2021 Recipients

Undergraduate Award

Maria Kelly
Law, Social Justice, and the Family


Graduate Award

Amanda Bruce
Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources


Staff Award

Charlotte Nelson
Department of Psychological Sciences
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences


Emerging Faculty Teaching Award

Sohyun Park
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources


Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award

Fiona Vernal
Africana Studies Institute
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences


Distinguished Faculty Research Award

Emmanouil Anagnostou
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Eversource Energy Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering
Director of the Eversource Energy Center
School of Engineering


Student Team Award

School of Pharmacy Student COVID-19 Vaccination Education Team

Student Team Members:

  • Adlin Garcia Betancourt (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Hiu Lan Chan (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Bailey Conkey (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Roshica Dehaney (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Madeleine Depinho (Pharm.D., ’22)
  • Kyra Durfee (Pharm.D.,’22 )
  • Xin Dong (Pharm.D., ‘24)
  • Isabella Hernandez (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Kylie Price (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Cara Rotatori (Pharm.D., ’22)
  • Jasmine Tankard (Pharm.D., ’21)
  • Lindsey Taupier (Pharm.D., ’22)
  • Alex Theriault (Pharm.D., ’23)
  • Leanne Varga (Pharm.D., ’22)
  • Lyla White (B.S. ’25, Pharm.D. ’27)

Faculty and Staff Team Members:

  • Michael White, Department Head and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
  • Diana Sobieraj, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
  • Jennifer Girotto, Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
  • Grzegorz Rdzak, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
  • Karin Whiting Burgess, Publicity/Marketing Administrator, School of Pharmacy

Faculty Team Award

Environment Corps (E-Corps)

Team Members:

  • Chester Arnold, Educator, Department of Extension and Director, Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR)
  • Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Professor, Department of Geography
  • Juliana Barrett, Extension Educator, CT Sea Grant and Department of Extension
  • Nefeli Bompoti, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Mark A. Boyer, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Department of Geography
  • Rebecca A. Campbell-Montalvo, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Todd Campbell, Department Head and Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Marisa Chrysochoou, Department Head and Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Hannah Cooke, Research Assistant and PhD candidate, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • David Dickson, Educator, Department of Extension and CLEAR
  • Michael Dietz, Educator, Department of Extension and CLEAR, and Director, Connecticut Institute for Water Resources (CIWR)
  • Peter Diplock, Associate Vice Provost, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
  • Keith Esch, Science Education Researcher, Horizon Research Inc.
  • Bruce Hyde, Educator, Department of Extension and CLEAR
  • Gladis Kersaint, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives
  • Suzanne LaFleur, Director of Faculty Development, CETL
  • Byung-Yeol Park, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Joan Pasley, Vice President, Horizon Research Inc.
  • Timothy Vadas, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Jason Vokoun, Department Head and Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
  • John Volin, Provost, University of Maine
  • Michael Willig, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Executive Director, Institute of the Environment