Awards, Honors and Other Distinctions
Dr. Amy Branam Armiento, English and Foreign Languages
Named a laureate of the Hesperus Cultural Foundation, November 2023. The organization bestowed this honor in recognition of her research on the connections between Edgar Allan Poe and Mihai Eminesu, Romania’s national poet.
Dr. Sara-Beth Bittinger, Academic Operations and Fiscal Affairs
Top 100 Women in Maryland Honoree, The Daily Record, 2024.
Kristie Bloskey, Administration and Finance
Staff Award for Excellence, Nonexempt Employee category, September 2023.
Lisa Clark, Student Affairs/Civic Engagement/AmeriCorps
Recognition through the Division of Student Affairs for Community Engagement and Service at FSU.
Recognition for participation in National Service Conference.
Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages
Fifteen FSU student reports for which Duncan was Faculty Evaluator were selected for online publication by Project Censored in Spring 2024, bringing his career total, since joining FSU, to 60.
Duncan’s 2001 story “Senator Bilbo” was taught at Yale-NUS College in Singapore in Spring 2024 as part of WHU3394, Writing Speculative Fiction, the first such higher-ed course ever taught in that nation.
Dr. Justin Dunmyre, Mathematics
University and Community Service Award, May 2024.
Dr. Jeff Graham, Student Affairs
President’s Distinguished Staff Award, September 2023.
Gerry LaFemina, English and Foreign Languages
Academic Achievement Award, May 2024.
Dr. Janet Mattern, Educational Professions
Letter of recognition for scholarly volunteer service, National Association for the Education of Young Children 2024.
Dr. Michael Monahan, Management
President’s Distinguished Faculty Award, September 2023.
Dr. Michael Murtagh, Psychology
Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching, May 2024.
Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk, President
Higher Education Power List, The Daily Record, 2023.
Dr. David Puthoff, Biology
Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, University System of Maryland Board of Regents Meeting, April 2024.
Anthony Rosa, Physical Plant
Staff Award for Excellence, Nonexempt Employee in the Facilities/Maintenance category, September 2023.
Dr. James C. Saku, Geography
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, 2023.
Rubin Stevenson, Athletics
Staff Award for Excellence, Exempt (salaried) Employee category, September 2023.
Lazareth Sye, Residence Life
Ann Webster New Professional Award 2023, MACUHO Annual Conference, October 2023.
Dr. Artie Lee Travis, