QCNR Awards
The QCNR community recognizes excellence in many different areas of our academic and work lives together, including teaching and learning, mentoring and research, service and support.
College-wide Awards
This award recognizes a team of three or more individuals, the majority of whom are members of the college, who have played a highly impactful role in advancing one or more key aspects of the mission of the QCNR. Assessment of nominations will include the level of impact made as well as the way the team functioned to work together to create positive outcomes where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
- 2024: Ecology Center Data Science Workshop Team
- 2023: QCNR Business Service Center Team
This award recognizes a member of QCNR who has made significant contributions toward advancing the college’s values and goals toward inclusive excellence. This award is available to faculty, staff, or students.
- 2024: Georgie Corkery
- 2023: Claudia Radel
The Outstanding Publication Award will be presented for one outstanding publication in each academic department in QCNR. Any article, book, or other published document with at least one author affiliated with a department in QCNR is eligible for consideration.
2024
- ENVS: Sandra Atwood and Mark Brunson. "Níksókowaawák as Axiom: The Indispensability of Comprehensive Relational Animacy in Blackfoot Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing." Society & Natural Resources, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2023.2180696
- WATS: Jaron Adkins, Edd Hammill, Umarfarooq Abdulwahab, John Draper, J. Marshall Wolf, Catherine McClure, Adrian Gonzalez Ortiz, Emily Chavez, Trisha Atwood. "Environmental variables drive spatial patterns of trophic diversity in mammals." Ecology Letters 26.11 (2023): 1940-1950. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14306
- WILD: Yong Zhou. "Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses." Nat. Geosci. 16, 710–716 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01232-0
2023
- ENVS: Crabtree, S. and J.A. Dunne. 2022. Towards a science of archaeoecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 37(11): 976-984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.010
- WATS: Sala, E., J. Mayorga, D. Bradley, R.B. Cabral, T.B. Atwood, et al. Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate. Nature 592, 397–402 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03371-z
- WILD: Parsons, M.A., T.M. Newsome, J.K Young. 2022. The consequences of predators without prey. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20(1): 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2419
Student Awards
- 2024: Noah Creany
- 2023: Brian Smith
- 2022: Emily Tarsa
- 2021: Leslie Forero
- 2020: Gavin Cotterill
- 2019: Emily Wilkins
- 2018: Christine Rohal
- 2017: Enjie Li
- 2016: David Illes
- 2015: Blake Thomas
- 2014: Andrew Kleinhesselink
- 2013: Rodrigo Ferreira
- 2012: Ryan O'Donnell
- 2024: Rae Fadlovich
- 2023: Kate Sinnott
- 2022: Macy Gustavus
- 2021: Emma Doden
- 2020: Mark Kreider
- 2019: Desneiges (Deni) Murray
- 2018: Susan Washko
- 2017: Bruce Call
This award recognizes an outstanding graduate teaching assistant or graduate instructor (who served in this capacity at least one semester during 2021). Prior recipients are not eligible.
- 2024: Leanna DeJong
- 2023: Patrick Kelly
- 2022: Shantell Garrett
- 2021: Manny May and Martinique Chavez
- 2020: Jack McLaren
- 2019: Leandro Do Nascimento
- 2018: Erika Blomdahl
- 2017: Forrest Schoessow
- 2016: Jarod Raithel
- 2015: Erica Hansen
- 2014: Ashley D'Antonio
- 2013: Jonathan Myers
- 2012: Justin Stout
- 2024: Madison Fjeldsted
- 2023: Naomi Orchard
- 2022: Jeffery Chandler
