The university will honor individuals who have made important contributions to the university community at the 42nd Annual Awards of Excellence ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 7, in Meany Hall.
President Michael K. Young will preside at the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception.
The Awards of Excellence ceremony honors members of the UW community who exemplify the universitys values with special distinction. They recognize achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support.
Here are the 2012 UW Awards聽of聽Excellence recipients:
Distinguished Staff Award
Billy H. Colburn,聽psychiatry, Harborview Medical Center
Deborah Harper,聽Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
Freddie A. Tapuro,聽Campus Engineering and Operations
Julie Jothen Valley,聽radiation oncology
Holly Broadbent-Horvat, Karin Huster, Patricia A. McElveny, Jodie Prescott and JoAnn Rodger,聽Trauma Surgical ICU Quiet Time Group
David B. Thorud Leadership Award
Faculty award,聽Alex Cahana,聽anesthesiology & pain medicine
Staff award,聽Joyce Yen,聽engineering
Distinguished Librarian Award
Timothy D. Jewell,聽information resources and scholarly communication, libraries
Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award
Frazer Cook, 65
Distinguished Retiree Excellence in Community Service Award
Nancy Amidei,聽social work
Distinguished Teaching Award
Leslie Ashbaugh,聽interdisciplinary arts and sciences, UW Bothell
Jeffrey W. Berman, civil and environmental engineering
Sarah Elwood,聽geography
Hugh M. Foy,聽surgery
Maria Elena Garcia,聽Comparative History of Ideas and Jackson School of International Studies
Andrew D. Loveless,聽mathematics
Christine A. Stevens,聽nursing, UW Tacoma
Excellence in Teaching Award
Michael Bowman,聽Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
J. Bart Klika,聽social work
Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning Award
Mamidala Ramulu,聽mechanical engineering
S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award
Gillian Harkins,聽English
University Faculty Lecture Award
Batya Friedman,聽Information School
Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
Peter J. May,聽political science
Outstanding Public Service Award
Jacqueline McMurtrie, School of Law
Presidents Medal
Melissa Rose Winstanley
Nicole Guenther
Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus
Steven M. Holl, 71