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THE CELEBRATION OF

FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Tuesday, Sept. 1 , 2020

WELCOME President Dean L. Bresciani, Provost Beth Ingram

and the NDSU Foundation and Alumni Association welcome you to the 23rd Annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence. The strength of NDSU can be measured in different ways, but without faculty excellence, it would be impossible to carry on a proud tradition of research and academic achievement.

IMPACT FUND

Ravi Kiran Yellavajjala, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adam Hohman, School of Nursing

Angela Seewald-Marquardt, Student Success Programs

FELLOWSHIPS

Lokesh Narayanan, Vettel Family Fellowship, College of Engineering

Julie Pasche, Neil C. Gudmestad Endowed Chair of Potato Pathology, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources

Kwangsoo Park, Dr. Anne Stegner Endowed Professorship, College of Human Sciences and Education

John Bitzan, Menard Family Director of the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, College of Business

Ranjit Godavarthy, Challey Fellow, College of Business

Robert Hearne, Challey Fellow, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources

Verlin Hinsz, Challey Fellow, College of Science and Mathematics

David Hong, Challey Fellow, College of Business

Jaeha Lee, Challey Fellow, College of Human Sciences and Education

Derek Lehmberg, Challey Fellow, College of Business

Shuning Lu, Challey Fellow, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ganapathy Mahalingam, Challey Fellow, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Joshua Marineau, Challey Fellow, College of Business

Onnolee Nordstrom, Challey Fellow, College of Business

Jeongdoo Park, Challey Fellow, College of Human Sciences and Education

Dan Pemstein, Challey Fellow, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Rajani Ganesh Pillai, Challey Fellow, College of Business

Xudong Rao, Challey Fellow, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources

Clay Routledge, Challey Fellow, College of Science and Mathematics

Anupa Sharma, Challey Fellow, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources

Jeremy Straub, Challey Fellow, College of Engineering

Cheryl Wachenheim, Challey Fellow, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources

Heath Wing, Challey Fellow, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Lei Zhang, Challey Fellow, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources

N O RT H DA KOTA S TAT E U N I V E R S IT Y

NDSU FOUNDATION GRANTS 2019-2020

Ben Balas, Associate Professor, Psychology PELTIER AWARD FOR TEACHING INNOVATION

Nicholas Bauroth, Professor, Political Science CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NDSU DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SERVICE AWARD

Stephenson Beck, Associate Professor and Department Chair/Head, Communication PHI KAPPA PHI FACULTY LECTURESHIP AWARD

Joel Caton, Professor, Animal Sciences WALDRON RESEARCH AWARD

Dinesh Katti, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering FACULTY LECTURESHIP AWARD

Jenny Linker, Associate Professor, Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences PELTIER AWARD FOR TEACHING INNOVATION

Carrie Anne Platt, Associate Professor, Communication PELTIER AWARD FOR TEACHING INNOVATION

Indranil SenGupta, Associate Professor, Mathematics ODNEY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

Mark Strand, Professor, Pharmacy Practice MENTORING EXCELLENCE AWARD

FACULTY PROMOTIONS:

PROMOTED TO FULL PROFESSOR

Stephenson Beck, Communication

Mari Borr, School of Education

Kelly Buettner-Schmidt, School of Nursing

Catalin Ciuperca, Mathematics

Christopher Colbert, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Joe Deutsch, Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences

Jeanne Frenzel, Pharmacy Practice

Erin Gillam, Biological Sciences

David Hopkins, School of Natural Resource Sciences

Fariz Huseynov, Transportation, Logistics, and Finance

Jeremy Jackson, Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Jaeha Lee, Apparel, Merchandising, Interior Design, and Hospitality Management

Linda Manikowske, Apparel, Merchandising, Interior Design, and Hospitality Management

Shafiqur Rahman, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Elizabeth Blodgett Salafia, Human Development and Family Science

Kelly Sassi, English

Molly Secor-Turner, School of Nursing

Ruilin Tian, Transportation, Logistics, and Finance

Rachelle Vettern, School of Education

Gursimran Walia, Computer Science

Christina Weber, Sociology and Anthropology

Xiangfa Wu, Mechanical Engineering

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Anastassiya Andrianova,* English

Ashley Baggett,* History, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Peter Bergholz,* Microbiological Science

Amanda Brooks,* Pharmaceutical Sciences

Sean Burt,* History, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Yongki Choi,* Physics

Aaron Daigh,* School of Natural Resource Sciences

Andrew Friskop,* Plant Pathology

Lauren Hanna,* Animal Sciences

Jessica Jung,* Theatre Arts

Benjamin Laabs, Geosciences

Katie Lyman,* Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Adam A. Marx,* School of Education

Devan McGranahan,* School of Natural Resource Sciences

Robert Mejia,* Communication

Andrew Myer,* Criminal Justice and Political Science

Larry Napoleon,* School of Education

Dharmakeerthi (Keerthi) Nawarathna,* Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jeongdoo (J.D.) Park,* Apparel, Merchandising, Interior Design, and Hospitality Management

Marcela Perett,* History, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Thomas Peters,* Plant Sciences

Natasha Petry,** Pharmacy Practice

David Ripplinger,* Agribusiness and Applied Economics

Lydia Tackett,* Geosciences

Sathish Venkatachalem, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tyler Wottrich,* Music

* Awarded Tenure (SBHE approved April 29, 2020) **Professor of Practice

AWARDED TENURE

Jordi Estevadeordal, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Amy Stichman, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Political Science

PROMOTED TO SENIOR LECTURER

Tara Swanson, Animal Sciences

EMERITUS FACULTY

Peggy Andersen, Accounting and Information Systems

Ann Burnett, Women and Gender Studies and Communication

Gary Goreham, Sociology and Anthropologie

Neil Gudmestad, Plant Pathology

Brenda Hall, Education

Marion Harris, Natural Resource Sciences

Eunice Kappliger, Apparel, Merchandising, Interior Design and Hospitality Management

Gerry Macintosh, Management and Marketing

Val Marinov, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Cynthia Naughton, Health Professions

Paul Rokke, Psychology

Rodney Traub, Management and Marketing