Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Notable Achievements, Awards and Recognition
2010-2011
Faculty Awards
- Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs-Dean Stauffer
- Brian Murphy and colleagues wrote text book and teacher’s guide:Murphy, B.R., D.W. Willis, M.D. Klopfer, and B.D.S. Graeb. 2010. Case studies in fisheries conservation and management: Applied critical thinking and problem solving. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
- Certificate of Teaching Excellence- Sarah Karpanty
- CNRE Mentoring Award-Carola Haas
- Steve McMullin led CNRE Student Leadership Institute
- Proposal for First-Year Experience course accepted – Don Orth played leading role
- CNRE Curriculum Club Outstanding Faculty Award -Dean Stauffer
- Plenary talks at Wild Trout X and State of Region Roundtable meetings-Steve McMullin
- Keynote at FDA public meeting on genetically modified Atlantic salmon-Eric Hallerman
- President-Elect, Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society-Brian Murphy
- President-Elect Faculty Senate; serving on Presidential Task Force on Strategic Planning-Sarah Karpanty
Graduate Student Awards
- FWC Outstanding Master’s Student Award – Yan Li
- FWC Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award – Sarah Durant
- A.B. Massey Honorarium – Jamie Roberts
- Outstanding GTA Award – Dan Stich
- Burd S. McGinnes Graduate Fellowship – Sarah Durant, Claudia Wultsch, Risa Pesapane
- International Student Scholarship – Yan Li, Bernardo Mesa
- Royal Thai Scholarship – Pawapol Kongchum
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowships – Brian Gerber, Danielle Bridgers
- NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant – Sarah Durant
- Iota Delta Rho Exemplary Interdisciplinary Research of the Year 2011 – Risa Pesapane
- Sussman Environmental Internships – Shannon White, David Montague
Best student paper awards:
Jamie Roberts, Southeastern Fisheries Council, Athens, GA, November 11-12, 2010.
Jamie Roberts, Southern Division American Fisheries Society, Tampa, FL, January, 2011
Conference travel award: Pawapol Kongchum – Plant & Animal Genome, San Diego, Jan 2011 - VT Chapter American Fisheries Society Outstanding Member Award – Dan Stich
Undergraduate Awards
- Atlantic Coast Conference Undergraduate Research Scholar – Sarah Webster
- NMFS Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships – Andrew Shamaskin, Brendan Rundle
- Alumni Award for Outstanding Senior – George Cummins, FWC nominee
- David Wm. Smith Leadership Award – Chad Stochowiak, FWC nominee
- Outstanding Science Award – Erin Heller
- Xi Sigma Pi Outstanding Sophomore Award – Helen Tripp, Stephen Perkins
- Virginia Outdoor Writers Association Collegiate Undergraduate Writing Competition, Second Place – Brandon Fair
- Best Student Presentation at 2011 Wildlife Society meeting - Tommy Esson
- Best Student Poster at 2010 Natural Resources Management meeting in Belize - Tommy Esson
- VT Wildlife Society Outstanding Member Award – Alex Garretson
Other recognition:
Leadership Institute members:
Kenneth Erwin Kathy Hixson Mitchell Kern Carrie Lynn Squibb Charles Turner CNRE Ambassadors:
Morgan Brizendine Kelsey Ewing Megan Silsby Katie Staples Chad Stochowiak Lisa Trapp
Alumni Awards
CNRE Outstanding Recent Alumna Award- Charisa Morris