CFANS Honors & Awards 2020
Every spring during the CFANS College Assembly, our college celebrates faculty, staff and students by selecting individuals for collegiate honors and awards. The full list of 2020 recipients can be found below.
CFANS Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Tenured Faculty
Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Department of Applied Economics
CFANS Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Students
Chengyan Yue, Department of Horticultural Science
CFANS Pioneering and Innovation Award
Troy McKay, Agricultural Education, Communication, and Marketing
Graduate Assistant Teaching Award
Grant Hedblom, Department of Food Science and Nutrition
CFANS Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Staff Award – Technical Category
Todd Burnes, Department of Plant Pathology
CFANS Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Staff Award – Administrative Category
Wendy Composto, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
CFANS Professional and Academic Award – Research Category
Aubree Kees, Department of Entomology
CFANS Professional and Academic Award – Other Professional Category
Linda Eells, Department of Applied Economics
Distinguished Extension and Outreach Award
Krishona Martinson, Department of Animal Science
Distinguished Diversity and Inclusion Award
Christina Herron-Sweet, Department of Entomology
Dean E.M. Freeman Medal
Sierra Williamson, Agricultural and Food Business Management