Outstanding Student Achievement Awards
O.S.A. Recipients for 2009 Named (see bottom of page)
Outstanding Student Achievement nominations are now closed for 2009 and open for the 2010 school year.
Overview
Each year, the ISU Alumni Association seeks to recognize outstanding seniors who have excelled in their programs, their extracurricular activities and have generally epitomized ISU's outstanding student body.
About the Award
This award honors one graduating senior from each college and three from the College of Arts and Sciences, one master's student and one final year doctoral student from the School of Graduate Studies. Each year, eleven students are honored as award recipients.
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to nominate senior students who meet the selection criteria and who graduated in December 2009, or who will graduate in May 2010 or August 2010. Nominations and supporting materials are reviewed by various selection committees who then select each recipient.
OSA recipients are honored at a reception in April, 2010 at the Bistline Theater and the Samuel Horne Bennion Promenade. Award recipients receive medals and give short acceptance speeches.
The Alumni Association sponsors this program and presents it in partnership with ISU's academic colleges.
History of the OSA Awards
Several years ago, the ISU Alumni Association saw the need for a formal program to recognize student excellence. Idaho State University has many outstanding students, and it is important that we honor them in as many ways as possible. Recognition and appreciation of effort and dedication can only encourage more excellence and achievement.
The Outstanding Student Achievement Awards are our way of affirming current students who are our future alumni.
Each year, deans, faculty, staff and students from each college nominate students whose qualities they characterize as outstanding. A selection committee is established for each college. These committees are composed of faculty members, alumni and students of each college. Each committee reviews the nominees for its college and selects an award recipient. Students who nominate fellow students must have the nomination form endorsed my a member of the ISU faculty.
After the committees name the award recipients, each winner is notified and invited to attend an awards reception held in their honor. Typically, this awards reception is held during the last week of April each year.
The ISU Alumni Association, sponsor of this academic awards program, gratefully acknowledge the deans, faculty members, staff and students who make nominations year after year as well as the selection committee members who were willing to make the difficult choices from among the many worthy nominees.
Qualification
For undergraduate nominees: Selection should be based on three areas: academic achievements/honors; career-related experience, and extra-curricular activities. An Outstanding Student Achievement Award nominee should be a well-rounded and successful member of our campus and community. Tie-breaking areas of selection can include leadership activities and strength of class load as it pertains to each student's major.
For graduate nominees: Selection should be based on three areas: academic achievements/honors; career-related experience, and extra-curricular activities. An Outstanding Student Achievement Award nominee from the graduate school should be a well-rounded and successful member of our campus and community. As all graduate degrees differ in the completion requirements, each candidate will likely come with different degrees of research, published materials and teaching experience. Each selection committee will discuss and weigh the importance of research, published materials and/or the amount of time spent teaching.
Criteria and materials reviewed by selection committees includes:
- GPA: high academic achievement
- Nomination form
- Letters of Recommendation (academic, professional or personal)
- Academic achievements and honors
- ISU course work (transcripts will be requested)
- Career-related experience
- Extra-curricular activities
- Leadership experience
Nomination Forms for 2010 school year
You can download a nomination form in Word 2007 document format here, or older versions of Word can download this version. Blank nomination forms can also be obtained directly from the Alumni Relations office by contacting Casey Thompson at ext. 3755 or by e-mail at thomcas2@isu.edu.
Completed nomination forms for the 2010 school year can be e-mailed to thomcas2@isu.edu or sent by regular campus mail no later than January 15th, 2010. Please mail completed nomination fors to the ISU Alumni Association, Campus Box 8033.
