Alumni Achievement Awards

2024

Early Career Excellence Award 
– Ramón Barthelemy, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Caitlyn Dial, Department of History
– Ian Hollenbaugh, World Languages and Literatures
– Katrina Koehler, Department of Physics

Department, School, or Institute Award 
– Renée Branch Canady, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Regina Campbell, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
– Seife Dendir, Department of Economics
– Phillip Eskander, Department of Spanish
– Michael Fombang, Department of Biological Sciences
– Rebecca Harvey, School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability
– Muhammet Hasoglu, Department of Physics
– John Martin III, World Languages and Literatures
– Kristopher Phillips, Department of Philosophy
– Richard Seim, Department of Psychology
– William Vander Woude, Department of Mathematics

College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Achievement Award 
– Melba Joyce Boyd, Department of English
– George Wellman, Department of Chemistry

2023

Department, School, or Institute Award 
– Scott Hodges, Department of Biological Sciences
– Stephanie Slingerland, School of Communication
– Cynthia Visscher, Department of Comparative Religion
– Isabel Ruiz, Department of Economics
– Henry Sias, Department of English
– Cheyenne Lei, School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability
– Franklyn Legall, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
– Hanmo Zhang, Department of History
– Cleothia Frazier, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
– Ozcan Gulacar, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Ralucca Gera, Department of Mathematics
– Coreen Geary, Department of Philosophy
– John Novak, Department of Physics
– Sean McCann, Department of Political Science
– Emily Fredericks, Department of Psychology
– Julián Ramírez, Department of Spanish

2022

Department, School, or Institute Award 
– Erica Wehrwein, Department of Biological Sciences
– Mike Burns, Department of Economics
– Jenny Doezema, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
– Sara Pearson, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
– Kathryn Giroux, Global and International Studies
– William (Bill) Parsons, Department of History
– Michael Scott Johnson, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
– Daniall Poulsen, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– M. Lynn Breyfogle, Department of Mathematics
– Peggy Vandenberg, Department of Philosophy
– Elias Garratt, Department of Physics
– Bernardine Pinto, Department of Psychology
– Collin Mays, Department of Political Science

2020

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Dr. Denise Olson, Department of Biological Sciences
– James Salvador, Department of Chemistry
– Dr. William W. McCorkle Jr., Department of Comparative Religion
– Paul Carlson, Department of Economics
– Dr. Robert LoPiccolo, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
– Sharon Ferraro, Department of History
– Timarshay Bracewell, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
– Dr. James Price, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Monique Wonderly, Department of Philosophy
– Dr. Ayman Said, Department of Physics
– Robert Trezise Jr., School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Kristen DeVall, Department of Sociology
– Dr. Ruvie Lou Maria Martinez Martin, Department of Statistics
– Dr. Rebecca Makas, Department of World Languages and Literatures
– Daniel Hadley, Global and International Studies Program
– Dr. Dylan Schmorrow, Department of Psychology
– Bonnie Moss, Department of Spanish

2018

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Susan Reichert, Department of Anthropology
– Gary J. Pierce, Department of Biological Sciences
– Jack Manis, Department of Chemistry
– Michael Steele, School of Communication
– Dustin Byrd, Department of Comparative Religion
– Emily Kastner, Department of English
– Roger Steininger, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
– Diana Bergwin, Global and International Studies Program
– Alan Holck, Department of History
– Nicholas Scoville, Department of Mathematics
– Mark Rochon, Department of Philosophy
– Ryan Findlay, Department of Political Science
– Iser DeLeon, Department of Psychology
– Judith Huth, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Kevin Fuchs, Department of Spanish
– Loren Heun, Department of Statistics
– Sarah Murray, Department of World Languages and Literatures
– William Waller, Department of Economics
– Theresa Crimmins, Department of Geography
– Kathy Mirakovits, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– James Olson, Department of Biological Sciences
– Edward Gordon III, School of Communication

2017

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Dr. John W. Martel, Department of Biological Sciences
– Mary Kathryn (MK) Seipke, School of Communication
– Rev. Stephen Shick, Department of Comparative Religion
– David J. Donovan, Department of Economics
– Jason Weeby, Department of English
– Dr. Kathleen M. Baker, Department of Geography
– Ahmed Ali Murad, Department of Geosciences
– Clifford Pulley III, Global and International Studies Program
– Dr. Sylvia D. Hoffert, Department of History
– John Altan Kusku, Department of Mathematics
– Steven D. Brewer, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Jonah N. Schupbach, Department of Philosophy
– Ali Sami Alnaser, Department of Physics
– Ashley Horvat, Department of Political Science and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
– Laura K. Murray, Department of Psychology
– Mirtha Rosa Beadle, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Daniel J. Ebenhoeh, Department of Spanish
– Toby Hall, Department of Statistics
– Jason Albaugh, Department of World Languages and Literatures

2016

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Dr. William Bowerman, Department of Biological Sciences
– David B. Stevens, Department of Economics
– Randi S. N. Yoder, Department of English
– Randy Curtis Hice, Department of Chemistry
– Liza Keckler, School of Communication
– Stacy Noblet, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
– Dr. Jeroen Wagendorp, Department of Geography
– Dane Alexander, Department of Geosciences
– Michael Riedel, Global and International Studies Program
– Anne Wend Lipsey, Department of History
– Dr. Rosario Cañizales Rodriguez, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Jonathan K. Hodge, Department of Mathematics
– Matt Bahleda, Department of Philosophy
– Joan de Vries Kelley, Department of Physics
– Kevin Knutson, Department of Political Science
– Adam Prus, Department of Psychology
– James P. Mallery, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Corey Shouse, Department of Spanish
– Rebekkah L. Zanotti, Department of World Languages and Literatures

2015

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Jeffrey J. Richner, Department of Anthropology
– Dr. James Olson, Department of Biological Sciences
– Dr. Brendan P. Kelly, Department of Chemistry
– Thomas P. Englert, School of Communication
– Bill Monroe, Department of Economics
– Jeff W. Huebner, Department of English
– Michele Richards, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Studies
– Rep. Kristy Pagan, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
– James McManus, Department of Geography
– Dr. Brian R. Shaw, Department of Geosciences
– Ellen Knuth, Global and International Studies Program / Department of World Languages and Literatures
– Dr. Michael Adas, Department of History
– Valerie A. Long, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Marci Tuzinsky, Department of Mathematics
– David J. Paul, Department of Philosophy
– Dr. Vladislav Malyshkin, Department of Physics
– James S. Brady, Department of Political Science
– Dr. Shezeen Oah, Department of Psychology
– Amy Ostrander, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Gregory Sumner, Department of Spanish
– Dr. Chad Schafer, Department of Statistics

2014

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Erin Archuleta, Department of English
– Charles E. Binder, Department of History
– Dr. Timothy Chartier, Department of Mathematics
– Patricia O'Brien Cotter, Department of Political Science
– LZ Granderson, School of Communication
– Dr. Boyd J. Hanson, Department of Statistics
– Bryan Hill, Department of Spanish
– Dr. Jane S. Howard, Department of Psychology
– Dr. Eric M. Howe, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Marc Andrew Humphrey, Department of Physics
– Dr. Hilman Latief, Department of Comparative Religion
– Angela Marie Pasula, Department of Philosophy
– Dr. Trilisa M. Perrine, Department of Chemistry
– Thom Phillips, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Studies
– Dr. Kenneth Norman Purnell, Department of Geography
– Dr. Jessica (Rieger) Sturm, Department of World Languages and Literatures
– Sam Valenti III, Department of Economics
– Dr. Jeffrey L. Watts, Department of Biological Sciences
– Mike Wireman, Department of Geosciences
– Dr. Bradley E. Wright, School of Public Affairs and Administration

2013

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Dr. Daniel Sayers, Department of Anthropology
– MG Richard Stone, Department of Biological Sciences
– Dr. George Cooper, Department of Chemistry
– Kate McCallum, School of Communication
– Richelle Mead, Department of Comparative Religion
– Jon R. Robinson, Department of Economics
– James Griffioen, Department of English
– Cara Mroczek, Department of Environmental Studies
– Morella Petrozzi, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
– Dr. Kris Wernstedt, Department of Geography
– Jim Farnsworth, Department of Geosciences
– Shirley Ort, Department of History
– Mary Burke, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Richard Ferguson, Department of Mathematics
– Matthew Burian, Department of Philosophy
– Hugh Van Brimer, Department of Physics
– Dr. Barbara Romzek, Department of Political Science
– Dr. Mark LeSage, Department of Psychology
– Dr. Susanne Homant, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Hedy Habra, Department of Spanish
– Dr. Kimberly Crimin, Department of Statistics
– Monique Coyne, Department of World Languages and Literatures

2012

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Marla Buckmaster, Department of Anthropology
– Rhonda Snook, Department of Biological Sciences
– Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Department of Chemistry
– Carleen Crawford, School of Communication
– Christine Blakeney, Department of Comparative Religion
– Carlos Vargas-Silva, Department of Economics
– Tisha Pankop, Department of English
– Rebecca C. Hardie, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
– Ilmars Mezs, Department of Geography
– Thomas Drean, Department of Geosciences
– Joan Bauer, Department of History
– Drew Isola, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Larry L. Hatfield, Department of Mathematics
– Dylan Schmorrow, Department of Philosophy
– Robert Poel, Department of Physics
– Erich Pica, Department of Political Science & Environmental Studies
– Henry D. Schlinger, Department of Psychology
– Daniel J. Hurley, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Rebekah Friesen, Department of Spanish
– Asheber (Ash) Abebe, Department of Statistics
– Jeanne Friedman, Department of World Languages and Literatures

