A new website celebrates 2020 recipients of Washington State University’s top honors, bestowed by the president, provost and selected faculty associations.
Traditionally, the university recognizes annual awardees at the Celebrating Excellence Banquet, an elegant affair with a catered dinner followed by an awards ceremony. This year, though, the banquet was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The new web pages are a way of paying tribute to our 2020 honorees, all of whom are exemplary for their scholarly or professional achievements,” said Vice Provost Laura Griner Hill, who co-chairs the Showcase Steering Committee. “I regret that the University was unable to honor these outstanding colleagues in person.”
The site includes a written profile of each awardee, paired with a photo or video. It also recognizes faculty who received promotion and/or tenure in the past year.
“Please take the time to visit the site and congratulate your colleagues,” Hill added.
The new web pages are part of the site for Showcase, WSU’s annual weeklong celebration of academic excellence. They recognize the following awardees:
Sahlin Eminent Faculty Award
- John Browse
Regents Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry
Lane Rawlins President’s Award for Distinguished Lifetime Service
- Rodney Croteau
Regents Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry
Emeritus Society Legacy of Excellence Award
- Donald Matteson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry
Presenter of the Distinguished Faculty Address
- Patricia Hunt
Meyer Distinguished Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences
Sahlin Faculty Excellence Awards
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Instruction
- Erika Gudrun Offerdahl
Associate Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences
- Erika Gudrun Offerdahl
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Leadership
- Stephen Bollens
Professor, School of Biological Sciences and School of the Environment
Director, Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station
- Stephen Bollens
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Outreach & engagement
- Cheryl B. Schultz
Professor, School of Biological Sciences
- Cheryl B. Schultz
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Research, scholarship & arts
- Gregory W. Yasinitsky
Regents Professor, Coordinator of Jazz Studies, School of Music
- Gregory W. Yasinitsky
President’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Instructors and Clinical Faculty
- Janet Peters
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology - Chris Dickey
Clinical Assistant Professor, Music
Faculty Diversity Award
- Gisela Ernst-Slavit
Professor, College of Education
Association for Faculty Women Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award
- Catherine “Katie” Marguerite Cooper
Associate Professor, School of the Environment
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
- Kim Christen
Professor and Director, Digital Technology and Culture Program; Director, Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation
Promotion to the rank of Regents Professor
- Katrina L. Mealey
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
President’s Employee Excellence Awards
- Nina Woodford
Director, Office of the Campus Veterinarian - Karen Fischer
Associate Dean of Students - Sue Sheppard
Development & Outreach Coordinator, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication - Denise Keeton
Assistant Director of Business Operations, Office of Commercialization - Kenneth Innami Porter
Research Technologist II, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
A list of newly tenured and/or promoted faculty is also available on the Showcase website.