Science