Each year, LAS departments and programs select their own recipients for the LAS departmental alumni awards. The following is a list of the previous five years of departmental awards. Congratulations to all recipients!
Departmental Award Recipients
| Year | Recipient Name | Award Name | Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hunt, Charles | Department of Computer Science Alumni Award | ’92 Computer Science |
| 2018 | Stanek, Sean | Department of Computer Science Young Alumni Award | ’02 Computer Science, M.S. ’07 Computer Science, PhD ’12 Computer Science |
| 2018 | McPhail, Joseph | Department of Economics Outstanding Young Alumni Award | ’07 Agricultural Business and Economics (AGLS), M.S. '08 Economics |
| 2018 | Dominick, Andrea | Department of English Alumni Award | ’94 English, M.A. '97 English |
| 2018 | Sisson, Kira | Department of Mathematics Young Alumni Award | ’03 Mathematics, M.S. '05 Statistics |
| 2018 | Nebbe, Charity | Department of Political Science Alumni Achievement Award | ’96 Political Science |
| 2018 | Tubbs, William | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication James W. Schwartz Award | ’71 Agricultural Journalism |
| 2018 | Henderson, Ty | Department of World Languages and Cultures Alumni Award | ’97 Finance and International Studies, '98 Spanish |
| 2019 | Wang, Sue-Lein | Department of Chemistry Outstanding Alumni Award | PhD '85 Physical Chemisty |
| 2019 | Chopra, Gagan | Department of Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award | ’91 Computer Science, M.S. '93 Computer Science |
| 2019 | Schulte, Troy | Department of Economics Outstanding Alumni Award (joint with History) | ’92 History, '’94 Economics |
| 2019 | Sander, Jeffry | Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology Distinguished Alumni Award | ’04 Computer Science, PhD '08 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
| 2019 | Fast, Jerome | Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award | ’85 Meteorology and Mathematics, M.S. '87 Earth Science |
| 2019 | Schulte, Troy | Department of History Outstanding Alumni Award (joint with History) | ’85 History, '94 Economics |
| 2019 | Johnson, William | Department of Mathematics Distinguished Alumni Award | PhD '69 Mathematics |
| 2019 | McDonald, Adam | Department of Music and Theatre Music Distinguished Alumni Award | ’05 Music |
| 2019 | Kahn, Eleanor | Department of Music and Theatre Theatre Distinguished Alumni Award | ’08 Architecture-Professional Degree and Performing Arts |
| 2019 | Krull, Michael | Department of Political Science Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award | M.A. '00 Political Science |
| 2019 | Ortiz, Laura | Department of World Languages and Cultures Distinguished Alumni Award | ’91 Spanish |
| 2019 | Guthrie, Kim | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication James W. Schwartz Award | ’84 Journalism and Mass Communication |
| 2020 | No Awards due to COVID-19 | ||
| 2021 | Pearson, Karen | Department of Chemistry Outstanding Alumni Award | PhD '97 Inorganic Chemistry |
| 2021 | Davidson, Kathleen | Department of Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award | ’73 Computer Science |
| 2021 | Gross, Kay | Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Distinguished Alumni Award | ’75 Biology |
| 2021 | Summers, Sam | Department of Economics Distinguished Service for the Public Good | ’06 Economics, ’06 Marketing |
| 2021 | Morrison, David | Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology Distinguished Alumni Award | ’10 Genetics, International Studies and Political Science |
| 2021 | Lisko, Breea | Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award | ’00 Meteorology |
| 2021 | Effland, Anne | Department of History Distinguished Alumni Award | PhD '91 Agricultural History and Rural Studies |
| 2021 | Gibson, Debra | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication James W. Schwartz Award | ’81 Environment Family Services and Home Economics Journalism |
| 2021 | Pennings, Tim | Department of Mathematics Distinguished Alumni Award | PhD '87 Mathematics |
| 2021 | Pickrell, Greg | Department of Physics and Astronomy Alumni Award | ’73 Physics |
| 2021 | Liepa, Dianne | Department of Political Science Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award | ’71 Political Science; M.S. ’75 |
| 2021 | Brooks, Brian | Department of Psychology Distinguished Alumni Award | ’01 Psychology; PhD ’04 Psychology and Neuroscience |
| 2021 | Leonard, Jesse | Department of World Languages and Cultures Alumni Award | ’14 Mechanical Engineering , ’14 German |
| 2022 | Carlson, Gerry | Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology Distinguished Alumni Award | PhD ’85 BBMB/Biochemistry |
| 2022 | Emmerson, Tom | James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication | ’60 Journalism (Science & Technical), M.S. ’63 GS JC/History |
| 2022 | Forsmark, Tony | Distinguished Alumni Award (Theatre) | ’02 Theatre/Performing Arts |
| 2022 | Boyd, Kandis | Distinguished Alumni Award (Meterology) | ’96. Meteorology, M.S. ’98 GE AT/Meteorology, and Water Resources |
| 2022 | Wiederin, Dan | Outstanding Alumni Award (Chemistry) | PhD ’91 Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry |
| 2022 | Goodman, Matthew | Distinguished Alumni Award (Political Science) | ’97 Political Science |
| 2022 | Grenier, Aaron | Distinguished Alumni Award (World Languages & Cultures) | ’97 Journalism and Mass Communication and Anthropology, M.A. ’03 WLC/Anthropology |
| 2022 | Porto, Jennifer | Distinguished Alumni Award (Music) | ’00 Music |
| 2023 | Jeyapalan-Noone, Manjula | Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Distinguished Alumni Award | ’91 Biochemistry |
| 2023 | Lin, Jibing | Department of Chemistry Outstanding Alumni Award | PhD ’95 Chemistry and Organic Chemistry |
| 2023 | Purdy, Brock | Communication Studies Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Young Alumni | ’21 Communication Studies |
| 2023 | Balakrishnan, Karthik | Department of Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Award | M.S. ’93 Computer Science, PhD ’98 Computer Science |
| 2023 | Harris, Duane | Department of Economics Outstanding Alumni Award (Distinguished Service to Private Enterprise) | ’66 Industrial Administration, M.S. ’68 Economics |
| 2023 | Richey, Bobby | Department of Economics Outstanding Alumni Award | M.S. ’86 Economics (AGLS) |
| 2023 | Harris, Shannon | Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Outstanding Alumni Award | ’95 Zoology |
| 2023 | Mores, Steve | James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication | ’67 Journalism (Science & Technical) |
| 2023 | Mores, Alan | James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Communication | ’80 Journalism and Mass Communication |
| 2023 | Chidley, Mark | Department of History Distinguished Alumnus Award | ’89 History and International Studies |
| 2023 | Jean, Scott | Department of Mathematics Distinguished Alumni Award | ’93 Mathematics |
| 2023 | Harding, Ken | Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award | ’86 Meteorology |
| 2023 | Scharff, Jen | Department of Physics and Astronomy Outstanding Alumni Award | ’98 Physics |
| 2023 | Holcombe, John | Department of Political Science Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award | ’88 Political Science and Economics |
| 2023 | McGuire, Brenda | Department of Psychology Distinguished Alumni Award | ’94 Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies |
| 2023 | Hunt, Barbara | Department of Statistics Alumni Achievement Award | ’89 Statistics, M.S. ’91 Statistics |
| 2023 | Jones II, AJ | Department of World Languages and Cultures Distinguished Alumni Award | ’99 Anthropology, ’99 Sociology |