Undergraduate Awards

Phi Kappa Phi Medallion (highest GPA in the college)

Geography – David Topping

Outstanding Senior Award

  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation – Sam Simon
  • Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation - Kati Burton
  • Geography – Gemma Wessels
  • Sustainable Biomaterials – Mariel Gomez*

*Denotes college-level winner

David William Smith Leadership Award

  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation – Haley Olsen‑Hodges
  • Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation - Emily Moore
  • Geography – Linda Goodson*
  • Sustainable Biomaterials – Wei‑Hao Liao

Graduate Awards

H.E. Burkhart Outstanding Master’s Student Award

  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation – Brogan Holcombe*
  • Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation – Nicholas Link
  • Geography – Tyler Gingrich
  • Sustainable Biomaterials – Saewhan Kim

A.B. Massey Outstanding Doctoral Student Award

  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation – Houston Chandler
  • Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation – Brent Hawks
  • Sustainable Biomaterials – Yang Zhou*

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation – Phillys Njambi Gichuru
  • Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation – Paige Williams*
  • Geography – Margaret Crawford
  • Sustainable Biomaterials – Mary Paz Alvarez Valverde

Alumni Award

Recent Alumni Award

Trey Good ‘16
Sustainable Biomaterials

Faculty and Staff Awards

Outstanding Staff Award

Linda Fitzgerald
The Advising Center

Diversity and Inclusion Award

  • Donald Orth
  • James Fraser
  • Dean Stauffer
  • Eric Hallerman
  • Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Award

Kevin Hamed
Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

Kevin Edgar
Sustainable Biomaterials

Research Achievement Award

Kevin McGuire
Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

Outstanding Teaching Award and Certificate of Teaching Excellence

Chad Bolding
Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

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