Faculty and staff in the ¶¶Òõpro are honored each year with awards recognizing excellence in teaching, service, dedication, and research.
¶¶Òõpro Teaching Excellence Award
Faculty are chosen for the award based on demonstrated excellence in teaching as evaluated by a statement of personal pedagogy or philosophy, student work, a self-critique of their own work and teaching evaluations.
¶¶Òõpro Staff Award
The staff award honors a staff member in the college who exemplifies professionalism and dedication by performing above and beyond the job description, taking initiative on tasks, relating to others on the staff or faculty and demonstrating innovation or creativity in his/her job.
University Research Award
Research Awards are presented annually each spring by the ¶¶Òõpro University Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) and the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine. Faculty, staff and students from each of the university’s eight academic colleges, as well as MSU’s research administration, centers and institutes are honored for their exceptional contributions to the university’s research enterprise.
| 2023-2024 | |
|---|---|
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Jenna Altomonte |
| ¶¶Òõpro Early Career Teaching Excellence Award | Aaron White |
| 2022-2023 | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Silvina Lopez Barrera |
| 2021-2022 | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Lyndsey Miller |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Joe Morzuch |
| 2020-2021 | |
| Lyndsey Miller | |
| Joe Morzuch | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Hans Herrmann |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Jenna Altomonte |
| 2019-2020 | |
| Alireza Shojaei Kol Kachi | |
| Sheri Johnson | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Dominic Lippillo |
| 2018-2019 | |
| Dominic Lippillo | |
| Thomas Gregory | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Cassie Hester |
| ¶¶Òõpro Staff Award | Christina Vanderberg |
| 2017-2018 | |
| Jamie Burwell Mixon | |
| Scott Hudspeth | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Jassen Callender |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Jacob Gines |
| ¶¶Òõpro Staff Award | Laura Mitchell |
| 2016-2017 | |
| Jacob Gines | |
| Lori Neuenfeldt | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Soon Ee Ngoh |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Lyndsey Miller |
| ¶¶Òõpro Staff Award | Darlene Gardner |
| 2015-2016 | |
| Emily McGlohn | |
| Emily Roush-Elliot | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenured Teaching Excellence Award | Hans Herrmann |
| ¶¶Òõpro Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award | Dominic Lippillo |
| ¶¶Òõpro Staff Award | Pandora Prater |
| 2014-2015 | |
| Brent Funderburk | |
| Brent Funderburk | |
| Alexis Gregory | |
| Leah Kemp | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Teaching Excellence Award | Critz Campbell |
| ¶¶Òõpro Staff Award | Jane Lewis |
| 2013-2014 | |
| ¶¶Òõpro Teaching Excellence Award | Angi Elsea Bourgeois |
| ¶¶Òõpro Staff Award | Janine Davis |