2018 Faculty/Staff Achievements
• Top innovator: University Distinguished Professor Susan Sun named to National Academy of Inventors.
• Going global: Art professor to serve residency at Asia Cultural Center in South Korea.
• Pioneering honor: Shawna Jordan among first women to earn place in Kansas Athletic Trainers' Society Hall of Fame.
• Smithsonian salute: History professor moderates aviation panel at National Air and Space Museum.
• Biography hits right note: David Pickering publishes book on famous organist.
• Career excellence: Professional societies present lifetime achievement awards Steve Stockham, professor emeritus of veterinary pathology, and Larry Erickson, professor emeritus of chemical engineering.
• Design for success: K-State Student Union staffers, students earn honors from ACUI Region II.
• STEM leader: College of Education assistant dean joins prestigious National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools board of directors.
• Distance education leaders: Two K-State Global Campus representatives earn honors for work.
• Elite recognition: Mechanical engineering's Hosni selected for 2018 ABET Fellow Award.
• International leader: Global Food Systems Initiative coordinator Margaret Olewnik new president of global cereal grain science association.
• Honored for excellence: Stephen Higgs, Ryszard Jankowiak named Higuchi-KU research award winners.
• Author, author: English's Tim Dayton releases new book on World War I American poetry.
• Top teacher: Sally Bailey receives Teaching Excellence Award from North American Drama Therapy Association.
• Among the elite: Walter Schumm receives Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who.
• Prestigious honor: Jon Faubion receives top award from American Association of Cereal Chemists International.
• Building a leader: Katie Loughmiller elected director of Associated Schools of Construction Region 4.
• Hot off the press: American ethnic studies' Shireen Roshanravan co-editor of new book on Asian American feminism and women of color politics.
• Leading the way: Anthropology's Lauren Ritterbush elected to board of directors of Plains Anthropological Society.
• Getting down to business: K-State staffers, administrators receive honors, selected to serve in Central Association of College and University Business Officers.
• Teaching excellence: College of Education's Christy Craft honored as outstanding teacher at regional conference for NASPA.
• Ceramics superstar: Art department's Nick Geankoplis inducted into the elite International Academy of Ceramics.
• Top planner-to-be: Personal financial planning's Martin Seay to serve as president-elect, then president of Financial Planning Association.
• Exemplary professor: Dietetics professor Kevin Saur named fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Top tech: College of Veterinary Medicine's Lesa Reves 2018 Technician of the Year Award from Kansas Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals.
• Going above and beyond: National Association of State Foresters honors Kansas Forest Service's Tim McDonnell for extraordinary contributions to state and private forestry.
• Excellence recognized: American Association of Bovine Practitioners presents College of Veterinary Medicine's Dan Thomson with prestigious distinguished service award.
• Publication kudos: Spanish professor receives Adela Zamudio Prize for 2017 article, "Fashion, Ekphrasis, and the Avant-Garde Novel: Carmen de Burgos's La mujer fantástia (1924)."
• Talented teachers: APDesign's de Noble and Rolley among 25 most admired educators in architecture, interiors and landscape architecture.
• Safety champion: Extension Engineering's Bruce Snead named 2018 Radon Hero.
• Read all about it: Historian and university distinguished professor's sixth book focuses Chisholm trail and Joseph McCoy.
• On board: College of Education's Lisa Rubin serving two-year term on National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals.
• Patented success: Saeed Khan granted Kansas State Polytechnic's first patent for wireless power transfer.
• Awesome architect: Project by Peter Magyar and recent graduates selected as finalist in international competition.
• International recognition: Veterinary Medicine's Hans Coetzee again honored for work in livestock animal welfare and pain management.
• Early-career honor: Agronomy's Colby Moorberg named an open education resource fellow.
• Cracking the wheat code: K-State researchers help produce the complete genome of bread wheat.
• Professional distinction: College of Engineering's Ronaldo Maghirang a new fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
• Distinguished recognition: Agricultural education associate professor receives honorary degree from American FFA.
• International honor: Maureen Olewnik serving as president-elect of the American Association of Cereal Chemists, known as AACC International.
• Up-and-comer: Communication studies' Tim Shaffer receives Early Career Recognition Award from international engagement association.
• Elite recognition: Animal sciences and industry's Joel DeRouchey receives Extension Award from American Society of Animal Science.
• Recruiter recognition: Human Capital Services' Rebecca Laessig earns certification as diversity and inclusion recruiter.
• Exceptional scholar: Leadership studies' Kerry Priest named 2018 Outstanding Scholar by Association of Leadership Educators.
• High position: Architectural engineering and construction science's Julia Keen new vice president of ASHRAE.
• Among the best: Peter Zang named one of 18 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
• Read all about it: University distinguished professor of history co-authors new book.
