CANR Faculty & Staff Awards

2024 CANR Faculty and Staff Awards Reception

Thursday, May 2, 2024
2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Formal program begins at 3 p.m.

MPS Atrium
1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI 48824

Complimentary parking is available in all pay by plate parking lots for those without parking passes.

Join us in celebrating our outstanding CANR faculty and staff!

Each year the college recognizes faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In addition to the awards listed below, we will celebrate new hires, promotion and tenure, years of service milestones and other key CANR awards.

The awards program includes formal recognition of the following awards:

CANR Teaching Awards

Camden Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award: Karen Waite, Department of Animal Science
CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award: Tyler Becker, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
CANR Excellence in Teaching – New Teacher Award: Michele Nikolai, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
CANR Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award: Tanya Iretskaia, Department of Community Sustainability
MSU Extension Excellence in Teaching: Laurie Rivetto and Carol Bublitz

CANR Excellence in Research Awards

Early Career Researcher Award
- 2023
  - Eric Patterson, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
  - Elizabeth Perry, Department of Community Sustainability
- 2024
  - Abigail Bennett, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Established (Mid-Career) Researcher Award
- 2023
  - Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- 2024
  - Adam Lock, Department of Animal Science
Research Fellow (Career) Awards
- 2023
  - Hui Li, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Impact Award
- 2023: SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology-Wastewater Evaluation and Reporting (SEWERS) Network
  - Joan Rose, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
  - Erin Dreelin, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Nishita D'Souza, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Rebecca Ives, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Jade Mitchell, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  - Ryan Julien, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  - Mackenzie DeRaad,
  - Lydia Arbaugh, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Xijiao Wang, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
  - Spencer Kuehn, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Simran Singh, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Alex Tran, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Corrine Caponigro, Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Natural Science
  - Emily Zak, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science
  - Melissa Downs, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
  - Sarah Holmes, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- 2024: Metrics, Management, and Monitoring: An Investigation of Pasture and Rangeland Soil Health and its Drivers (3M) Team
  - Jason Rowntree, Department of Animal Science
  - Matt Raven, Department of Community Sustainability
  - Melissa McKendree, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
  - Frank Lupi, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
  - Jeremiah Asher, Institute of Water Research

CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor: Erin Hannah

Paul Roberts Awards for Distinguished Service in Education Abroad: Southern African Wildlife College

CANR Staff Awards

CANR Staff Dean's Award of Distinction: Paul Bloese, Department of Forestry
CANR Excellence in Research Performance and Support: Lynn Worden, Department of Animal Science
CANR Early Achievement Award: Kevin Cox, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Spirit of CANR: Ashley Lathrop, Department of Community Sustainability

CANR Global Scholars

2024 CANR Global Scholars in Research: Daniel Uyeh, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
2024 CANR Global Scholar in Extension:

Parker Jones, MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute - Product Center
Janis Brinn, MSU Extension Children and Youth Institute- Global and Cultural Programming
Ghaida Havern, MSU Extension Health and Nutrition Institute

CANR You Belong Here Champion Awards

You Belong Here Faculty Award: Callista Rakhmatov, Department of Entomology and CANR International Programs
You Belong Here Undergraduate Student Award: Lex Stuart, Department of Animal Science
You Belong Here Graduate Student Award: Sharron (Ronnie) Miller, Department of Entomology
You Belong Here Staff Award: Stephanie Chau, Undergraduate Diversity

CANR DEI Badge Awards

Platinum badge awards:
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Community Sustainability
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
- School of Packaging
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- MSU Extension Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute
- School of Planning, Design and Construction
Gold badge awards:
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
- Department of Forestry
- Kellogg Biological Station
- MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute
- MSU Extension Health and Nutrition Institute