UMD Faculty Awards
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Advisor Award
The Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award is given each year to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding service to their graduate students.
2022-23
Lynn Brice, associate professor, Department of Education
2020-21
Rick LaCaille, professor, Department of Psychology
Blehart Distinguished Teaching Award
The Blehart Award is a collegiate-level award that honors excellence in teaching.
2023
- Viann Nguyen-Feng, assistant professor, Department of Psychology
- Michael Young, assistant professor, Department of Education
2018
- Erin Pepelnjak, instructor, Department of Education
- Lara LaCaille, associate professor, Department of Psychology
UMD Staff Awards
Outstanding Staff Award (2021-22)
Shelley Michalicek, Administrative Associate 2, Department of Education
CEHSP Staff Awards
The staff listed below were nominated and selected for the CEHSP Staff Award. These awards were created to recognize exceptional service in leadership on the job, customer service, and quality of service. Performance that merits the award reflects a high level of dedication to their unit/department, CEHSP, and UMD.
Fall 2023
- Jill Engstrom, Children's Place
- Shelby Swanson, Accreditation, Licensure & Field Experience
Fall 2022/Spring 2023
- Iris Carufel, American Indian Learning Resource Center
- Amy Madsen, Department of Social Work, Center for Regional & Tribal Welfare Studies
- Becky Blackwood, Department of Psychology
- Jinhua Xun, Department of Applied Human Sciences
Fall 2021/Spring 2022
- Ann Miller, Advising and Academic Services
- Michelle Tessier, Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Dani French, Children's Place
- Shelley Michalicek, Education
Fall 2020/Spring 2021
- Jackie Heytens, Department of Social Work
- Lynn McGraw, Department of Applied Human Sciences
- Meredith Schneider, Academic Technology
- Stacy Seminara, Advising and Academic Services
CEHSP Accolades
Please join us in congratulating faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions for their fall 2023 achievements.
Highlighting the fall 2022 achievements of faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions.
Showcasing the spring 2022 achievements of faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions.