College of AHSS 2012 Award Winners

Dr. Dennis Cooley, Professor of Philosophy, was named the 2012 Outstanding Educator for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the annual Honors Day reception on October 26, 2012.

Laura Farrell received the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award and Andrew Pritchard was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award for 2011-12. Both are students in the Department of Communication.
Christina Weber, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, was named the Outstanding Teaching Award winner for 2012.

The Outstanding Creative Activity Award was presented to Michael Strand, Department of Visual Arts.
Gary Totten, Department of English, received the Outstanding Service Award for 2012.

The Outstanding Award for Research was given to David Silkenat, Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Honorable Mentions for the Outstanding Research Award were given to Zoltan Majdik, Communication; Joy Sather-Wagstaff, Anthropology (not pictured); and Nan Yu, Communication (not pictured).


Honorable mentions for teaching were awarded to Bruce Maylath, English; Kjersten Nelson, Political Science; and Carrie Ann Platt, Communication (not pictured).