Faculty-Staff Honors: Iowa State University

Faculty, staff honors
Announcements For faculty/staff Submissions Submit professional honors and awards to inside@iastate.edu.	Communicator of the Year Cory Harms, ISU purchasing, received the National Association of Educational Procurement's Neil D. Markee Communicator of the Year Award. This award recognizes the NAEP member who made the most outstanding contribution to the profession during the year through written or spoken word. Wetland science merit award Arnold van der Valk, professor of ecology evolution and organismal biology, earned the 2008 Society of Wetland Scientists Merit Award. The award recognizes outstanding research, achievement or contribution to wetland science. Award of Excellence Christopher Seeger, assistant professor of landscape architecture and ISU Extension landscape architect, has received the 2008 Award of Excellence from the Iowa chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a Merit Award in communication from the society's Central States conference. The awards recognize his development of an interactive online geospatial tool used by a Seattle architecture firm to collect public input at a series of charrettes focusing on infrastructure and design plans for the city of Lake Forest Park, Wash. More. National leadership award Gary Taylor, assistant professor and extension specialist in community and regional planning, earned the 2008 American Planning Association's Chapter Presidents Council Leadership Award for Champter Professional Development Officer Recognition. He was recognized for his work in training the professional and citizen planners of Iowa. Learning Abroad Service Award Brenda Jones, associate professor of art and design, received the Phi Beta Delta 2008 Learning Abroad Service Award, recognizing significant involvement with, or development of, Iowa State educational programs abroad. Honorary degree from NYC college Gary Wells, professor of psychology and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will receive the honorary doctorate from John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York on Thursday, May 29. Ceremonies will be held at Madison Square Gardens and Wells will make brief remarks to the college's graduates after receiving the honorary doctorate. The honorary doctorate at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is based on nominations and votes of the college's professors and approval by the City University of New York Board of Trustees. Wells is being honored for his pioneering work on eyewitness identification and his landmark experiments on police lineups that have resulted in reforms in many police jurisdictions across the United States. Distinguished Iowa Science Teaching Award Jim Colbert, associate professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, received the 2008 Distinguished Iowa Science Teaching Award from the Iowa Academy of Science. The award recognizes and promotes undergraduate collegiate science teaching by an individual at an Iowa college or university. Learning Abroad Leadership Award Warren Dolphin, University Professor of genetics, development and cell biology, and Carl Bleyle, professor of music, have received the Phi Beta Delta 2008 Learning Abroad Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding leadership and contributions to education abroad at Iowa State. Ames Community Arts awards Reiman Gardens has earned the Ames Community Arts Council's 2008 Award for Support of the Arts in the Work Place. Earning the council's Award for Support of the Arts in the Media was Iowa Public Radio personality Karen Bryan. Board of Governors secretary Nancy Knight, director of graduate enrollment management in the College of Engineering, has been elected to a two-year term as secretary for the National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals, beginning July 1, 2008. Currently, Knight serves as chair of the association's Research and National Issues committee. Distinguished service James McKean, University Professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine and associate director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center, has received the Pork Checkoff's Distinguished Service Award from the National Pork Board. The award recognizes lifelong contributions to the pork industry. Recruiting efforts net Addy Awards ISU student recruitment materials garnered several awards in the recent Addy Awards competition among Des Moines area advertising professionals. The student recruitment team of ISU admissions and university marketing and ZLRIgnition collected a Gold Addy and two Silver Addys for TV spots and another Silver for a billboard. University Researcher Award Mark Kushner, dean of the College of Engineering, recently was presented the 2008 Semicounductor Industry Association University Researcher Award by an industry panel. The award was presented in Washington, D.C., in recognition of Kushner's many career contributions to semiconductor technology. Joens Association of Donor Relations Professionals Angela Joens, senior director of donor relations at the ISU Foundation, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP). Joens joined the ISU Foundation in 1999, and previously worked in fund raising for RuffaloCODY and the American Cancer Society. ADRP represents the donor relations and stewardship profession, supporting the development community through education, professional development and networking. Schuh appointed book review editor John Schuh, distinguished professor of educational leadership, has been appointed the book review editor of The New Review of Higher Education. He will oversee the solicitation, editing and publication of approximately 15 reviews per quarterly issue of the