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
- 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
2023
- Canopy Northwest Arkansas
Staff Gold Medals
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
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