CEHSP Employee Awards

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UMD Faculty Awards

Outstanding Graduate Faculty Advisor Award 

2025

Sharyl Samargia-Grivette, associate professor, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

2023

Lynn Brice, associate professor, Department of Education

2021

Rick LaCaille, professor, Department of Psychology 

Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Advisor Award 

2025

Mary Stenson, associate professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences

System Level Awards

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 

2025

  • Iris Carufel, Department of Social Work
  • Jody O’Connor, American Indian Learning Resource Center

2022

Shelley Michalicek, 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. 

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Fall 2024/Spring 2025

  • Jodi Lieske, Advising and Academic Services
  • Michelle Tessier, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Jeri Jasken, Tribal Training and Certification Partnership, Department of Social Work
  • Sydney Hassing, Department of Applied Human Sciences 

Fall 2023/Spring 2024

  • Jill Engstrom, Children's Place
  • Shelby Swanson, Accreditation, Licensure & Field Experience
  • Ann Miller, Advising and Academic Services
  • Sara Lien, Department of Social Work 

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, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Dani French, Children's Place
  • Shelley Michalicek, Department of 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

Congratulations to faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions for their spring 2025 achievements

Congratulations to faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions for their fall 2024 achievements

Please join us in congratulating faculty and staff in the College of Education and Human Service Professions for their spring 2024 accomplishments.