Past Recipients
| Student Recipient | College/Department | Most Influential Professor | |||||
1991 |
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| Jon C. Barrett | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Janet House | |||||
| James Roach | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Robert J. Tokle | |||||
| Doug Warner | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Fred V. Wells | |||||
| Catherine Wagoner | College of Business | Dr. Kenneth Smith | |||||
| Bonnie Beck | College of Education | Dr. Carol Stenson | |||||
| David McGrane | College of Engineering | Dr. Kevin Moore | |||||
| D. Richelle Harmon | College of Health Profession | Dr. Delane Kritsky | |||||
| Lori Feller | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Roger Hefflinger | |||||
| Joani Millard | School of Applied Technology | Bruce Horkely | |||||
1992 |
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| Curtis Chambers | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Jack Mauch | |||||
| April Pearce | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Ann S. Oakes | |||||
| Jon Sutterr | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. John Kalivas | |||||
| Marlo DeLange | College of Business | Dr. J. Kent Millington | |||||
| Deborah Hobdey | College of Education | Dr. Stephanie Salzman | |||||
| Brad Stockton | College of Engineering | Dr. Michael Lineberry | |||||
| Linda Willilams | College of Health Profession | Kathleen Moor | |||||
| Tracy Buschman-Wadhwani | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Judy L. Fontennelle | |||||
| Joe Ashworth | School of Applied Technology | Robert H. Rost | |||||
1993 |
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| Helen E. Stanton | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Gail T. Dial & Robert L Granger | |||||
| David J. Bischof | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Robert J. Tokle | |||||
| Taura D. Jarvis | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. E. Phillip Benson | |||||
| Von A. Veehge | College of Business | Dr. Lela “Kitty” Pumphrey | |||||
| Stacey A. Simmons | College of Education | Dr. Carol Stenson | |||||
| Omer Rashid | College of Engineering | Dr. B.K. Rao | |||||
| Rhonda L. Hanzel | College of Health Profession | Kathleen Hodges | |||||
| Lara Rose Macklin | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Jack Rose | |||||
| Leonard Christopherson | School of Applied Technology | Victor C. Bielby | |||||
1994 |
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| Casey Swendig | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Janet G. House | |||||
| Irene G. Watson | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Alan Hartman | |||||
| Andrea Stewart | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Carl Wigal | |||||
| Jason D. Scott | College of Business | Dr. Lela “Kitty” Pumphrey | |||||
| Sheryl J. Gibbons | College of Education | Dr. Carol Stenson | |||||
| Heidi Carolson | College of Engineering | Dr. Habib Sadid | |||||
| Chantelle Steiner | College of Health Profession | Dr. Deborah Miller | |||||
| Jennifer Moss | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Eric Jarvi | |||||
| Kevin Hulse | School of Applied Technology | Carla Dando | |||||
| Carol Fisher | Graduate School - Mathematics | Dr. Pat Lang | |||||
1995 |
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| Mark A. Carey | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Carl Levinson | |||||
| Toni Rae Carico | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Leroy Matthews | |||||
| Karen L. Dillman | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Stefan Sommer | |||||
| Anson Fok | College of Business | Dr. Joanne Tokle | |||||
| Paulette A. Blain | College of Education | Dr. Carol Stenson | |||||
| Robert F. Yender | College of Engineering | Dr. Kevin Moore | |||||
| Pauline Semons | College of Health Professions | Dr. Sarah Bowman | |||||
| Scott E. Mambourg | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Anna Ratka | |||||
| Sheryl Ann Mangum | School of Applied Technology | Arline Pierce | |||||
| Carl Alan Libis | Graduate School - Mathematics | Dr. Robert Huotari | |||||
1996 |
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| Brent F. Hart | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Sharon Sieber | |||||
