The 2015 Honors and Awards Ceremony was held on Wednesday May 20th at 4:40 pm in JHN-102, hosted by ESS Chair Robert Winglee. There were numerous honors, awards, and scholarships given during this ceremony before adjourning to a reception in the Johnson Hall Courtyard.
The major awards from the 2015 ceremony are :
- Undergraduate Student Service Award : Nikolas Middtun
- Merrill Prize for Excellence : Nikolas Middtun
- Coombs Excellence in Teaching Award : Sarah Schanz
- Johnston Prize for Research Excellence : Adam Campbell, Lu Liu
- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award : Alison Duvall
- Barksdale Service Award : Andrew Schauer
- College of the Environment Outstanding Teaching Faculty : Juliet Crider
- College of the Environment Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduate Students : Fang-Zhen Teng
![Nikolas Middtun receiving the Undergrad Service Award from Tucker Barksdale and Gerard Roe.](img/Midttun_UG%20Service%20Award.jpg)
![Nikolas Middtun receiving the Merrill Prize for Excellence from Gerard Roe.](img/Midttun_Merrill Award.jpg)
![Photo of Sarah Schanz receiving the Coombs Excellence in Teaching Award.](img/Schanz_Coombs_Teaching_Excellence.jpg)
![Photo of Adam Campbell and Lu Liu receiving the Johnston Prize for Research Excellence.](img/Liu_and_Campbell_Johnston.jpg)
from Ken Creager.
![Photo of Alison Duvall receiving the Bassett Faculty Teaching Excellence Award.](img/Duvall_Bassett_Award.jpg)
![Photo of Andrew Schauer receiving the Barksdale Service Award.](img/Schauer_Barksdale_Award.jpg)
![Photo of Elizabeth Grant receiving the NSLMC Award](img/Grant_NSLMC_Award.jpg)