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David Leitner
Kent McAdoo
Robert Morris
John Muntean
Ron Phaneuf
Mark Pingle
Sonja Pippin
James Richardson
Lynda Wiest
Jeffrey Wong
Surgeons of Thailand Honorary Fellowship.
Daphne Lapointe, Nevada Bureau of Mines
and Geology: Mackay Award for Excellence.
David Leitner, chemistry: College of Science
Hyung K. Shin Excellence in Research Award.
Andrea Lenz, music: Governor’s Art Award for
Excellence in the Arts.
Matthew Leone, criminal justice: College of
Liberal Arts Award for Outstanding Teaching by a
Member of the Continuing Faculty.
Anne Lindsay, Cooperative Extension: National
Television Award, third place; Western Regional
Television Award, first place, from the National
Extension Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences for “All 4 Kids.”
Kent McAdoo, Cooperative Extension:
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Distinguished Service Award.
Gary McCuin, Cooperative Extension: Nevada
Section Society For Range Management Great
Basin Award; Eureka County Conservation District
Outstanding in Conservation Award.
Amy Meier, Cooperative Extension,
MetLife Foundation Award of Excellence for
“Bootstraps” program.
Robert Morris, Cooperative Extension:
International Volunteer Award, awarded by
President Obama for volunteer work in Tajikistan.
John Muntean, Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology: Mousel-Feltner Award in Research.
Tom Nickles, philosophy: American Association
for the Advancement of Science Fellow.
Michele Pelter, Orvis School of Nursing,
and Alina Solovyova-Vincent, Teaching
and Learning Technologies: Third year in a row:
Blackboard Exemplary Course Award, in an
international competition, for their online course.
Solovyova-Vincent also won the 2011 Blackboard
Catalyst Award for Excellence in Online Professional
Development.
Ron Phaneuf, physics: Faculty Senate’s Award
for Outstanding Service.
Mark Pingle, economics: College of Business
2010 B.J. Fuller Teaching Excellence Award.
Sonja Pippin, accounting and information
systems: College of Business Beta Gamma Sigma
Researcher of the Year 2011.
Jonathan Price, Nevada Bureau of Mines and
Geology: Geological Society of America 2010 Public
Service Award; Mining and Metallurgical Society of
America President’s Citation.
James Richardson, sociology: Faculty Senate’s
Award for Outstanding Service.
Brad Schultz, Cooperative Extension: American
Society of Agronomy Publications Award for
Nevada Noxious Weed Field Guide.
Marilyn Smith, Cooperative Extension: MetLife
Foundation Award and National 4-H Council
Award of Excellence.
Thomas Smith, history: College of Liberal Arts
Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service by a
Member of the Contingent Faculty.
Daniel Spogen, family and community
medicine: Nevada Academy of Family Physicians’
2011 Family Physician of the Year and Consultant of
the Year; Truckee Meadows Tomorrow 2011 Silver
Star Award.
Yvonne Stedham, managerial sciences:
College of Business Graduate Faculty–Excellence in
Teaching Award.
Grant Stitt, criminal justice: College of Liberal
Arts Award for Service.
Ole Thienhaus, psychiatry: Nevada Business
magazine’s 2010 Northern Nevada Healthcare Hero
in the educator category.
Deborah Verstegen, educational
leadership: National Education Finance Conference
Distinguished Fellow.
Dan Weigel and Sally Martin, Cooperative
Extension: National Institute of Food and
Agriculture 2010 National Partnership Award for
“Family Storyteller,” a family-literacy program that
has helped more than 16,000 Nevada families.
Lynda Wiest, educational specialties: Co-chair
for the Psychology of Mathematics Education-
Northern American Chapter Conference, Fall 2011.
Don Winne, managerial sciences: College of
Business Student Council Outstanding Faculty
Award 2011.
Jeff Wong, accounting and information systems:
College of Business Beta Alpha Psi’s Outstanding
Accounting Faculty in 2010 and 2011.
Wei Yan,
physiology and
cell biology:
membership in the
National Institutes
of Health’s Cellular,
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Molecular and Integrative Reproduction Study
Section of the Center for Scientific Review.
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