University of 缅北禁地 Springfield employees were recognized for their outstanding contributions during the Chancellor鈥檚 Awards and Staff Appreciation Day held at the Student Union on March 13, 2025. The ceremony, overseen by UIS Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Brandon Schwab, featured two prestigious awards: the Chancellor鈥檚 Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award and the Chancellor鈥檚 Award to Recognize Excellence in Civil Service (CARE).
Jacob Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, has received the Caroline Bancroft History Prize from the Denver Public Library for 鈥淭he First Migrants,鈥� a book he co-authored with Richard Edwards. Published by Bison Books, the book examines the migration of Black homesteaders to the Great Plains from 1877 to 1920.
Jennifer Martin, an associate professor in the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield鈥檚 School of Education, has been selected to receive the Truman L. Kelley Award for Scholarship Excellence from , a national educational honor society. The award will be presented during KDP鈥檚 first-ever virtual Founders Day Celebration on March 8.
Shipra Gupta, an associate professor of marketing in the Department of Management, Marketing and Operations at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, has been named University Scholar for 2023. The award, considered the University of 缅北禁地 System's highest faculty honor, recognizes outstanding teaching and scholarship. Only one faculty member receives the annual award at UIS.
The University of 缅北禁地 Springfield presented awards for alumni achievement, service and humanitarianism during the annual UIS Alumni Gala in the UIS Student Union on Feb. 24, 2023.
Jennifer Martin, an associate professor in the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield School of Education, has been named University Scholar for 2022. The award, considered the university system鈥檚 highest faculty honor, recognizes outstanding teaching and scholarship. Only one faculty member receives the annual award at UIS.
Two University of 缅北禁地 Springfield employees were honored with Chancellor鈥檚 awards recognizing academic professional and civil service excellence during a ceremony in the Student Union Ballroom on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
Awards
Chemistry Program Marshal
Craig Meredith
Biochemistry Program Marshal and Department of Chemistry Honors Recipient
Chantz Pinder
Chemistry Outstanding Senior
Rebecca Smith
Biochemistry Outstanding Senior, and Department of Chemistry Honors Recipient
Sasha Glickfield
Natalie Kerr, a senior majoring in chemistry at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, recently won the first Falling Walls Lab 缅北禁地 competition to earn the title of 缅北禁地 Young Innovator of the Year. Kerr also won an all-expenses-paid trip to Berlin, Germany, to compete at the Falling Walls Lab global finale on Nov. 8. Di鈥橯uan Ishmon, a sophomore in mechatronics engineering at Northern 缅北禁地 University, was the competition鈥檚 runner-up.
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