Gold Medal Winners

Each year, the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards recognizes exceptional faculty and staff mentors, a community partner, and a department on the basis of supporting undergraduates. We recognize that these individuals and teams who support the intellectual development and research skills of aspiring students are the foundation for those students' post-graduate opportunities and success.

Departmental Gold Medals

2024 - Department of Mathmatical Sciences
2023 - Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
2022 - Department of Industrial Engineering
2021 - Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders
2020 - Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology
2019 - Biomedical Engineering
2018 - Department of Architecture
2017 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
2016 - Civil Engineering
2015 - Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism
2014 - Electrical Engineering
2013 - Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science
2012 - Marketing and Logistics
2011 - International Relations
2010 - Biological Sciences
2009 - Chemical Engineering
2008 - History
2007 - Political Science
2005 - Chemistry
2004 - World Languages
2003 - Physics

Community Partner Gold Medals

2024

Volunteer Action Center

2023

Canopy Northwest Arkansas

Staff Gold Medals

2024

Louise Hancox - Senior Director of Career Innovation, Honors College
Mary Skinner - Director of Student Activities, Office of Student Activities

2023

John Treat – Director of Interdisciplinary and Curricular Learning, Honors College
Summer Rae Wilkie – Youth Coordinator, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative

2022

Katie Sabo – Senior Study Abroad Coordinator, Office of Study Abroad & International Exchange
Xochitl Delgado Solorzano – Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Honors College

2021

Vicky Hartwell – Director of Graduate Fellowships and Student Support, Graduate School and International Education
Monica Moore – Director of Premedical and Healthcare Planning, Honors College

2020

Anne Raines – Senior Director for Academic Initiatives, Student Success Center
Judy Schwab – Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration, Emeritus

2019

Chelsea Hodge – Associate Director of Recruitment and Grants Management, Honors College
Sarah Malloy – Associate Director, Office of Study Abroad and International Exchange

2018

Thomas Carter III – Assistant Dean for Academics and Student Affairs, College of Engineering
Leslie Yingling – Director of the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education

2017

Jason Blankenship – Director of Retention and Student Advising, Honors College
Barbara Lofton – Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Sam M. Walton College of Business

2016

Noah Pittman – Assistant Dean of Recruitment and Retention, Honors College
Kathy Scheibel – Assistant Director, Research Support and Sponsored Programs

2015

DeDe Long – Director, Office of Study Abroad
Angela Oxford – Director, Center for Community Engagement

Faculty Gold Medals

2024

Cassandra Cox - Assistant Professor, Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food, and Life Sciences
Ed Clausen - University Professor, College of Engineering
Page Dobbs - Associate Professor, College of Education and Health Professions
Rogelio Garcia Contreras - Teaching Assistant Professor, Walton College of Business
Woodrow Shew - Associate Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Christian Tipsmark - Associate Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

2023

Laurent Bellaiche - Distinguished Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Han Hu - Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Carl Matthews - Professor, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
Christopher Nelson - Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Jared Phillips - Teaching Assistant Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Russell Rudzinski - Teaching Assistant Professor, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
Stephanie Thomas - Associate Professor of Practice, Walton College of Business
George Wardlow - Professor and Chair, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

2022

James Coffman - Assistant Professor, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
Christian Goering - Professor, College of Education and Health Professions
Adriana Rossiter Hofer - Associate Professor, Walton College of Business
James Lampinen - Distinguished Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Ashlea Milburn - Associate Professor, College of Engineering
Lisa Wood - Clinical Associate Professor, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

2021

Edvan Brito - Assistant Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Kristofor Brye - University Professor, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Kimberly Frazier - Associate Professor, College of Education and Health Professions
Arya Gaduh - Associate Professor, Walton College of Business
Jim Gigantino - Professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Kelly Sullivan - Associate Professor, College of Engineering

2020

Lisa Bowers, College of Education and Health Professions
Ken McCown, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
Timothy Muldoon, College of Engineering
Jill Rucker, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Bret Schulte, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Julie Trivitt, Walton College of Business