- 2021: Maria Catalano
- 2020: Kenen Goodwin
- 2019: Anders Hart
- 2018: Margaret Hallerud
- 2017: Bret Mossman
- 2016: Brianne Palmer
- 2015: Jamie Reynolds
- 2014: Konrad Hafen
- 2013: Chelsea DeMarco
- 2012: Erin F. Jones
- 2024: Cristina Chirvasa
- 2023: Austin Garner
- 2022: Emily Bonebrake
- 2021: Madison Vega
- 2020: Lauren Tango
- 2019: Rylee Jensen
- 2018: Jesse Fleri
- 2017: Margaret Hallerud
- 2016: Arthur Wallis
- 2015: Colin Brady
- 2014: David Baird
- 2013: Konrad Hafen
- 2012: Shannon Kay
- 2024: Jared Young
- 2023: Sage Chatterton
- 2022: Cole Walton
- 2021: Amanda Mast and Claire Tempest
- 2020: Tyler Hatch
- 2019: Delaney Phariss
- 2018: Stephen Lytle
- 2017: Liz Winters
- 2016:
- 2015:
- 2014: Cody Butler
- 2013: Clayton Handy
- 2012: Cari Forsgren
- 2024: Jacob Lancaster, Christian Stewart, Rachel North
- 2023: Sandra Johnston, Lily Martindale, Abigail Mackay
- 2022: River Johnson, Sydney Southers, Meridian Wappett
- 2021: Sage Sutchlifee, Holden Regnier,
Bailey Holdaway, Hannah Johnson - 2020: Ethan Hammer
- 2019: Casey Trout
- 2018: Margaret Hallerud
- 2017: Molly Van Engelenhoven
- 2016: Patrick Adams
- 2015: Jason Brown
- 2014: Benjamin Poulsen
- 2013: George Fawson
- 2012: Daniel Howell
- 2024: Anaís Barrientos
- 2023: Elexis Bernstein
- 2022: Bryce Johnston
- 2021: Maria Catalano
- 2020: Rachel Chamberlain
- 2019: Casey Trout
- 2018: Margaret Hallerud
- 2017: Elizabeth Winters
- 2016: Brianne Palmer
- 2015: Jason Brown
- 2014: Chlode B. Wardle
- 2013: George Fawson
- 2012: Caitlin Laughlin
- 2024: Stephen Bunnell
- 2023: Katie Seisel
- 2022: Christina Morrisett
- 2021: Christina Longjohn
- 2020: Angelia Klein
- 2019: Casey Trout
- 2018: Rebecca Thomas
- 2017: Logan Christian
- 2016: Saul Karamesines
- 2014: Thomas Thompson
- 2013: Clayton Handy
- 2012: Lisa Boyd
Faculty Awards
- 2024: Karen Beard
- 2023: Peter Adler
- 2022: Mark Brunson
- 2021: Jim Lutz
- 2020: Janice Brahney
- 2019: Peter Howe
- 2018: Patrick Belmont
- 2017: Jacopo Baggio
- 2016: Juan Villalba
- 2015: Chris Monz
- 2014: Karen Mock
- 2013: David Koons
- 2012: Layne Coppock
- 2024: Gustavo Ovando-Montejo
- 2023: Eric LaMalfa
- 2022: Larissa Yocom
- 2021: Mark Chynoweth
- 2020: Shannon Belmont
- 2019: Edd Hammill
- 2018: Peter Adler
- 2017: Andrew Kulmatiski
- 2016: Claudia Radel
- 2015: Kari Veblen
- 2014: Dan MacNulty
- 2013: Dave Koons
- 2012: Fee Busby
- 2024: Sunshine Brosi
- 2023: Justin DeRose
- 2022: Eric LaMalfa
- 2021: Edd Hammill
- 2020: Sarah Klain
- 2019: Layne Coppock
- 2018: Nat Frazer
- 2017: Dan MacNulty
- 2016: James Long
- 2015: Mike King
- 2014: Chris Call
- 2013: Mark Brunson
- 2012: Claudia Radel
- 2024: Erin Rivers
- 2023: Doug Ramsey
- 2022: Sarah Klain
- 2021: Joanna Endter-Wada
- 2020: Layne Coppock
- 2019: Patrick Belmont
- 2018: Juan Villalba
- 2017: Robert Schdmit
- 2016: Fee Busby
- 2024: Shannon Belmont
- 2023: Courtney Flint
- 2022: Tim Walsworth
- 2021: Tal Avgar
- 2020: Trisha Atwood
- 2019: Phaedra Budy
- 2018: Janice Brahney
- 2017: Karin Kettenring
- 2016: Kari Veblen
- 2015: Karen Beard
- 2014: Rich Etchberger
- 2013: Zhao Ma
- 2012: Helga Van Miegroet
- 2024: Kari Veblen
- 2023: Kezia Manlove
- 2022: Tal Avgar
- 2021: Janice Brahney
- 2020: Karin Kettenring
- 2019: Tom Monaco
- 2018: James Lutz
Staff Awards
- 2024: Alisha Beus & Lael Gilbert
- 2023: Allison Cochley
- 2022: Wes James
- 2021: Melanie Conrad
- 2020: Becky Hirst
- 2019: Brian & Marsha Bailey
- 2018: Shelly Kotynek
- 2017: Ricky Downs
- 2016: Kay Kelsey
- 2015: Lana Barr
- 2014: Mykel Beorchia
- 2013: Marsha Bailey
- 2012: Becky Hirst
- 2024: Jaron Adkins
- 2023: Rae Robinson
- 2022: Kevin Landom
- 2021: Chase Lamborn
- 2020: Brendan Murphy
- 2019: Gary Thiede