The Montana State University College of Letters and Science annual awards will honor faculty, staff and students at a ceremony Tuesday, April 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Strand Union Building’s Ballroom A.
Neha John-Henderson, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, and Sara Rushing, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, will receive the Letters and Science Meritorious Research and Creativity Award.
For the first time, this year’s Letters and Science Outstanding Teaching Award is broken down into five categories:
· Teaching excellence in classroom and laboratory teaching
· Teaching excellence in mentorship
· Teaching excellence in innovative or creative approaches to teaching with a special emphasis on innovation during the time of COVID-19
· Teaching approaches that enhance diversity, equity and inclusion
· Teaching excellence that serves MSU’s land-grant mission by broadening education in Montana communities
Erik Grumstrup, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Janet Ore, an instructor in the Department of History and Philosophy, have received the Letters and Science Outstanding Teaching Award for teaching excellence in classroom and laboratory teaching.
Andrea Litt, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, and Melinda Yager, a lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, have received the Letters and Science Outstanding Teaching Award for teaching excellence in mentorship.
Eric Raile, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and Paul Rugheimer, an associate teaching professor in the Department of Physics, have received the Letters and Science Outstanding Teaching Award for teaching excellence in innovative or creative approaches to teaching with a special emphasis on innovation during the time of COVID-19.
Cody Warner, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and Kate Kithil, an instructor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, have received the Letters and Science Outstanding Teaching Award for teaching approaches that enhance diversity, equity and inclusion.
Stacey Hancock, associate professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and Robyn Gotz, an instructor in the Department of Earth Sciences, have received the Letters and Science Outstanding Teaching Award for teaching excellence that serves MSU’s land-grant mission by broadening education in Montana communities.
Deborah Greene in the American Studies program and Jessica Myron in the Department of Physics will receive the Letters and Science Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award.
Greta Linse in the Human Ecology Learning and Problem Solving Lab and Statistical Consulting and Research Services and Jess Carroll in the MSU Writing Center will be honored with the Kathy Griffith Employee Excellence Award, which recognizes staff in the College of Letters and Science whose work performance is exceptional as well as professional.
Students Pushya Krishna, English, and Charlie Siders, physics, will receive the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. The college presents this award to its top seniors.
