PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University College of Sciences announced the winners of their annual awards at the college Recognition Event last Friday.
The first award went to sciences alumnus Bruce Gibbins, founder of Acrymed, a company based in
Two outstanding undergraduate students were honored. Distinguished Undergraduate Student Awards went to Sarah Low, a chemistry major from
Low is a member of the Chemistry Club and the Pre-pharmacy Club, and is vice president of Circle K, a service organization affiliated with Kiwanis. She is a volunteer for the
The Distinguished Graduate Student Award was given to Krittika Kanjilal, a physics doctoral student from
Professor Gerald Edwards of the
Named Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member was Fred Schuetze of the
The second staff award went to Tom Cowger, fiscal manager in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His nominators described him as highly professional and productive. He is supportive of those he supervises and encourages them to adopt the highest work standards.
Paul Verrell, associate professor in the
The Thomas E. Lutz Teaching Excellence Award, which memorializes a former longtime mathematics faculty member, was given to Michael Konkel, associate professor in the
Doerte Blume is currently assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. She received the Young Faculty Performance Award. Blume has an excellent research record in the field of cold quantum gasses and has research relationships with the top scientists around the world in that field. She recently organized a workshop that was attended by many of them. The quality and visibility of her work has attracted excellent graduate students to work in her lab, where her standards are very high.
A new award, the College of Sciences Legacy of Excellence, which honors a retired faculty who has contributed as researcher, teacher, mentor and sometimes as an administrator, was given to Glenn Crosby, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry.
When
He has received many awards, most recently the American Institute of Chemists 2006 Pioneer Award.