Home > AGNR Awards > Previous Award Recipients

Previous Faculty & Staff Excellence Award Recipients

• AGNR Awards
• Previous Award Recipients

• Off-Campus Staff Excellence Award
• On-Campus Staff Excellence Award
• Non Tenure-Track Faculty Excellence Award
  (Category established 2009)
• Off Campus Junior Faculty Award
• On Campus Junior Faculty Award
• Junior Faculty Award
• Faculty Extension Assistant/Faculty Research Assistant Award
• Integrated Research & Extension Excellence Award (Category established 2009)
• Faculty Research Award
  (Category established 2009)
• The Paul R. Poffenberger Excellence in Teaching & Advising Award
• UME Extension Excellence Award
• Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture
• AGNR College Medallion of Excellence Award

Off-Campus Staff Excellence Award

2011. Timothy Ellis
      Agricultural Technician Supervisor
      WMREC
2011. Dee Dee Allen
      Administrative Assistant II
      UME-WMREC
2010. Kay Riall
      Administrative Assistant II
      UME Wicomico County
2010. Sherry Corbin
      Business Manager
      LESREC
2009. Cindy Mason
      Program Management Specialist I
      Western Maryland (WMREC)
2009. Jeannie Raines
      Program Assistant, Montgomery County 4-H & Youth Development Program
      Maryland Cooperative Extension
2008. David Muhleman
      Manager, Facilities & Management
      Wye Research & Education Center
2007. Deborah Dant
      Administrative Assistant
      MCE East Region
2006. Debora M. Ross
      Regional IT Coordinator
      MCE East/West Regions
2005. Jody Parrish
      Administrative Assistant
      Allegheny County
2004. Debby Cunningham
      Business Manager
      MCE West Region
2003. Nicole Bataille
      MCE - Somerset County
2002. Donna Moore
      Administrative Assistant
      MCE - Worcester County
2001. June Thomas
      Business Manager
      Wye Research & Education Center
2000. Barbara D. South
      Administrative Coordinator
      Wye Research & Education Center
1999. Kevin J. Conover
      Facility Manager
      Central Maryland Research & Education Center
1998. Theresa W. Suite
      Program Manager
      Central Maryland Research & Education Center
1997. Kathy P. Bounds
      Administrative Assistant
      Lower Eastern Shore Research & Education Center
1996. Gayla A. Jenkins
      County Extension Director
      MCE - Charles County
1995. Cindy D. Morris
      Extension Program Assistant
      MCE - Worcester County

Top

On-Campus Staff Excellence Award

2011. Phyllis McShane
      Dietetics Internship Director
      NFSC
2011. Jeffrey Cunningham
      Director of Information Systems
      AREC
2010. Brad Paleg
      Distance Learning Specialist
      Office of Information and Education Technology
2010. Christopher Aubry
      Coordinator, Contracts & Grants
      Administrative Services Office
2009. Gary Lapanne
      Director of Administrative Services
      Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC)
2009. Gary Seibel
      Research Engineer
      Environmental Science & Technology (ENST)
2008. Gail Yeiser
      Assistant to the Dean for Alumni and External Relations
2007. Patricia Nitowitz
      Assistant Director
      Administrative Services
2006. Kimberly C. Monahan
      Administrative Assistant
      Biological Resources Eng.
2005. Carole Dingess
      Administrative Assistant
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2004. Theresa Queen
      Exe. Admin. Assistant
      Maryland Coop Extension
2003. Liesl Koch
      Administrative Coordinator
      Agricultural & Resource
2002. Tiffany Abe
      Administrative Assistant
      Biological Resources Engineering
2001. Edith Walsh
      Administrative Assistant
      Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture
2000. Carolyn M. Holstein
      Administrative Assistant
      Office of the Dean
1999. C. Christine Aggour
      Director, Department Administrator
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
1998. Patricia H. McMullen
      Administrative Assistant
      Animal & Avian Sciences
1997. Emma C. Gordon
      Administrative Assistant
      Natural Resource Sciences
1996. Shelia A. Brown
      Administrative Assistant
      Institute of Applied Agriculture
1995. Cathy M. Schwab
      Office of The Dean

Top

Non Tenure-track Faculty Excellence Award

(Category established 2009)

2011. Ginny Rosenkranz
      Faculty Extension Assistant
      UME
2011. Christine Hakenkamp
      Lecturer
      ANSC
2010. Daniel Fisher
      Senior Research Scientist
      WREC
2010. Heather Hutchinson
      Faculty Extension Asst. and Nutrient Mgmt. Specialist
      UME, WMREC
2009. Francis (Frank) Allnutt
      Faculty Research Assistant & Center Director, CMREC, WMREC & LESREC
      Maryland Experiment Station
2009. Lisa Lachenmayr
      Program Development & Outreach Coordinator
      Food Supplement Nutrition Education (FSNE) Program
      Maryland Cooperative Extension

Top

Off Campus Junior Faculty Award

(Category established 2008)

2011. Donielle Inskeep
      4-H Extension Educator
      UME-Frederick County
2011. Mary Concannon
      Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences
      UME-Baltimore County
2010. Nia Imani Fields
      4-H Youth Development Extension Educator
      UME Baltimore County
2009. no nominations this year
2008. Shannon Potter Dill
      Senior Agent & Director
      MCE Talbot County

Top

On Campus Junior Faculty Award

(Category established 2008)

2011. Utpal Pal
      Assistant Professor
      VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
2010. Joshua McGrath
      Assistant Professor
      Environmental Science and Technology
2009. Andreas Lange
      Assistant Professor
      Agricultural & Resource Economics (AREC)
2008. Dr. Xiaoping Zhu
      Assistant Professor
      Veterinary Medicine Programs

