Faculty & Staff Awards Program
The Faculty & Staff Awards Program is designed to formally recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of members within the Faculty of Science.
Deadline for all nominations was Thursday, February 18, 2021 (Closed)
List of Awards:
(Click on the awards title for the complete terms of reference)
Research Impact Award
Recognizes, encourages, and rewards faculty whose research efforts have been particularly significant and outstanding, and are so recognized nationally, and internationally. The results of these research efforts should have added substantially to the basic body of knowledge, contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, and/or encouraged additional research.
Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award
Presented annually to an instructor in the Faculty of Science who shows excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, curriculum development or educational leadership. The award is to recognize and honour faculty who develop a positive, learning-centered environment in the Faculty of Science.
Outreach & Engagement Award
Recognizes, encourages, and rewards faculty who have raised the public profile of the Faculty of Science within the local region and beyond.
Student Engagement Award
Recognizes, encourages, and rewards faculty who have shown a commitment to high impact learning experiences (e.g. undergraduate research, study abroad, service learning, internships, etc.) that enhance student learning and retention.
Student Mentoring Award *STUDENT NOMINATED*
To recognize, encourage, and reward superior faculty mentors of students (graduate and undergraduate). Those faculty who go well beyond advising by bringing their skills and commitment to a student's learning and professional development as future teachers, practitioners, researchers, and scholars through mentoring.
International Teaching & Research Award
Given to recognize faculty who make outstanding contributions to international teaching and research that elevates the reputation of the Faculty of Science abroad.
Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Award
Recognizes, encourages, and rewards faculty who been instrumental in developing interdisciplinary and/or collaborative research and teaching programs.
Service Excellence Award *STAFF AWARD*
Recognizes staff members who have demonstrated excellence in service & support to students, faculty, staff and/or other service users.
Faculty of Science Student Awards
The Faculty of Science Student Awards program is designed to formally recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students.
Deadline for all nominations was Thursday, February 18, 2021 (Closed)
List of Awards:
(Click on the awards title for the complete terms of reference)
Ambassador Award
To recognize students who have applied and implemented knowledge and experience gained from their degree programs within their community. This award will recognize development of tools, processes, initiatives or programs that have been applied within the community and have raised the public profile of the University of Windsor and Faculty of Science.
Going Above and Beyond in Research Award
To recognize and reward students whose research has been outstanding and who have made significant strides both at the national and international levels. This award will recognize research success that exceeds typical expectations of the discipline.
GA Excellence Award
Presented to a graduate assistant (GA) who has shown excellence in teaching labs, curriculum development and/or educational leadership. This award will recognize students who create a positive, learning-centered environment.
TA Excellence Award
Presented to a teaching assistant (TA) who has shown excellence in teaching labs, curriculum development and/or educational leadership. This award will recognize students who create a positive, learning-centered environment.
2021 Award Winners
Each year the Faculty of Science celebrates the achievements of our outstanding faculty, staff and students. Congratulations to all of the award recipients. To those who could not be recognized in person, we will celebrate together at a later date.
Faculty & Staff Award Recipients
| Name of Award | Award recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Award (Faculty) | Dima Alhadidi | School of Computer Science |
| Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) | Marcus Drover | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) | Ikjot Saini | School of Computer Science |
| Research Impact Award (Faculty) | Christina Semeniuk | Integrative Biology |
| Service Excellence Award (Staff) | Sharon Rasul | Faculty of Science |
| Student Engagement Award (Faculty) | Tanya Noel | Integrative Biology |
| Student Engagement Award (Faculty) | Lisa Porter | Department of Biomedical Sciences |
| Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) | Dora Cavallo-Medved | Department of Biomedical Sciences |
| Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) | Dan Xiao | Department of Physics |
| Friend of Science Award (Staff) | Tina Suntres | Office of Research and Innovation Services (Outstanding Service in Support of Research in the Faculty of Science) |
Student Awards Recipients
| Name of Award | Award recipient | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Ambassador Award (Graduate) | Mehedi Hassan Asif | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) | Madhumitha Yadiki | Integrative Biology |
| GA Excellence Award (Graduate) | Ahmed Shafeek Abouhassan | School of Computer Science |
| GA Excellence Award (Graduate) | Patricia Okpara | Integrative Biology |
| Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) | Mikayla Bornais | Concurrent General Science |
| Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) | Siddhartha Sood | Integrative Biology |
| Going Above & Beyond in Research (Masters) | Tristhal Parasram | Department of Physics |
| Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) | Michael Nguyen | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Going Above & Beyond in Research (Post-Doctoral) | Christine Madliger | Integrative Biology |
| TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) | Jake Frank | Integrative Biology |