| Camellia S. Oke | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Victor Joe | |||||
| Gregory A. Bakken | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. John Kalivas | |||||
| Glenda K. Satterwhite | College of Business | Dr. Kitty Pumphrey | |||||
| Pamela J. Walker | College of Education | Dr. Deborah L. Hedeen | |||||
| Billie J. Johnson | College of Engineering | Dr. Richard Wabrek | |||||
| Barbara A. Zerza | College of Health Professions | Carlene Paarmann | |||||
| Shanna K. Scott | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Eric Jarvi | |||||
| Darin K. Kennedy | School of Applied Technology | Dennis Vittetoe | |||||
| Allene M.Parker | Graduate School - Mathematics | Dr. Susan Swetnam | |||||
1997 |
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| Sabine Siekman | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Christopher Loether | |||||
| Ryan J. Arnoldo | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Cornelius Hofman | |||||
| Kirk D. Clifford | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Laurens Smith | |||||
| Ryan B. Ward | College of Business | Dr. Paul Dishman | |||||
| Paula Martin-Maldonado | College of Education | Dr. Angela Luckey | |||||
| Johathan L. Witt | College of Engineering | Dr. Lee Robinson | |||||
| Stephanie Noble | College of Health Professions | Dr. Alyce Sato | |||||
| Scott R. Wood | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Christopher Daniels | |||||
| Pamela S. Metzger | School of Applied Technology | James L. Gilliland | |||||
| Micha W. Miller | Graduate School - Mathematics | Dr. Jay Anderson | |||||
1998 |
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| Ryan D. Hope | Arts & Sciences - Humanities | Dr. Sharon Sieber | |||||
| LaRita L. Jarvis | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Richard Farmer | |||||
| Jason M. Brenchley | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. John Kalivas | |||||
| Jeffrey D. Klassen | College of Business | Dr. Kitty Pumphrey | |||||
| Michael G. Morita | College of Education | Dr. Angela Luckey | |||||
| Thane L. Smith | College of Engineering | Dr. Habib Sadid | |||||
| Delos N. Jones | College of Health Professions | Dr. Sheila Watkins | |||||
| Marcela M. Aguilar | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Anna Ratka | |||||
| Cathy Sorensengum | School of Applied Technology | Jerri Spinner | |||||
| Lauan M. Lynch | Graduate School - Chemistry | Dr. Karl DeJesus | |||||
| David A. Yopp | Graduate School - DA Mathematics | Dr. Richard Hill | |||||
1999 |
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| Erika Lessing | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Dr. Craig Nickish | |||||
| Michelle Whitfield | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Kandi Turley-Ames | |||||
| Lisa L. Gushwaan | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Richard Spall | |||||
| Jerry L. Leffler | College of Business | Dr. Robert Picard | |||||
| Heather McArthurn | College of Education | Dr. George D. Gates | |||||
| Marla Carpenterr | College of Engineering | Dr. Habib Sadid | |||||
| Kellie J. Norton | College of Health Professions | Carlene Paarmann | |||||
| Susan E. Wilson | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Eric Jarvi | |||||
| Joe L. Winmill | School of Applied Technology | Susan Acreeee | |||||
| Ashley Rudelbis | Graduate School MPA Political Science | Dr. Mark McBeth | |||||
| Renee L. Bunde | Graduate School PhD Pharm Science | Dr. Eric Jarvi | |||||
2000 |
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| Eric J. Lacey | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Dr. Kim Carter-Cram | |||||
| Brent S. Lee | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. C. Scott Benson | |||||
| Steven Z. Fairchild | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. John Kalivas | |||||
| Brad R. Cole | College of Business | Dr. Dean Longmoore | |||||
| Jared Clinger | College of Education | Dr. Thomas Hale | |||||
| Gerard Bluj | College of Engineering | Dr. Eugene Shuffle | |||||
| Sharee Buhler | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Carole Kawamura | |||||
| E. Nathan Smedley | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Barbara Mason | |||||
