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CANR Faculty and Staff Awards Reception

May 2, 2024
2:30-5 p.m.
Formal program begins at 3 p.m.

MPS Atrium
(1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI 48824)

Complimentary parking is available in all pay by plate parking lots for those without parking passes.

Join us in celebrating our outstanding CANR faculty and staff!

Each year the college recognizes faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The awards program includes formal recognition of the following awards:

CANR Teaching Awards 
  • Camden Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award: Karen Waite, Department of Animal Science
  • CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award: Tyler Becker, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • CANR Excellence in Teaching – New Teacher Award: Michele Nikolai, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • CANR Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award: Tanya Iretskaia, Department of Community Sustainability
  • MSU Extension Excellence in Teaching: Laurie Rivetto and Carol Bublitz
CANR Excellence in Research Awards
  • Early Career Researcher Award
    • 2023
      • Eric Patterson, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
      • Elizabeth Perry, Department of Community Sustainability
    • 2024
      • Abigail Bennett, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

  • Established (Mid-Career) Researcher Award
    • 2023
      • Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
    • 2024
      • Adam Lock, Department of Animal Science

  • Research Fellow (Career) Awards
    • 2023
      • Hui Li, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

  • Impact Award
    • 2023: SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology-Wastewater Evaluation and Reporting (SEWERS) Network
      • Joan Rose, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences 
      • Erin Dreelin, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Nishita D'Souza, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Rebecca Ives, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 
      • Jade Mitchell, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
      • Ryan Julien, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
      • Mackenzie DeRaad, Lyman Briggs College, Zoology
      • Lydia Arbaugh, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Xijiao Wang, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
      • Spencer Kuehn, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Simran Singh, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Alex Tran, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Corrine Caponigro, Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Natural Science
      • Emily Zak, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
      • Melissa Downs, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
      • Sarah Holmes, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
    • 2024 - Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation of Pasture and Rangeland Soil Health and its Drivers (3M) Team
      • Jason Rowntree, Department of Animal Science
      • Matt Raven, Department of Community Sustainability
      • Melissa McKendree, Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics
      • Frank Lupi, Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics 
      • Jeremiah Asher, Institute of Water Research

CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor:  Erin Hannah, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

H. Paul Roberts Awards for Distinguished Service in Education Abroad: Southern African Wildlife College

CANR Staff Awards

  • CANR Staff Dean's Award of Distinction: Paul Bloese, Department of Forestry
  • CANR Excellence in Research Performance and Support: Lynn Worden, Department of Animal Science
  • CANR Early Achievement Award: Kevin Cox, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
  • Spirit of CANR: Ashley Lathrop, Department of Community Sustainability

CANR Global Scholars

  • 2024 CANR Global Scholars in Research: Daniel Uyeh, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • 2024 CANR Global Scholar in Extension:
    • Parker Jones, MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute - Product Center
    • Janis Brinn, MSU Extension Children and Youth Institute- Global and Cultural Programming
    • Ghaida Havern, MSU Extension Health and Nutrition Institute

CANR You Belong Here Champion Awards

  • You Belong Here Undergraduate Student Award: Lex Stuart, Department of Animal Science 
  • You Belong Here Graduate Student Award: Sharron (Ronnie) Miller, Department of Entomology
  • You Belong Here Faculty Award: Callista Rakhmatov, Department of Entomology
  • You Belong Here Staff Award: Stephanie Chau, CANR office of Academic and Student Affairs


CANR DEI Digital Badge Awards

Platinum:

  • Animal Science
  • Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  • Community Sustainability
  • Entomology
  • Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • Packaging
  • Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
  • MSU Extension: AABI
  • School of Planning, Design and Construction

Gold:

  • Agricultural Food and Resource Economics
  • Forestry
  • Kellogg Biological Station
  • MSU Extension: CFEI
  • MSU Extension: HNI
In addition we will celebrate new hires, promotion and tenure, years of service milestones and other key CANR awards.

Accommodations

Michigan State University is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by contacting the event contact two weeks prior to the start of the event. Requests received after this date will be honored whenever possible.

Contact Information

For information, contact ANR Event Services at events@anr.msu.edu or 517-353-3175.