2021 Celebration of Faculty Achievement
Each year, we take time to recognize the accomplishments of faculty and graduate students in their professional development. In this academic year, CFE held a total of 71 workshops with 1,600 attendees.
Connection before Content Activity
- 3 person groups for 5 min
- Please introduce yourself with your name, position and department and answer the following question:
- What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of?
TEACHING EXCELLENCE ACTION COMMITTEE
Name |
Position |
Department |
Adams, Dean |
Chair |
Center for Faculty Excellence |
Brazill, Shihua |
Member |
Center for Faculty Excellence |
Silvestri, Ken |
Member |
Center for Faculty Excellence |
Doug Downs |
Member |
Letters and Science |
Sowell, Bok |
Member |
Agriculture |
Campbell, Kyndra |
Member |
Gallatin College |
Smith, Colin |
Member |
UIT |
Rosso, Brent |
Member |
Jake Jabs School of Business and Entrepreneurship |
Schell, William |
Member |
Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering |
TBD |
Member |
Graduate Students |
Damberger, Kathy |
Member |
Nursing |
TBD |
Member |
Arts & Architecture |
Vaterlaus, J. Mitchell |
Member |
Education, Health & Human Development |
Regan, Matthew |
Member |
Library |
Vacant |
Member |
Undergraduate Students |
Carjuzaa, Jioanna |
Ex Officio |
Education & Multicultural Perspectives |
Name |
Position |
Department |
Brown, Jennifer |
Lead |
Chemical & Biological Engineering, Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering |
Beamish, Rollin |
Member |
Art, College of Arts & Architecture |
Bird, Elizabeth |
Member |
College of Education, Health & Human Development |
Hellem, Tracy |
Member |
College of Nursing |
Lachowiec, Jennifer |
Member |
Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture |
Lux, Nick |
Member |
Education, College of Education, Health & Human Development |
Rossmann, Doralyn |
Member |
Library |
Hendrikx, Jordy |
Member |
Earth Sciences, College of Letters & Science |
Stoop, (Chata)Nika |
Member |
Center for Faculty Excellence |
Yang, Lisa |
Member |
Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship |
Shanahan, Liz |
Member |
Political Science, Research Economic Development and Graduate Education representative |
SERVICE-LEARNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Name |
Position |
Department |
Rebekah VanWieren |
Chair |
Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology |
Melody Anacker |
Member |
Health & Human Development |
Florence Dunkel |
Member |
Entomology |
Susan Gallagher |
Member |
Western Transportation Institute |
Ada Giusti |
Member |
Modern Languages |
Ralph Johnson |
Member |
Architecture |
Molly Lammers |
Member |
Office of Student Engagement |
Marvin Lansverk |
Member |
English |
Bernadette McCrory |
Member |
Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering |
Christa Merzdorf |
Member |
Microbiology & Immunology |
Joey Morrison |
Member |
VOICE Center |
Members for 2020-2021
Jared Beaver, Animal & Range Sciences Shihua Brazill, Education Rodrigo DaSilva Marques, Animal & Range Sciences Paddy Fleming, MT Mfg Extension Center MMEC Mary Fouhy Thurston, Nursing Jacqueline Frank, Library Margaret Hammersla, Nursing Daniel Hanson, History and Philosophy Brenda Lewis, Modern Languages & Literature Susan McElrath, Sociology & Anthropology |
Shinjini Nandi, Mathematical Sciences Christian Posbergh, Animal & Range Sciences Kimberly Richardson, Extension Service Denise Rivera, Nursing Departments Ashley Rives Engler, English Meghan Salsbury, Library Nina Schweppe, Modern Languages & Literature Colin Shaw, Undergraduate Scholars Program, Earth Sciences Lovreet Shergill, Southern Agricultural Research Center |
Learn more about becoming a member
Early Career Success Program 2020-2021
Shihua Brazill, Education
Jacqueline Frank, Library
Kimberly Richardson, Extension
Ashley Fuchs, Art
Learn more about the Early Career Success Program
Teaching Enhancement 2020-2021
Veronica Baker, Mathematics Deborah Blanchard, University Studies, Academic Advising Center Jennifer Boone, Nursing Shihua Brazill, Education Lisa Brown, Gallatin College Suzanne Held, Health & Human Development MaryAnne Hansen, Library Sarah Johnson, Sociology & Anthropology |
Susy Kohout, Microbiology & Immunology Jocelyn Larson, Recreational Sports & Fitness Kevin McPhee, Plant Sciences Sally Moyce, Nursing Kathryn Plymesser, Civil Engineering James Pritchard, Ecology, Land Resources & Env. Sciences, Liberal Studies Kimberly Richardson, Extension |
Learn more about the Teachnig Enhancement Certificate
Programs
GRANT-WRITING BOOTCAMP
Maryam Bahramipanah , Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jared Beaver, Animal and Range Sciences
Paddy Fleming, MT Mfg Extension Center MMEC
Yaofa Li, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Suzy McElrath, Anthropology & Sociology
Shinjini Nandi, Mathematical Sciences
Denise Rivera, Nursing
Colin Shaw, Undergraduate Scholars Program, Earth Sciences
Lovreet Shergill, Southern Agricultural Research Center
Learn more about grant-writing bootcamp
EARLY CAREER FACULTY MENTORING PROGRAM
Mentees Jared Beaver, Animal & Range Sciences Desiree Dalke, Gallatin College Allied Health Blair Davey, Mathematical Sciences Will Fassbender, English Margaret Hammersla, College of Nursing Mohammad Khosravi, Civil Engineering Leo Killsback, Native American Studies Jiff McAnally, Nursing Rachelle McLain, Library Shinjini Nandi, Mathematical Sciences Valentina Nino, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Travis Peters, Computer Science Corey Pew, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Christian Posbergh, Animal & Range Sciences Rebecca Rassi, Nursing Lovreet Shergill, Southern Agricultural Research Center |