| Nickole S. Romriell | School of Applied Technology | Susan Acree | |||||
| Kristen M. Grider | Graduate School MS Speech Path | Jane Coe Smith | |||||
| Joseph M. Morris | Graduate School DA Political Science | Dr. Mark McBeth | |||||
2001 |
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| Mary Rebecca Thornton | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Dr. Bruce D. Loebs | |||||
| Jenny R. Hawkins | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Cynthia D. Hill | |||||
| Jenny R. Hawkins | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Richard D. Hill | |||||
| Andrea C. McDowell | College of Business | Dr. John Kilpatrick | |||||
| Sandro Benitez | College of Education | Dr. Angela Luckey | |||||
| Timothy R. Brown | College of Engineering | Dr. Habib Sadid | |||||
| Samuel A. Nicholson | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Dr. Alyce Sato | |||||
| Jennifer A. Garner | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Eric Jarvi | |||||
| Melonie Barnhisel | School of Applied Technology | Carla L. Dano | |||||
| Randy R. Bowen | Graduate School MS Mathematics | Dr. Richard D. Hill | |||||
| Alaba M. Ogunbadeniyi | Graduate School DA Pharm Science | Dr. Adeboye Adejare | |||||
2002 |
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| Mindy Smith | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Dr. Kori Bond | |||||
| Bobbie Wilhelm | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Cynthia Hill | |||||
| Kelly Jarom Anderson | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. John H. Kalivas | |||||
| Alex Ryan Bolinger | College of Business | Dr. Jim Jolly | |||||
| Michelle L. Benitez | College of Education | Dr. Richard Pearson | |||||
| Danielle R. Moore | College of Engineering | Dr. John Bennion | |||||
| Pat Bergey | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Dr. Alyce Sato | |||||
| Thomas G. Wadsworth | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Cindy Wilson | |||||
| Susan Anne Needham | School of Applied Technology | Toni Davis | |||||
| Annette Weeks | Graduate School - M.Ed. HRTD | Dr. John LV Bobell | |||||
| Kayleen Anne Culbertson | Graduate School - Ph.d. Clinical Psychology | Dr. Peter Vik | |||||
2003 |
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| Caryn Elise Marlowe | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Kathleen A. Lane | |||||
| Kelly Davis-Griffel | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Beth Hudnall Stamm | |||||
| Bret Michael Birrer | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Gene M. Scalarone | |||||
| Seth J. Ruhter | College of Business | Dr. Gregory Green | |||||
| Lori Osgood | College of Education | Terri Brandvold | |||||
| Richard Dale Kirkman | College of Engineering | Dr. Kenneth W. Bosworth | |||||
| Gail Tuller | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Kathleen Hodges | |||||
| Gabriel Bartoo | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Leslie L. Devaud | |||||
| Rayna J. Phillips | College of Technology | Jeri Spinner | |||||
| Lori Arfmann Wolff | Graduate School MPA Public Admin. | Dr Mark McBeth | |||||
| Alexander L. Chapman | Graduate School PhD Clinical Psychology | Dr. Tony Cellucci | |||||
2004 |
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| Nikki L. Mull | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Robert Granger | |||||
| Derid S. Ure | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Cynthia D. Hill | |||||
| Tyler J. Baker | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Joshua Pak | |||||
| David E. Penny | College of Business | Randell Ashliman | |||||
| Rafael Cde Baca | College of Education | Dr. Jack Newsome | |||||
| Christine A. Chatterley | College of Engineering | Dr. Brian Williams | |||||
| Rolina A. Schnuerle | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Margaret Long | |||||
| James C. Williams | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Joseph Steiner | |||||
| Darrin K. Rodriguez | College of Technology | Rosemary Brown | |||||
| Terri-Anne P. Southern | Graduate School M.Ed. Human Exceptionality | Dr. Deb Hedenn | |||||
| Amy L. Jarchow | Graduate School Ph.D. Clinical Psychology | Dr. Crystal Dehle | |||||
2005 |
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| Chelsea Hayden | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Dr. Sherri Dienstfrey | |||||
