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Recognized for academic achievements, contributions and service, please join us in congratulating faculty members and students from the College of Community Innovation and Education who received awards at the 2019 Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Held annually since 1990, this celebration serves as an opportunity for the university to recognize outstanding faculty, staff and student accomplishments.

View the full list of award recipients from our college below:

Pegasus Professor Award

Naim Kapucu, Ph.D.
Professor and School Director, School of Public Administration

Reach for the Stars Award

Megan Nickels, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Teacher Education

College Excellence Awards

College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Regina “Gina” Gresham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Teacher Education

Marni Kay, M.Ed.
Instructor, School of Teacher Education

Alice Noblin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Informatics

College Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Enrique Ortiz, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, School of Teacher Education

College Award for Excellence in Research

Dalena Dillman Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology

Student Founders’ Award

Mariah Creech
Legal Studies

Service Awards

20-Year Service Awards

Nancy Brasel, M.Ed.
Associate Instructor, School of Teacher Education

Gillian Eriksson, Ph.D.
Associate Lecturer, Department of Learning Science and Educational Research

Rebecca Hines, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Teacher Education

Dawn Oetjen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Management and Informatics

Gordon Taub, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology

Ross Wolf, Ed.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Criminal Justice

Vassilki "Vicky” Zygouris-Coe, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Teacher Education

30-Year Service Awards

Enrique Ortiz, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, School of Teacher Education

Martha Lue Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Teacher Education

Emeritus and Emerita Awards

Valerie Storey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education

Mark Young, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology

See photos from the 2019 Founders’ Day.