Mentors Dean Adams, Art, Center for Faculty Excellence Jennifer Brown, Chemical & Biological Engineering David Claudio, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Lisa Davis, Mathematical Sciences Tracy Dougher, Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology Doug Downs, English Ann Ellsworth, Education Loribeth Evertz, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Ann Ewbank, Education Brittany Fasy, School of Computing Mary Hubbard, Earth Sciences Ralph Johnson, Architecture Bill Schell, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Tracy Sterling, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences Jennifer Thomson, Animal & Range Sciences Mitch Vaterlaus, Health & Human Development |
Learn more about the mentoring program
Grants
FACULTY EXCELLENCE GRANTS
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Name |
Department |
Dean Adams |
Director, Center for Faculty Excellence & Professor in Art |
Michael Neeley |
Professor, Sociology & Anthropology |
Sarah Codd |
Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering |
Jennifer Brown |
Associate Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering |
Kregg Aytes |
Professor, Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship |
Nika Stoop |
Research Resources Coordinator, Center for Faculty Excellence |
Learn more about the Faculty Excellence Grants
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Kohout, Susy Microbiology and Immunology McNew, Lance Animal and Range Sciences Plowright, Raina Microbiology and Immunology COLLEGE OF ARTS & ARCHITECTURE Little, Jeannie School of Music Mukhopadhyay, Jaya School of Architecture Zimpel, Jim School of Art Hatch, Jeremy School of Art Fuchs, Ashley School of Art Jeon, MinJee School of Art JABS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP Leary, Myleen JJCOBE Sung, Christine JJCOBE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Aylward, Alex Education Hughes, Bryce Education McMilin, Colleen Health & Human Development Orendorff, Karie Health & Human Development COLLEGE OF NURSING Running, Alice Nursing Hammersla, Marg Nursing GALLATIN COLLEGE Rognlie, Juli Mathematics |
NORM ASBJORNSON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Monfort, Scott Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Anderson, Ryan Chemical & Biological Engineering Strnadova-Neeley, Veronika Gianforte School of Computing Li, Yaofa Mechanical & Industrial Engineering COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE Church, Sarah Earth Sciences Minton, Gretchen English Greenwood, Mark Mathematical Sciences John-Henderson, Neha Psychology Kevane, Bridget Modern Languages & Literatures Laskowski, Andrew Earth Sciences Sheehey, Bonnie History & Philosophy Schweppe, Peter Modern Languages & Literatures Ulrich, Danielle Ecology Hancock, Stacey Mathematical Sciences Scott, Brandon Psychology Hubbard, Mary Earth Sciences RENNE LIBRARY Sara Mannheimer Library Allison-Bunnell, Jodi Library |
INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION GRANTS
Christine Stanton, Education ; Allison Wynhoff-Olsen, English and Nigel Waterton, Education
“I Had a Story to Tell”: Repositioning Pedagogy for Enhanced Interdisciplinary Teacher
Education”
Derek A. Williams,Mathematical Sciences
Promoting Student Engagement and Active Learning in Precalculus: Data-based Decision
Making from Real-Time Data
Selena Ahmed, Health and Human Development and Roland Ebel,Health and Human Development
Food System Case Studies for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Learning
Alice Running, Nursing
Heart Math: Physiological Feedback for Stress Reduction in a University Population
Learn more about the Instructional Innovation Grants
SPRING CONVOCATION AWARDS
2021 President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
Maria Velazquez, assistant professor in the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering
2021 Teaching Innovation Award
Hannah DelCurto-Wyffels, an instructor in the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences
2021 President’s Award for Excellence in Service Learning
Susanne Cowan, a professor of architecture and urbanism in the MSU School of Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture
2021 Academic Advising Award
Sharlyn Gunderson-Izurieta, academic adviser in the Gianforte School of Computing and David Claudio, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, both in MSU's Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering.
ADDITIONAL THANKS FOR SUPPORT
Waded Cruzado, Office of the President Robert Mokwa, Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs David Singel, Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs Marilyn Lockhart, Education Durward Sobek, Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs Megan Lasso and Brittany Thompson, University Budget Office Nathaniel Briggs, University Business Systems Kim Obbink, Academic Technologies & Outreach Colin Smith, Academic Technologies & Outreach Tony Compeau, Registrar Emily Edwards, University Studies/Academic Advising Center |
Brad Haderlie, University Information Technology Amber Vestal, Office of the President Julie Heard, Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs Keely Holmes, Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs Jason Carter, Office of Research & Economic Development & Graduate Education Craig Ogilvie, Graduate School Ariel Donohue, Diversity and Inclusion Courtney Johnson, Campus Planning, Design & Construction Benjamin Polk, University Information Technology Steve Swinford, Office of the Provost & Academic Affairs Chris Fastnow, Office of Planning & Analysis Ian Godwin, Office of Planning & Analysis |