CANR Reception for Faculty and Staff 2024
April 30, 2024 - May 2, 2024
MSP Atrium
We will recognize our faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. We also will celebrate new hires, promotion and tenure, years of service milestones and other key CANR awards. See more information here:
Thursday, May 2, 2024 with a reception starting at 2:30 p.m. and the formal program at 3 p.m.
The program will take place at the MPS Atrium located at 1066 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI 48824. The atrium is starred in the image below.
For those without parking permits, complimentary parking is available in all pay-by-plate parking lots. Lot 54 and the Wharton Center ramp offer pay-by-plate parking. If you have a valid parking permit, please park in a nearby faculty/staff parking lot.
We will recognize those faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In addition to the awards listed below, we will celebrate new hires, promotion and tenure, years of service milestones and other key CANR awards.
The awards program includes formal recognition of the following awards:
CANR Teaching Awards
Camden Endowed Teacher/Scholar Award: Karen Waite, Ph.D.
CANR Excellence in Teaching – Established Teacher Award: Tyler Becker, Ph.D.
CANR Excellence in Teaching – New Teacher Award: Michele Nikolai
CANR Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award: Tanya Iretskaia
MSU Extension Excellence in Teaching: Carol Bublitz and Laurie Rivetto
CANR Excellence in Research Awards
Early Career Researcher Award
2023: Eric Patterson, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Perry, Ph.D.
2024: Abigail Bennett, Ph.D.
Established Mid-Career Researcher Award
2023: Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Ph.D.
2024: Adam Lock, Ph.D.
Research Fellow Career Award
2023: Hui Li, Ph.D.
Impact Award
2023: SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology-Wastewater Evaluation and Reporting (SEWERS) Network
Joan Rose, Ph.D.
Erin Dreelin, Ph.D.
Nishita D'Souza, Ph.D.
Rebecca Ives
Jade Mitchell, Ph.D.
Mackenzie DeRaad
Lydia Arbaugh
Xijiao Wang
Spencer Kuehn
Simran Singh
Alex Tran
Corrine Caponigro
Emily Zak
Melissa Downs
Sarah Holmes
Jason Rowntree, Ph.D.
Matt Raven, Ph.D.
Melissa McKendree, Ph.D.
Frank Lupi, Ph.D.
Jeremiah Asher
CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor: Erin Bosch-Hannah
- Paul Roberts Award for Distinguished Service in Education Abroad:Southern African Wildlife College
CANR Staff Awards
CANR Staff Dean's Award of Distinction: Paul Bloese
CANR Excellence in Research Performance and Support: Lynn Worden
CANR Early Achievement Award: Kevin Cox
Spirit of CANR: Ashley Lathrop
CANR Global Scholars
2024 Global Scholar in Research: Daniel Uyeh, Ph.D.
2024 Global Scholars in Extension: Parker Jones, Janis Brinn and Ghaida Havern
CANR You Belong Here Champion Awards
You Belong Here Faculty Award: Callista Rakhmatov, Ph.D.
You Belong Here Undergraduate Student Award: Lex Stuart
You Belong Here Graduate Student Award: Sharron (Ronnie) Miller
You Belong Here Staff Award: Stephanie Chau
CANR DEI Digital Badge Awards
Department of Animal Science
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Department of Community Sustainability
Department of Entomology
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
School of Packaging
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
MSU Extension Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute
School of Planning, Design and Construction
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Department of Forestry
Kellogg Biological Station
MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute
MSU Extension Health and Nutrition Institute
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