CFANS Honors & Awards 2021

May 5, 2021

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 2021 recipients can be found below.

CFANS Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Tenured Faculty
Ruth Dill-Macky | Department of Plant Pathology 

CFANS Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Non-Tenured Faculty
Jason Kerwin | Department of Applied Economics 

CFANS Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Faculty
Michael Boland | Department of Applied Economics 

CFANS Pioneering and Innovation Award
Matt Petersen | Department of Entomology 

Graduate Assistant Teaching Award
Ramya Lekha Medida | Department of Animal Science 

CFANS Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Staff Award – Technical Category
Colin Zumwalde | Department of Horticulture Science 

CFANS Civil Service/Bargaining Unit Staff Award – Administrative Category
Cheryel Keyser | Water Resources Center 

CFANS Professional and Academic Award – Research Category 
Ben Held | Department of Plant Pathology 

CFANS Professional and Academic Award – Other Professional Category
Kristen Opitz | Department of Plant Pathology 

Distinguished Extension and Outreach Award
Robert Koch | Department of Entomology 

Distinguished Diversity and Inclusion Award
Candy Hirsch | Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics

Here's a list of past recipients.