Presidential Excellence

Presidential Excellence Award Winners

2022

Craig Hella Johnson

Professor of Practice, Music

Scholarly and Creative

Joshua Miller

Assistant Professor, Communication Studies

Teaching

Jon Zmikly

Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Mass Communication

Teaching

Vlasta Silhavy

Senior Lecturer, Theatre and Dance

Service

Previous Presidential Excellence Award Winners

Scholarly and Creative

  • Sean Justice, 2020, Art and Design
  • Michael Ippolito, 2019, Music
  • Ana Baer, 2018, Dance (Presidential Seminar)
  • Sean Horan, 2016, Communication Studies (Seminar)
  • Melinda Villagran, 2014, Communication Studies
  • Randall Reid, 2012, Art and Design (Seminar)
  • Marian Houser, 2009, Communication Studies
  • Beverley Penn, 2008, Art and Design (Seminar)
  • Timothy Mottet, 2005, Communication Studies
  • Nico Schüler, 2003, Music
  • Ian Davidson, 1999, Music
  • Steven Beebe, 1996, Communication Studies
  • Adah Jones, 1995, Music
  • LeAnne Smith, 1994, Theatre and Dance

Previous Presidential Award Winners

Teaching

  • Michael Devlin, 2021, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Kristen Farris, 2020, Communication Studies
  • Kaysie Seitz Brown, 2019, Theatre and Dance
  • Stephanie Dailey, 2018, Communication Studies
  • Cynthia Gonzales, 2018, Music
  • Jennifer Buschhorn, 2017, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Dale Blasingame, 2017, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Kaitlin Hopkins, 2016, Theatre and Dance
  • Ann Burnette, 2015, Communication Studies
  • David Nolan, 2015, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Cindy Royal, 2013, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Kymberly Fox, 2013, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Jason Kwak, 2011, Music
  • James Housefield, 2005, Art and Design
  • Gary Rice, 1998, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Cathy Fleuriet, 1997, Communication Studies
  • Lee Williams, 1994, Communication Studies
  • Bruce Renfro, 1990, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Charles Pascoe, 1988, Theatre and Dance

Previous Presidential Award Winners

Service

  • Michael Burns, 2020, Communication Studies
  • Cindy Royal, 2020, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Rebekah Fox, 2019, Communication Studies
  • Jim Price, 2018, Theatre and Dance
  • Daris Hale, 2016, Music
  • Steven Beebe, 2015, Communication Studies
  • Roseann Mandziuk, 2013, Communication Studies
  • Michel Conroy, 2012, Art and Design
  • Sindy Chapa, 2011, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • David Nolan, 2010, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Kimberly Fox, 2008, Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Teri Evans-Palmer, 2007, Art and Design
  • Timothy Mottet, 2006, Communication Studies 
  • Wayne Kraemer, 2005, Communication Studies
  • Steven Beebe, 2001, Communication Studies
  • Marybeth Smith, 2000, Music