• Leadership leader: Kerry Priest receives a top honor from Association of Leadership Educators.
• Prestigious honor: Soil Science Society of American honors Nathan Nelson with Soil Science Education and Extension Award.
• Check this out: Engineering librarian honored for distinguished service.
• Something to sing about: Assistant professor of music releases solo compact disc recording.
• Waste not: K-State's recycling supervisor honored for outstanding involvement in community sustainability measures.
• Agronomy faculty, students receive honors at national conference.
• Key designation: Four more K-State staffers join ranks of Certified Research Administrators.
• Buzzworthy: Stephen Higgs, Dana Vanlandingham co-edit new book on chikungunya and Zika viruses.
• K-State Student Union, staff receive honors from Association of College Unions International.
• Lauded work: Erin Yelland receives Jeanne M. Priester Award for Outstanding Individual and/or Family Programming at the National Health Outreach Conference.
• Piloting success: Polytechnic aviation professor Bill Gross receives prestigious FAA Wright Brothers MasterPilot Award.
• Research excellence: University distinguished professor Barbara Valent earns high honor from American Phytopathological Society for her research on wheat and rice blasts.
• Among the best: Interior design and gerontology professor Migette Kaup named fellow of Gerontological Society of America.
• Elite company: K-State's Stefan Bossmann and Ron Wilson named among 50 Kansans to know.
• Author acknowledged: College of Education's Kay Ann Taylor author of chapter in award-winning book on student debt.
• Striking the right note: Clarinet professor Tod Kerstetter elected to fourth term as treasurer of the International Clarinet Association.
• Charting the universe: Physics' Lado Samushia selected for DESI, the international space exploration project.
• National service: Vice president for human capital services selected for board of directors of leading human resources organization.
• Of note: Tuba, euphonium professor releases new CD.
• Most influential: Diverse magazine recognizes College of Education's Kakali Bhattacharya as among top 25 women in higher education.
• Fulbright recipient: Philosophy's Jon Mahoney earns Fulbright grant for Kyrgyz Republic.
• Prestigious fellowship: English professor named 2018-2019 fellow of National Humanities Center.
• Key position: American ethnic studies' Isabel Millán re-elected Chicana caucus chair of National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies.
• Emerging leader: College of Education's Kelly Briggs selected for elite academic advising leadership program.
• Salute for service: American Association of Swine Veterinarians presents Howard Dunne Memorial Award to College of Veterinary Medicine's Hesse.
• Divine dissertations: Industrial and manufacturing systems engineering professor and civil engineering professor earn dissertation awards from national organizations.
• Recognizing excellence: Weed Science Society of America presents agronomy's Dille with Outstanding Teacher Award.
• Leading the way: Jim Sherow elected president of Kansas History Association.
• Global leadership: College of Education's Augustine-Shaw to serve on International Mentoring Association board.
• Agriculture excellence: K.C. Agricultural Business Council presents Odde with Jay B. Dillingham Award.
• Selected to serve: Human Capital Services' Legleiter to serve on CUPA-HR Midwest Region board.
• National recognition: Educational leadership professor recognized with American Educational Research Association honor.
• Elite fellow: Frederick Burrack named Lowell Mason Fellow of the National Association for Music Education.
• Touchdown for service: Recreation Services' Armando Espinoza named the 2017 Kansas High School Football Official of the Year by national association.
• State's best: Assistant professor of counseling is Kansas Counselor of the Year.
• 'Plum' fellowship: Rachel Palinski named Transboundary Animal Diseases fellow at Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
• Prestigious landing: Mechanical and nuclear engineering's Chen named fellow in U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship program.
• Kudos for excellence: Human Capital Services' Legleiter cited for service by Midwest Region of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
• National service: Honor and Integrity System's Camilla Roberts named vice president of International Center for Academic Integrity.
• Recipe for success: Van Zile Dining Center director wins national recipe contest.
• Excellent educator: College of Education dean named to Icons of Education for 2018.
• Career honor: Biological and agricultural engineering department head Joe Harner named to Rural Builder Hall of Fame.
• Leading the way: Hospitality management's Kristin Malek receives Emerging Leader Award from Heartland chapter of the Professional Convention Management Association.
• National service: Exercise physiology professor elected to national council
• Just 'write": Journalism and mass communications researchers earn best paper honors.
• Serving up excellence: Hanson named member of the year of Research Dietetic Practice Group of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Meriting attention: Keen receives Award of Merit from ASHRAE.
• Handbook help: Management's Diane Swanson first author of chapter in Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology.
• Top teacher: Geology teaching assistant recognized nationally for excellence.
• Conservation kudos: Three K-State engineers receive National Water and Conservation Award.
