University of Minnesota System Awards
John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
This award serves to recognize and reward high-quality academic advising and the contribution it makes in helping students formulate and achieve intellectual, career, and personal goals. The 2021 award goes to Victor Lai, assistant professor, Chemical Engineering, SCSE.
University of Minnesota Duluth Awards
Chancellor's Distinguished Research/Creative Activity Award
Faculty members who receive this award are honored for their excellence in research or creative activity, scholarly or artistic contributions to individual disciplines, and dedication to student research. This year's recipients are Chongwon Park, professor, English, Linguistics Writing Studies, CLA and Justin Rubin, professor, Music, CLA.
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
This award recognizes faculty who have made contributions to the teaching mission of UMD that are of extraordinary quality and reflect UMD's emphasis on high quality undergraduate and graduate education.This award honors faculty for innovative pedagogy, development of creative and critical thinking, student mentoring, commitment to liberal education, and leadership and impact within a department. This year's recipient is Andrea Schokker, professor, Civil Engineering, SCSE.
Victor Lai, Chongwon Park, Justin Rubin, Andrea Schokker
Albert Tezla Teacher/Scholar Award
This award is given annually to a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts who has an exceptional and effective teaching style that emphasizes the worth of research in a learned discipline and the maturing impact scholarly activity has on the development of human attitudes and values. This year's recipient is Paula Gudmundson, associate professor, Music, CLA.
2021 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.
This award is given to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding service to their undergraduate students. This year's recipient is David Short, associate professor, Art & Design, CLA.
2021 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Advisor Award.
2020 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Advisor Award. The Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award is given each year to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding service to their graduate students. This year's recipient is Rick LaCaille, professor, Psychology, CEHSP.
Paula Gudmundson, David Short, and Rick LaCaille
Staff Awards
Individual Awards
- Michele Larson, CLA
- Jodi Straka, Admissions
- Brett Taylor, ITSS
- David Worley, Student Life
Team Award:
- Library Archive Team - Northeastern MN Covid-19 Community Archive Project: Aimee Brown and Shana Aue
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Congratulations to the following faculty and staff for their years of service
50th Year
- Tim Roufs
45th Year
- Ken Gilbertson
40th Year
- Sue Brockopp
- Susan MacDonald
- Kenneth McMillan
- Thomas Pawlowicz
- Daniel Seguin
35th Year
- Chuck Bosell
- Craig Domas
- Linda LeGarde Grover
- Gary Holquist
- Julie Johnson
- Janell Lemire
- Mark Mizuko
- Ron Moen
- Karen Stromme
30th Year
- Rodney Bodell
- Sue Bosell
- Patrick Donahue
- Robin Fuller
- Kevin Lamar
- LeAnn LeDoux-Bergman
- Craig Maly
- Dawn Stevenson
- Steven Strand
- Michelle Tessier
25th Year
- Darrell Anderson
- Steve Bardolph
- Erik Brown
- Cynthia Carlson
- Julie De Roche
- Richard Maclin
- Michael Marturano
- Elizabeth Matson
- Cheryl Reitan
- Will Rhodes
- Nigel Wattrus
20th Year:
- Trista Anderson
- Timothy Ashbaugh
- Ellen Betzold
- Angela Blais
- Valerie Brady
- Donn Branstrator
- June Breneman
- Kent Brorson
- Timothy Craig
- Christine Dean
- Mitra Emad
- Jean Farrell
- Guihua Fei
- Justin Fish
- Lisa Fitzpatrick
- Ryan Frane
- Paul Gellerstedt
- Alec Habig
- Kim Habig
- Karen Hansen
- Thomas Hrabik
- Ginger Johnson
- Linda Kall
- Andy Kauppinen
- Loretta Kragness
- Carmen Latterell
- Edward Lermon
- Morris Levy
- Curtis Lewis
- Jeffrey Maahs
- Ryuta Nakajima
- Karen Nichols
- Sara Ojard
- Jean Perrault
- Bob Rients
- Joellyn Rock
- Randy Skalberg
- Kevin Smith
- John Swenson
- Christopher Untiedt
- Kara Ward
- Kari Young
15th Year
- Kathryn Apostal
- Jay Austin
- Elizabeth Austin-Minor
- Brett Ballavance
- Jayme Battaglia
- David Beard
- Steve Berry
- Barbara Boo
- David Bowen
- Jefferson Campbell
- Mary Caprioli
- Regina Christensen
- Valerie Coit
- Jean Conner
- Kristi Dalbec
- Runa Das
- Brett DeFoe
- Amanda Denton
- Kathy Dowell
- Sara Fitzgerald
- Jason Ford
- Eric Freberg
- Brenda Frye
- Emily Gaarder
- Karen Gran
- Richard Gran
- Alexis Grinde
- Cindy Gustafson
- Craig Hill
- Jolene Hyppa Martin
- Mandie Johnson
- Christopher Johnson
- Joseph Johnson
- Becky Kavajecz
- Kitty Kennedy
- Lisa Kittelson
- Patrick Kohlin
- Joan Kwako
- Lara LaCaille
- Rick LaCaille
- Scott Laderman
- Kathryn Levine
- Clifford Martin III
- Maggie McLeod-Shovein
- Deanna Nordeen
- Thomas O'Hara
- Alan Oyler
- Chongwon Park
- Jeffery Polson
- Charles Reichert
- Krisanne Roen
- Timothy Seelos
- Hua Tang
- Benjamin Thompson
- Peter Willemsen
10th Year
- Josh Bednar
- Lendley Black
- Rachel Breckenridge
- Scott Carlson
- Beth Cash
- Trey Dill
- Josh Dumke
- Patrick Eidsmo Zacharia
- Eustice Milagros Gómez
- Jesden Hansen
- Ellen Hatfield
- Eric Hessler
- Lisa Johnson
- RaeAnn Jones
- Tracy Kall
- Justin Keppers
- Marte Kitson
- Lucas Kramer
- Robin Macgregor
- Susan Maher
- Lynn McGraw
- Paul Nisius
- Brian Nystrom
- Ted Patton
- Arthur Pettyjohn
- Guy Sander
- Lisa Sundberg
- Rebecca Teasley
- Daisy Wallace
- Nicole Wilde
- David Woodward
- Lin Xiu
An all-campus award ceremony was held on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.