2011

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Kenneth R. Pott, Department of Anthropology
– James Fordyce, Department of Biological Sciences
– David S. Ansel, Department of Chemistry
– T.R. Reid, School of Communication
– Nadia Tremonti, Department of Comparative Religion
– Adugna Lemi, Department of Economics
– Bonnie Jo Campbell, Department of English
– Cynthia O. Ruoff, Department of Foreign Languages
– Kenneth A. Nacci, Department of Geography
– W. Richard Laton, Department of Geosciences
– Michael H. Parsons, Department of History
– Mary Lindow, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Jesús De Loera, Department of Mathematics
– Kristin Andrews, Department of Philosophy
– E. Rozanne Elder, Medieval Institute
– Dennis A. Swan, Department of Political Science
– Sherry Pagoto, Department of Psychology
– Darnell Earley, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Jeremy Sayles, Department of Spanish
– Kimberly Perry, Department of Statistics

2010

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Dr. Ollie Barnes, Department of Africana Studies
– Marvin Keller, Department of Anthropology
– Annette Elizabeth Fleckenstein, Department of Biological Sciences
– John Nappier, Department of Chemistry
– Deirdre Bryant Worth, School of Communication
– Kevin Haverdink, Department of Economics
– Dave Dempsey, Department of English
– Aaron Boesenecker, Department of Foreign Languages
– Amber Depuydt-Goodlock, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
– Lotta Jarnefelt-Burns, Department of Geography
– Howard A. Nevins, Department of Geosciences
– Grafton "Grif" Cook, Department of History
– David Zacker, Department of Philosophy
– Ahmad Farhat, Department of Physics
– Daniel A. Witt, Department of Political Science
– William Heward, Department of Psychology
– Carolyn Cassin, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Eric Schreur, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Lee Lovely, Department of Spanish
– Sudhakar Rao, Department of Statistics

2009

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Brent Metz, Department of Anthropology
– James Dabrowiak, Department of Chemistry
– Judith S. Trent, School of Communication
– J. Rebecca Lyman, Department of Comparative Religion
– Alketa Hysenbegasi, Department of Economics
– Karl R. Sandelin, Department of English
– Roberto Zuniga, Department of Foreign Languages / Department of Spanish
– Steven R. Deisler, Department of Geography
– Eliot Atekwana, Department of Geosciences
– Richard M. Hughey, Sr., Department of History
– Brian L. Garman, Department of Mathematics
– Kristin DeKam, Department of Philosophy
– Leslie Braksick, Department of Psychology
– Sam Yoveff, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Barbara McKinney, Department of Statistics

2008

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Toni Woolfork-Barnes, Department of Africana Studies
– Deb Rotman, Department of Anthropology
– Marsha Oenick, Department of Chemistry
– Daniel Pellegrom, Department of Comparative Religion
– Patricia A. Dolly, School of Communication
– Happy Siphambe, Department of Economics
– Robert W. Bradley, Department of English
– Derek Humphries, Department of Environmental Studies
– John Van Gessel, Department of Foreign Languages
– Paul F. Krause, Department of Geography
– Barry C. McBride, Department of Geosciences
– Werner G. Marten, Department of History
– Donald G. Southwell, Department of Mathematics
– Luis Samuel González, Department of Philosophy
– William Sigourney Hough, Department of Physics
– John R. Petrocik, Department of Political Science
– Douglas W. Woods, Department of Psychology
– Karen Aldridge-Eason, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Tiffany Moore, Department of Spanish

2007

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Christine Cronk, Department of Anthropology
– Walter Scott, Department of Biological Sciences
– Bob Hercules, School of Communication
– Glenn Gross, Department of Economics
– Francine Rossi, Department of English
– Lawrence Kuiper, Department of Foreign Languages
– Sharafat Khan, Department of Geography
– Robert K. Garrison, Department of Geosciences
– William C. Donohoe, Department of History
– Ben Smith, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Vern Paulsen, Department of Mathematics
– Zachary Ernst, Department of Philosophy
– James R. Slusser, Department of Physics
– Lee P. Reno, Department of Political Science
– Terry McSween, Department of Psychology
– John E. Crews, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Joyce Montgomery-Scott, Department of Sociology
– Julianne Cassin Sharp, Department of Spanish
– Michael Longnecker, Department of Statistics

