Three CU Denver Business School faculty members recently won CU Denver Faculty Awards. “This annual tradition is our chance to stop and recognize the excellent work that goes on at our university every day in the areas of teaching, research and creative activities as well as service and librarianship” says Roderick Nairn, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs. “As I look down the list of faculty members who have won awards, it’s a reminder to me—as I hope it is to you—of just how fortunate we are to be surrounded by truly distinguished individuals every single day.”
The following Business School faculty have won awards this year:
- Madhavan Parthasarathy (Excellence in Service award)
- Jeffrey Nystrom (Excellence in Teaching award: Senior Instructor/Instructor/Lecturer)
- Jian Yang (Excellence in Research and Creative Activities)
Congratulations to all of the Business School faculty who have won awards. Below is the full list of all University of Colorado Denver|AMC faculty who have won awards this year.
Anschutz Medical Campus
President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
- Judith Baxter, Colorado School of Public Health (Community and Behavioral Health)
- Jason Brainard, School of Medicine (Anesthesiology)
- David Gozalo, School of Dental Medicine (Restorative Dentistry)
- Ty Heath Kiser, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Clinical Pharmacy)
- Matthew Rustici, School of Medicine (Pediatrics)
- Tammy Spencer, College of Nursing
Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award
- Gail Armstrong, College of Nursing
- Laura Borgelt, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine)
- Phil Boyer, School of Medicine (Pathology)
- Tasha Fingerlin, Colorado School of Public Health (Epidemiology)
- Michael Hall, School of Medicine (Physiology and Biophysics)
- Genevieve Pham-Kanter, Graduate School (Colorado School of Public Health)
- Ethelyn Thomason, School of Dental Medicine (Surgical Dentistry)
Denver Campus
Excellence in Service
- Bob Flanagan, College of Architecture and Planning (Architecture)
- Stephen Hartnett, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Communication)
- Christine Martell, School of Public Affairs
- Paul Musso, College of Arts and Media (Music and Entertainment Industry Studies)
- Madhavan Parthasarathy, Business School
- Shruti Poulsen, School of Education and Human Development
- Diana White, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Mathematics)
- Leslie Williams, Auraria Library
—The campus award winner is Stephen Hartnett.
Annual Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring
Ronald Rorrer, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Mechanical Engineering)
Excellence in Teaching
Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor
- Casey Allen, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Geography and Environmental Sciences)
- Richard Allen, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Psychology)
- Lynn Bennethum, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Mathematics)
- Vinit Desai, Business School
- Connie Fulmer, School of Education and Human Development
- Erin Hackel, College of Arts and Media (Music and Entertainment Industry Studies)
- Tanya Heikkila, School of Public Affairs
- Keith Loftin, College of Architecture and Planning (Architecture)
- David Mays, College of Engineering and Applied Science (Civil Engineering)
—The campus award winner is Keith Loftin.
Senior Instructor/Instructor/Lecturer
- Aimee Bernard, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Integrative Biology)
- Nancy Commins, School of Education and Human Development
- Lucy Dwight, School of Public Affairs
- Jeffrey Nystrom, Business School
- Erik Sommerfeld, College of Architecture and Planning (Architecture)
—The campus award winner is Jeffrey Nystrom.
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities
- Peter Anthamatten, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Geography and Environmental Sciences)
- Michelle Carpenter, College of Arts and Media (Visual Arts)
- Laurel Hartley, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Integrative Biology)
- Michael Jenson, College of Architecture and Planning (Architecture)
- Arunprakash Karunanithi, College of Engineering and Applied Science (Civil Engineering)
- Callie Rennison, School of Public Affairs
- Kara Viesca, School of Education and Human Development
- Leslie Williams, Auraria Library
- Jian Yang, Business School
—The campus award winner is Arunprakash Karunanithi.
Excellence in Librarianship
The winner of this award was selected by the Library Faculty Personnel Committee.
—This year’s winner is Denise Pan.