2019

Richard Cassady, College of Engineering
Rachel Glade, College of Education and Health Professions
Mack Ivey, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Molly Jensen, Walton College of Business
Garry McDonald, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Julie Stenken, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

2018

Dub Ashton, Walton College of Business
Vinson Carter, College of Education and Health Professions
Lisa Corrigan, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Kevin Hall, College of Engineering
Lona Robertson, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Carl Smith, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

2017

Lucas Delezene, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Kaitlin Gallagher, College of Education and Health Professions
Lauren Greenlee, College of Engineering
Micah Hale, College of Engineering
Greg Herman, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
John Kent, Walton College of Business
Angie Maxwell, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Clemencia Rojas, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

2016

Vikas Anand, Walton College of Business
Judy Brittenum, Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design
John Clark, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Michelle Gray, College of Education and Health Professions
Joseph Herzog, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Nathan Parks, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Greg Thoma, College of Engineering

2015

Kartik Balachandran, College of Engineering
Mark Boyer, Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design
Robert J. Elbin, College of Education and Health Professions
Raja Kali, Walton College of Business
Doug Karcher, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Roger Koeppe, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Ines Pinto, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Stephanie Schulte, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

2014

Juan Balda, College of Engineering
Noah Billig, Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design
Steve Boss, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Matthew Ganio, College of Education and Health Professions
J. Laurence Hare, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Andy Proctor, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Matthew Waller, Walton College of Business

2013

Salvador Barraza-Lopez, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Gerald Jordan, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Jeff Miller, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Janine Parry, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Jeff Wolchok, College of Engineering
Tim Yeager, Walton College of Business

2012

Bob Beitle, College of Engineering
Freddie Bowles, College of Education and Health Professions
Hope Christiansen, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Lanier Nalley, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences
Molly Rapert, Walton College of Business
Curt Rom, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences
David Zaharoff, College of Engineering

2011

Marcia Imbeau, Curriculum and Instruction
William Quinn, English
D. Keith Roper, Chemical Engineering
Jeff Ryan, Political Science
Mary Savin, Environmental, Soil, and Water Science
Kim Sexton, Architecture
Robert Stapp, Economics

2010

Gilsela Erf, Poultry Science
David Gay, Economics
T.K.S. Kumar, Biochemistry
Hoyt Purvis, Journalism
Shannon Servoss, Chemical Engineering
Janice Yoes, Music

2009

Kameri Christy-McMullin, Social Work
Jamie Hestekin, Chemical Engineering
Scott Mason, Industrial Engineering
Jennie Popp, Agricultural Economics
Carol Reeves, Management
Charles Riggs, Kinesiology
Richard Rulli, Music

2008

Magda El-Shenawee, Electrical Engineering
Fran Hagstrom, Communication Disorders
Lisa Margulis, Music
Xiaogang Peng, Biochemistry
Javier Reyes, Economics
Charles Rosenkrans, Jr., Animal Science

2007

Nan-Smith Blair, Nursing
Amy Farmer, Economics
Denise Greathouse, Chemistry
Stephen Luoni, Architecture
Marty Matlock, Biological engineering
Steve Striffler, Anthropology

2006

Susan Bristow, Education
Fiona Davidson, Geography
Deborah Thomas, Accounting
Greg Salamo, Physics
Alan Mantooth, Electrical Engineering

2005

Susan Burkett, Electrical Engineering
Kathleen Condray, German
Navam Hettiarachchy, Food Science
Craig Rennie, Finance
Craig Thompson, Computer Science
Reeta Vyas, Physics
Doyle Z. Williams, Accounting

2004

Neil Allison, Chemistry
Lynda Coon, History
Carol Gattis, Industrial Engineering
Ajay Malshe, Mechanical Engineering
Lin Oliver, Physics
Judith Ricker, German
Steve Sheppard, Law