2006

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Phil Neusius, Department of Anthropology
– Alison J. Fisher, Department of Chemistry
– Ed Gordon, School of Communication
– John E. Anderson, Department of Economics
– Theodore E. Townsend, Jr., Department of English
– Hans J. Stolle, Department of Geography
– Timothy L. Clarey, Department of Geosciences
– Howard Odell Lindsey, Department of History
– Charlene E. Beckmann, Department of Mathematics
– Daniel Fidel Ferrer, Department of Philosophy
– Lawrence J. Satkowiak, Department of Physics
– Nancy Diehl, Department of Political Science
– Gerald L. Shook, Department of Psychology
– Cameron Brown, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Nancy Wonders, Department of Sociology
– Chris Durren, Department of Spanish
– Dallas E. Johnson, Department of Statistics

2005

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Andrea Allen, Department of Anthropology
– Roger Ulrich, Department of Biological Sciences
– Norman Holy & Thomas Asmus, Department of Chemistry
– James McHale, School of Communication
– Joel Olah, Department of Comparative Religion
– Daniel Bitzer, Department of Economics
– Michael Schroeder, Department of English
– Thomas Petzold, Department of Foreign Languages
– Val Eichenlaub, Department of Geography
– Paul Goudreault, Department of Geosciences
– Timothy Stoepker, Department of History
– Charles Townsend, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Ronald Gould, Department of Mathematics
– Richard Sharp, Department of Philosophy
– Michael Khazhinsky, Department of Physics
– Richard D. Reed, Department of Political Science
– Kristi Gruizenga, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Michael Carrier, Department of Sociology
– José Santamaría, Department of Spanish

2004

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Mattie M. Jordan-Woods, Department of Africana Studies
– Dr. Jonathan Leader, Department of Anthropology
– Dr. Margaret Drehobl-Lawless, Department of Biological Sciences
– Dr. Sultan Abu-Orabi, Department of Chemistry
– Dr. Joann Keyton, School of Communication
– Dr. Robert N. McCauley, Department of Comparative Religion
– Dr. Daniel G. Arce, Department of Economics
– Sandra Bennett Bruce, Department of English
– Thomas Funke, Department of Environmental Studies
– John Beaudoin, Department of Foreign Languages
– Dr. Kingsley E. Haynes, Department of Geography
– John Fowler, Department of Geosciences
– Dr. Ellsworth H. Brown, Department of History
– Dr. Robert H. Poel, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Saul Stahl, Department of Mathematics
– Phyllis (Peggy) Vandenberg, Department of Philosophy
– Peter S. Anderson, Department of Physics
– His Excellency Bader Omar Al-Dafa, Department of Political Science
– Dr. Linda J. Hayes, Department of Psychology
– Michael Anderson, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Kathleen A. Tiemann, Department of Sociology
– Timothy H. Statler, Department of Spanish

2003

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Sandra Fields-Neal, Department of Africana Studies
– Anne Harcus, Program in American Studies
– Dr. Terrance J. Martin, Department of Anthropology
– Dr. Robert Provenzano, Department of Biological Sciences
– Dr. Bruce Roe, Department of Chemistry
– Kyle Caldwell & Jack Clifford, School of Communication
– Ed Gaskin, Department of Comparative Religion
– Dr. Catalina (Caty) Amuedo-Dorantes, Department of Economics
– William A. (Bud) Brian, Department of English
– Tom Ulrich, Department of Environmental Studies
– Dr. Mary-Kathleen (Gernant) Blanchard, Department of Foreign Languages
– Wm. Brian Hartman, Department of Geography
– Jeff Hawkins, Department of Geosciences
– Dr. Florin Curta, Department of History
– Richard D. Reed, Department of History and Department of Political Science
– Dr. Janet Vail, Mallinson Institute for Science Education
– Dr. Robert von der Osten, Department of Philosophy
– Christopher C. Womack, Department of Political Science
– Dr. Mitchell J. Picker, Department of Psychology
– Dr. Dale Howe, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Don Williams, Department of Sociology
– Thomas King, Department of Spanish

2002

Department, School, or Institute Award
– Dr. Akhil Gupta, Department of Anthropology
– Dr. John Mulder, Department of Biological Sciences
– Dr. Carl Botan, School of Communication
– Dr. Edward T. Linenthal, Department of Comparative Religion
– Dr. Vinod Thomas, Department of Economics
– Martin Critchell, Department of English
– Dr. Steven F. Kokmeyer, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
– Ronald A. Parker, Department of Geosciences
– Dr. Dale H. Porter, Department of History
– Dr. Linda Lesniak, Department of Mathematics
– Dr. Bruce Brower & Dr. Charles Lewis, Department of Philosophy
– Dr. Leo Parpart, Department of Physics
– Dr. Bradley F. Smith, Department of Political Science
– Dr. Maria Malott, Department of Psychology
– State Representative Nancy Quarles, School of Public Affairs and Administration
– Dr. Ann Goetting, Department of Sociology
– Loren Huen, Department of Statistics

This award is given by Western Michigan University's College of Arts and Sciences. It is not the same as the University Distinguished Alumni Award given by the WMU Alumni Association.