Faculty and Staff Awards
The Hajim School is gifted with an exceptional community of faculty and staff dedicated to preparing our students to build a future that’s ever better. Each year, both the Hajim School and the University at large recognize individuals who go above and beyond to enhance the educational experience.
Hajim School Faculty and Staff Awards
Every year during commencement, the Hajim School recognizes outstanding faculty and staff who have had a profound effect preparing our students for success.
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes faculty for outstanding achievements in research, teaching, and leadership over the course of their career.
Recipients:
2025: Jannick Rolland
2024: Eby Friedman
2023: Diane Dalecki
2022: Laurel Carney
2021: John Lambropoulos
2020: Govind Agrawal
2019: James Fienup
2018: Michael Scott
2017: Sheryl Gracewski
2016: Robert Waag
2015: Mark Bocko
2014: Richard Waugh
2013: Riccardo Betti
2012: Duncan Moore
2011: Kevin Parker
2010: Ching Tang
2009: Emil Wolf
2008: No award given
2007: Shaw Chen
2006: Al Clark
2005: Jim Li
2004: Richard Eisenberg
2003: Carlos Stroud
2002: Robert McCrory
2001: Nick George
Edmund A. Hajim Outstanding Faculty Award
This award recognizes excellence in teaching, research, and service.
2025: Chenliang Xu
2024: Jiebo Luo
2023: Douglas Kelley
2022: Julie Bentley
2021: Mark Bocko
2020: Sandhya Dwarkadas
2019: James McGrath
2018: Laurel Carney
2017: Jannick Rolland
2016: Nick Vamivakas
Edmund A. Hajim Outstanding Staff Award
This award recognizes excellence and dedication well above and beyond the call of duty.
Recipients:
2025: Tal Haring
2024: Tim Woodward
2023: Sara Klinkbeil and Dustin Newman
2022: Carla Boff
2021: Lori Russell
2020: Bonnie Lipari
2019: Jennifer Condit
2018: Gina Kern
2017: Cindy Gary
2016: Bob Marcotte
2015: Tony Green
2014: Per Adamson
2013: Eileen Pullara
2012: John Miller
2011: Michelle Foster
2010: Marty Guenther
2009: Gayle Thompson
2008: No award given
2007: Deb Neiner-Lingg
2006: John Strong
2005: Dottie Welch
2004: Ken Adams
2003: Lisa Norwood
2002: Donna Porcelli
2001: Maureen Muar
Dottie Welch Student Enrichment Award
This award recognizes a Hajim School staff member “whose performance and dedication enriches the student experience in the tradition exemplified by Dottie Welch.”
Recipients:
2025: Taimi Marple
2024: Mason Garlatti
2023: Bill Mildenberger
2022: Christine Pratt
2021: Lisa Norwood
2020: Dustin Newman
2019: Barbara Dick
2018: Taimi Marple
2017: Cindy Fitzgerald
2016: Dan Smith
2015: Jennifer Condit
2014: Rachel Monfredo
University-wide awards for Hajim School faculty
The University recognizes our faculty and teachers through a variety of teaching awards. Below are lists of awardees from the Hajim School.
Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
The Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes the distinctive teaching accomplishments and skills of faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS), the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (Hajim), and the Eastman School of Music (Eastman).
2025: David Foster
2024: Mark Buckley
2023: James McGrath
2022: Ajay Anand
2022: Christopher Muir
2020: Scott Seidman
2018: John Lambropoulos
2017: Thomas Brown
2016: Amy Lerner
2014: Julie Bentley
2012: Mark Bocko
2010: Renato Perucchio
Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
This award recognizes a record of distinguished undergraduate teaching, typically developed over at least eight years.
2023: George Ferguson
2019: Chris Muir
2016: Andrew Berger
2013: Miguel Alonso
2012: Lane Hemaspaandra
2005: Jack Mottley
1999: John Lambropoulos
1994: Martin Feinberg
1987: Alfred Clark, Jr.
1982: David Farden
1973: H. Searl Dunn
1969: Herbert Voelcker
William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
The Riker Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching recognizes a faculty member who has excelled in graduate instruction, particularly in the University’s doctoral programs.
2024: Jiebo Luo
2020: Michael Scott
2013: Govind Agrawal
2011: Philippe Fauchet
2005: Eby Friedman
2000: Emil Wolf
1997: James Allen
1993: James CM Li
Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education
The Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education Award recognizes faculty members who have provided outstanding education to doctoral students at the University.
2016: Duncan Moore
G. Graydon Curtis ’58 and Jane W. Curtis Award for Non-Tenured Faculty Teaching
Established in honor of Professor Ralph Helmkamp, Class of 1911, professor of chemistry, this award recognizes teaching excellence by a non-tenured member of the faculty. The award is intended for faculty on the tenure track who have not yet been tenured.
2025: Sobhit Singh
2024: Hesam Askari
2023: Andrea Pickel
2022: Stephen Wu
2019: Andrew White
2018: Wyatt Tenhaeff
2017: Douglas Kelley
2016: Nickolas Vamivakas
2003: Wendi Heinzelman