ACES 2019 Funk Awards recipients recognized
URBANA, Ill. - Each spring the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences recognizes faculty, staff, and graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding achievements or exceptional service to the college. Recipients are honored at the annual Paul A. Funk Recognition Awards Banquet. This year, the banquet was held Monday, April 8, at Pear Tree Estate in rural Champaign.
The awards program was established in 1970 by the Paul A. Funk Foundation of Bloomington, as a memorial to the late Paul A. Funk, who attended the college as a member of the class of 1929 and devoted his life to agriculture.
The 2019 recipients include:
PAUL A. FUNK RECOGNITION AWARD
Barbara Fiese, Human Development and Family Studies
Gary Schnitkey, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Patrick Tranel, Crop Sciences
SPITZE LAND-GRANT PROFESSORIAL CAREER EXCELLENCE AWARD
Roderick Mackie, Animal Sciences
RUNGE FACULTY DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DoKyoung Lee, Crop Sciences
FACULTY AWARD FOR GLOBAL IMPACT
Peter Goldsmith, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
TEAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Turner Hall Renovation Team:
Germán Bollero, Office of Research
Jeff Brawn, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Meg Cline, University of Illinois Foundation
Barry Dickerson, Gies College of Business Advancement
Darren L. Gentzler, ACES Facilities Planning and Management
Bob Hauser, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Nichole Isaac, Office of Research
Marise Robbins-Forbes, ACES Advancement
Amber Ruedi, Crop Sciences
Kelly Sullan, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Roger VanHoy, Office of Corporate Relations
Doug Wolters, ACES Facilities Planning and Management
FACULTY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Senior
Robin L. Jarrett, Human Development and Family Studies
College
Brian Ogolsky, Human Development and Family Studies
FACULTY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Senior
Craig Gundersen, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
College
Zeynep Madak Erdogan, Food Science and Human Nutrition
FACULTY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EXTENSION
Hans Stein, Animal Sciences
KARL E. GARDNER OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE ADVISER AWARD
Dan Shike, Animal Sciences
JOHN CLYDE AND HENRIETTA DOWNEY SPITLER TEACHING AWARD
Phil Cardoso, Animal Sciences
SPECIALIZED FACULTY TEACHING AWARD
Jon H. Scholl, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
PROFESSIONAL STAFF AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Innovation and Creativity
Brian Jacobson, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Sustained Excellence—Administrative/Management or Technical Contributions
Joseph G. LaTessa, Office of Research
Sustained Excellence—Research
Mei Wang, Food Science and Human Nutrition
MARCELLA M. NANCE STAFF AWARD
Denise Dalton, ACES Advancement
SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD
Carl Bernacchi, Crop Sciences
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
M.S.
Brent Murphy, Crop Sciences
Ph.D.
Mario Vailati-Riboni, Animal Sciences
Cassandra Nikolaus, Food Science and Human Nutrition
LOUIS V. LOGEMAN GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING AWARD
Brianna Anderson, Human Development and Family Studies
Brendan Kuhns, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
ACES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD OF MERIT
Carl Burkybile, B.S. '69 Ag Education, M.S. '75 Vocational Education, Urbana, IL
Director of Agriculture, Healing Hands International
Doyle Karr, B.S. '86 Agricultural Communications, Des Moines, IA
Director of Consumer Insights and Social License, Corteva AgriScience
Becky Ropp, B.S. '95 Agricultural Communications, Normal, IL
Director, Communications Division, Growmark
Rida Shibli, Ph.D. '90 Horticulture of Irbid, Jordan
Professor of Plant Biotechnology and Biodiversity, University of Amman, Department of Horticulture and Crop Sciences