Each year the College of Arts and Sciences hosts a luncheon to celebrate the many faculty and staff in the college and to recognize outstanding faculty and staff with the following awards:
Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisor Award winner
Joseph Gonzalez, Department of Cultural, Gender and Global Studies
Outstanding Staff Award winner
Sandy Hicks, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Jimmy Smith Outstanding Service Award winner
Timothy J. Smith, Department of Anthropology
William C. Strickland Outstanding Junior Faculty Award winner
Alice P. Wright, Department of Anthropology
Donald W. Sink Family Outstanding Scholar Award winner
Richard Gray, Physics and Astronomy
Non-Tenure Track Teaching Excellence Award winner
Allison Fredette, Department of History
Inductees to the Academy of Outstanding Teachers
German Campos-Munoz, Department of English
Heather Custer, Department of English
Andrew B. Heckert, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Ellen Lamont, Department of Sociology
College Teacher of the Year Award winner
German Campos-Munoz, Department of English
CAS Outstanding Alumni Award winner for 2017-18
Carmen Scoggins ’94 ’98
Scoggins is a Spanish teacher at Watauga High School and an adjunct Spanish and foreign language methodology instructor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Appalachian. Read more about Scoggins and her many accomplishments in our Alumni Section.
To view past recipients and to learn more about each award, visit https://cas.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/awards.
For a full list of this year's nominees – scroll below
RICHARD N. HENSON OUTSTANDING ADVISOR AWARD presented by Jeni Wyatt
Nominees for 2017-18 included:
Dana Powell (ANT)
Cindy Norris (CS)
Kenneth Mullen (GJS)
Garrett McDowell (ANT)
Jay Fenwick (CS)
Marian Williams (GJS)
Jon Carter (ANT)
Patricia Johann (CS)
Sheila Phipps (HIS)
Marc Kissel (ANT)
Joseph Gonzalez (CGG)
Catherine Fountain (LLC)
Timothy Smith (ANT)
David Orvis (ENG)
Misa Yamamoto (LLC)
Andrew Bellemer (BIO)
Donna Lillian (ENG)
Genie Griffin (MAT)
Darren Seals (BIO)
Jennifer Wilson (ENG)
Trina Palmer (MAT)
Lynn Siefferman (BIO)
Olga Menagarishvili (ENG)
Jack Kwong (PR)
Mark Venable (BIO)
Wendy Winn (ENG)
Randall Reed (PR)
Maryam Ahmed (BIO)
Zackary Vernon (ENG)
Rodney Duke (PR)
Matt Estep (BIO)
Stephan Sommer (CFS)
Thomas Ellis (PR)
Michael Osbourne (BIO)
Johnathan Sugg (GHY)
Anthony G. Calamai (PA)
Robert Creed (BIO)
Andrew Heckert (GES)
Courtney McGahee (PA)
Shea Tuberty (BIO)
Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce (GES)
Andrew Monroe (PSY)
Suzanna Brauer (BIO)
Jamie Levine (GES)
Andrew Smith (PSY)
Brooke Christian (CHE)
Sarah Evans (GES)
Denise Martz (PSY)
Carol Babyak (CHE)
Adam Newmark (GJS)
Kenneth Steele (PSY)
Claudia Cartaya-Marin (CHE)
Aleksander Lust (GJS)
Mary Ballard (PSY)
Libby Puckett (CHE)
Cathy Marcum (GJS)
Yalcin Acikgoz (PSY)
Megen Culpepper (CHE)
Elicka Sparks (GJS)
Cameron Lippard (SOC)
Nicholas Shaw (CHE)
Ellen Key (GJS)
Robert Swarthout (CHE)
Jefferson Holcomb (GJS)
OUTSTANDING STAFF AWARD presented by Anthony Love
Current Year Nominees:
Donna Davis (HIS)
Alice Fisher (PR)
Dawn Flaherty (ANT)
Sandy Hicks (MAT)
Mike Hughes (PA)
Lauri Miller (GES)
Diana Nelson (CAS)
Debi Tibbett (BIO)
Marsha Walpole (BIO)
JIMMY SMITH OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD presented by Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce
Current Year Nominees:
Matt Estep (BIO)
Jefferson Holcomb (GJS)
Sheila Phipps (HIS)
Renee Scherlen (GJS)
Timothy Smith (ANT)
Ted Zerucha (BIO)
WILLIAM C. STRICKLAND OUTSTANDING JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD presented by Davis Hankins
Current Year Nominees:
Francois Amet (PA)
Jon H. Carter (ANT)
Brooke Christian (CFS)
Rick Elmore (PR)
Matt Estep (BIO)
Sarah Beth Hopton (ENG)
Ellen Lamont (SOC)
Derek Martin (GHY)
Andrew Monroe (PSY)
Scott Relyea (HIS)
Elizabeth Shay (GHY)
Kyle Stevens (ENG)
Zackary Vernon (ENG)
Alice P. Wright (ANT)
DONALD W. SINK FAMILY OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR AWARD presented by Andrew Heckert
Current Year Nominees:
Jeanne Dubino (CGG)
Richard Gray (PA)
Kevin Schilbrack (PR)
Lynn Siefferman (BIO)
Michael Turner (HIS)
NON-TENURE TRACK TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD presented by Heather Custer
Current Year Nominees:
James Barbee (BIO)
Kirsten Clemens (ENG)
Allison Fredette (HIS)
Daniel Ingram (PA)
Marc Kissel (ANT)
Benjamin Madison (PA)
Coleman McCleneghan (BIO)
Sharareh Nikbakht (MAT)
Mark Spond (GHY)
Misa Yamamoto (LLC)
ACADEMY OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS and TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD presented by Elicka Sparks
Current Year Nominees:
Michael Behrent (HIS)
German Campos-Munoz (ENG)* Admitted to the Academy and awarded Teach of the Year
Jon Carter (ANT)
J. Sid Clements (PA)
Richard Crepeau (GHY)
Heather Custer (ENG)
Michael Hambourger (CFS)
Andrew B. Heckert (GES)
Ellen Key (GJS)
Ellen Lamont (SOC)
Beverly Moser (LLC)
Cynthia Norris (CS)
Matthew Robinson (GJS)
Gwen Robbins Schug (ANT)
Timothy Smith (ANT)
Christina Sornito (ANT)
Maggie Sugg (GHY)
Thomas Whyte (ANT)
Ray Williams (BIO)
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Oct. 25, 2018
Ellen Gwin Burnette
BOONE, N.C.
CAS faculty and staff award winners for 2017-18 (l to r): Timothy J. Smith, Alice P. Wright, Dean Neva J. Specht, Allison Fredette, Heather Custer, Andrew Heckert, Sandy Hicks, German Camps-Munoz, Carmen Scoggins, Richard Gray, Joseph Gonzalez and Ellen Lamont.
CAS faculty and staff award winners for 2017-18 (l to r): Timothy J. Smith, Alice P. Wright, Dean Neva J. Specht, Allison Fredette, Heather Custer, Andrew Heckert, Sandy Hicks, German Camps-Munoz, Carmen Scoggins, Richard Gray, Joseph Gonzalez and Ellen Lamont.