Top

Junior Faculty Award

2008. split into on- and off-campus awards
2007. Jennifer Becker
      Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
      Environmental Science and Technology
2006. Iqbal Hamza
      Assistant Professor
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2005. Daniel Perez
      Assistant Professor
      Veterinary Medicine
2004. Paula Shrewsbury
      Assistant Professor
      Department of Entomology
2003. Lori Lynch
      Associate Professor
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
2002. Inma Estevez
      Associate Professor
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2001. Richard Kohn
      Professor
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2000. Tom E. Porter
      Associate Professor
      Animal & Avian Sciences
1999. Kevin P. McKnew
      Professor
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
1998. Gary D. Coleman
      Professor
      Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture
1997. Elizabeth Boyle-Roden
      Professor
      Nutrition & Food Science
1996. Douglas K. Carmel
      Professor
      Veterinary Medicine
1995. Barbara K. Thorne
      Professor
      Entomology
1994. Mark J. Carroll
      Associate Professor
      Agronomy

Top

Faculty Extension Assistant/Faculty Research Assistant Award

2009. this award has been discontinued
2008. Dr. Bettye K. Walters
      Research Associate & Director
      Center for Public & Corporate Veterinary Medicine (CPCVM)

Top

Integrated Research & Extension Excellence Award

2011. Robert Kratochvil
      Associate Professor
      PSLA
2010. Loretta (Lori) Lynch
      Professor/Extension Specialist/Center Director
      Agricultural and Resource Economics
2009. John Lea-Cox
      Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Nursery Research
      Plant Science & Landscape Architecture (PSLA)

Top

Faculty Research Award

2011. Iqbal Hamza
      Associate Professor
      ANSC
2010. Daniel Perez
      Associate Professor
      VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
2009. Jose Costa
      Associate Professor
      Plant Science & Landscape Architecture (PSLA)

Top

The Paul R. Poffenberger Excellence in Teaching & Advising Award

2011. Patrick Kangas
      Associate Professor
      ENST
2010. Robert Chambers
      Professor
      Agricultural and Resource Economics
2009. Steven Cohan
      Professor of the Practice
      Plant Science & Landscape Architecture (PSLA)
2008. Dr. Amy Burk
      Assistant Professor, ANSC & Extension Specialist
      Equine Science
2007. Susan Walker
      Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
      Family & Consumer Sciences
2006. Robert T. Jackson
      Associate Professor
      Nutrition and Food Sc.
2005. Bahram Momen
      Associate Professor
      Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture

Top

UME Extension Excellence Award

(Formerly MCE Extension Excellence Award)

2011. Cassandra Corridon
      Extension Specialist
      4-H Youth Development
2010. Manami Brown
      Senior Agent, City Extension Director
      UME Baltimore City
2009. Joanne Hamilton
      Senior Agent, Carroll County Extension, Maryland Cooperative Extension
      AGNR Federal Retirement Coordinator
2008. Kendra Wells
      Senior Agent & Extension Specialist
      4-H Youth Development
2007. David Conrad
      CMREC
2006. Lynn Little
      County Ext. Director
      Washington County
2005. Doug Tregoning
      Extension Educator
      Montgomery County
2004. Donna Brinsfield
      Extension Educator
      MCE Caroline County
2003. Susan Morris
      Principal Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
      MCE - Montgomery County
2002. Dian Rowe
      Principal Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
      MCE - Baltimore County
2001. Theodore Haas
      Specialist
      Wye Research & Education Center
2000. Judith A. Stuart
      County Extension Director
      MCE - Carroll County
1999. David L. Greene
      County Extension Director
      MCE - Carroll County
1998. Ruth K. Miller
      Extension Educator Family & Consumer Sciences
      MCE - Calvert County
1997. Dale M. Johnson
      Regional Extension Specialist
      Western Maryland Research & Education Center
1996. Wallace T. Garrett
      MCE - Charles County
1995. Stanton A. Gill
      Specialist
      Central Maryland Research & Education Center

Top

Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work and Teaching in Agriculture

2011. Mary Ann Ottinger
      Professor
      ANSC
2010. Peter Dernoeden
      Professor & Extension Specialist
      Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
2009. Tom Porter
      Professor and Chair
      Animal & Avian Sciences (ANSC)
2008. Dr. Frederick Wheaton
      Professor, ENST & Director
      Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
2007. Siba Samal
      Veterinary Medicine
2006. Richard Erdman
      Animal & Avian Science
2005. Inder Vijay
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2004. Phyllis Moser-Veillon
      Nutrition & Food Science
2003. Ian Mather
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2002. Ramon Lopez
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
2001. Dennis Westhoff
      Animal & Avian Sciences
2000. Marc L. Nerlove
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
1999. Robert G. Chambers
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
1998. Richard E. Just
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
1997. Bruce Gardner
      Agricultural & Resource Economics
1996. Sashi B. Mohanty
      Veterinary Medicine
1995. Francis R. Gouin
      Horticulture
1994. Larry W. Douglass
      Animal Sciences
1993. J. Scott Angle
      Agronomy
1992. Jerry DeBarthe
      Animal Sciences

Top

AGNR College Medallion of Excellence Award

2011. Mr. George E. Lechlider
2010. no nominations this year
2009. Mr. F. Grove Miller
      Chairman of the Board of Directors, Maryland State Fair
      Past Member, UM Board of Regents
2008. Mr. Roscoe N. Whipp
      UM College of Agriculture 1942 Alumnus

      ShareThis

For more information, contact Loretta Carstens

Last updated: 05/22/2011

Apply to UM | Alumni & Friends | International | Media | Staff Directory | Faculty/Staff Resources | Web Manager | Web Stats

Equal opportunity employer and equal access programs