| Daniel R. Donahue | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Cynthia D. Hill | |||||
| Heather A. Seipel | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Richard D. Hill | |||||
| Brad Tony Allen | College of Business | Mr. Mark H. Bezik | |||||
| Elizabeth M. Bollinger | College of Education | Ms. Valerie Wasia | |||||
| Victor B. Godfrey | College of Engineering | Dr. James M. Mahar | |||||
| Brittany R. Hayward | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Ms. Lois M. Marquette | |||||
| Jennifer L. Seeley | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Barbara Mason | |||||
| Dan DeLozier | College of Technology | Ms. Norma Bird | |||||
| Amber Marie Tews | Graduate School - Masters | Mr. Herb Maschner | |||||
| Elizabeth A. Shanahan | Graduate School - Doctoral | Dr. Mark McBeth | |||||
2006 |
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| Beau Husfloen | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Dr. Richard Foster | |||||
| Norma Boyd | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Kandi Jo Turley-Ames | |||||
| Christopher M. Sadek | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Robert W. Holman | |||||
| Michael D. Blauer | College of Business | Dr. Kregg Aytes | |||||
| Anthony Molitor | College of Education | Kolby Cordingley | |||||
| Jeffrey Lynn Mansfield | College of Engineering | Dr. James Mahar | |||||
| Rebecca J. Cox | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Dr. Rodney Seeley | |||||
| Kory VanderSchaaf | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Dave Hachey | |||||
| Christy Ann Hall | College of Technology | Darin Jernigan | |||||
| Heather Marie Thompson | Graduate School - Masters | Dr. Kandi Jo Turley-Ames | |||||
| Jill Matthews Hedt | Graduate School - Doctoral | Dr. Peter Vik | |||||
2007 |
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| R. Tal Sampson | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | Scott Evans | |||||
| Jeffrey J. Grieve | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | Dr. Cynthia Hill | |||||
| Michael J. Lance | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences | Dr. Colden Baxter | |||||
| Kristal Searle | College of Business | Dr. Robert Picard | |||||
| Melanie Williams | College of Education | Valerie Williams | |||||
| Edwin A. Guerra | College of Engineering | Dr. Habib Sadid | |||||
| Angela V. Young | Kasiska College of Health Professions | Lois Marquette | |||||
| Evan S. Frasure, III | College of Pharmacy | Dr. Roger Hefflinger | |||||
| Deborah D. Gillard | College of Technology | Kathleen Johnson | |||||
| Christian P. Batcheller | Graduate School - Masters | Dr. Frank Plewa | |||||
| Torey L. Portrie-Bethke | Graduate School - Doctoral | Dr. Nicloe Hill | |||||
2008 |
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| Carrie Alexander-Albritton | Graduate School - Doctoral | ||||||
| Kasi L. Beorchia | College of Education | ||||||
| Mark T. Bolinger | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences & Mathematics | ||||||
| Danielle Dutson | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | ||||||
| Tonya L. Jacobsen | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | ||||||
| Jack B. Kettler | College of Engineering | ||||||
| Hailey M. Lusk | Kasiska College of Health Professions | ||||||
| Carrie Lyn McEachern | College of Technology | ||||||
| Shauna T. Nelson | College of Business | ||||||
| Debra D. Reiland | Graduate School - Masters | ||||||
| Sharon T. Wong | College of Pharmacy | ||||||
2009 |
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| Andrew B. Adcock | College of Technology | ||||||
| Sheel Bansal | Graduate School - Doctoral | ||||||
| Aynur E. Gojayeva | Graduate School - Masters | ||||||
| Daniel A. Jones | College of Engineering | ||||||
| Kelsey A. Lester | College of Education | ||||||
| Maureen K. McGuire | Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences | ||||||
| Sterling C. Mennear | Arts & Sciences - Fine Arts & Humanities | ||||||
| Derek B. Moss | College of Business | ||||||
| Whitney L. Call | Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences & Mathematics | ||||||
| Heidi Jo Tanner | Kasiska College of Health Professions | ||||||
| Kim Van Wyk | College of Pharmacy | ||||||