journal. Distinguished scientist Iver Anderson, Ames Lab metallurgist and adjunct professor in materials science and engineering, received the 2007 Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award from the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society's electornic, magnetic and photonic materials division. His development of lead-free solder was cited. More. Fulbright scholar Jacinto Fabiosa, co-director of ISU's Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, has been named a Fulbright Scholar to conduct research at Cairo University, Egypt, from March through July. He will study the drivers of Egypt's expanding food consumption patterns to strengthen the institute's ability to provide relevant market information to U.S. policymakers and stakeholders. Performance excellence ISU Facilities, Planning and & Managment took home silver (No. 3) from the recent 2007 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Awards. The awards recognize high performance management principles and are given by Gov. Chet Culver, the Executive Council of the Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence and the Iowa Quality Center. Institute fellow Venkataramana Ajjarapu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. More. Board of Trustees chair Jason Follett, practicum coordinator for the University Teacher Education Program, was elected 2007-09 chair of the State Historical Society of Iowa's board of trustees. He currently is in his second three-year term as a gubernatorial appointee to the board. Seven honored for architectural education Several Iowa State College of Design faculty and an ISU student have been honored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for achievements in architectural education. Gregory Palermo was among three faculty nationally to receive the ACSA Distinguished Professor Award. The ACSA creative achievement award went to faculty members Jason Alread, Thomas Leslie, James Miller, Joe Muench, Carl Rogers and Karen Jeske. Grand prize for research Hans van Leeuwen, ISU civil, construction and environmental engineering, and Jacek Koziel, ISU agricultural and biosystems engineering, were awarded the Grand Prize for University Research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Shewhart Medalist Meeker William Meeker, professor of statistics was awarded the Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality and named a fellow of the society at the same time. The medal is awarded for technical leadership to an individual "outstanding technical leadership in the field of modern quality control, especially through the development of its theory, principles and techniques." Outstanding Alum Tanya Zanish-Belcher, associate professor and head of the special collections department and University Archives at the ISU Library, received the 2007 Outstanding Alumni Award from Wright State University's history department (College of Liberal Arts). Excellence in procurement For the third consecutive year, the ISU Purchasing Department has earned the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award. The award for organizations that demonstrate excellence in procurement is sponsored by seven national and state associations in procurement, purchasing and supply management. Crop science fellow Silvia Cianzio, agronomy professor, was named a fellow by the Crop Science Society of America. Agronomy fellow Agronomy professor-collaborator and USDA-ARS soil scientist David Laird was named a fellow by the American Society of Agronomy. Soil science fellows Antonio Mallarino, agronomy professor, and Sally Logsdon, research soil scientist and agronomy collaborative professor, were recognized as 2007 fellows by the Soil Science Society of America. USDA Excellence in Teaching award Amy Kaleita, ISU agricultural and biosystems engineering, has been awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is based on teaching quality, philosophy, methodology, service to the profession and students as well as professional growth and development and the endorsement of an administrator, alumnus and colleague. Iowa Professor of the Year Gail Nonnecke, ISU horticulture, has been selected Iowa Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. The award is part of the U.S. Professors of the Year program, which salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country. It is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. ASWA Woman of the Year Jacobson Karen Jacobson, accountant for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, was honored at the Joint National Conference of the American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) and the American Women's Society of Certified Public Accountants (AWSCPA) October 27-29 in Orlando, Florida. Jacobson was selected Region 3 winner of the Balance Award for Individual Achievement, which recognizes her leadership and accomplishments within the financial and accounting profession and her commitment to work/life balance. She also was selected from the six regional winners as ASWA's Woman of the Year. AAAS fellows Five members of the Iowa State University faculty have been awarded the distinction of being named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Philip W. Becraft, Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, David Lynch, Gordon Miller and Jacob Petrich were awarded because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Educator Award Gregory Palmero, ISU architecture, received the Educator Award from the Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects at its fall convention in Des Moines. Award recipients have positively influenced a large number and wide range of students, are forward-thinking and integrate other areas of expertise into their teaching.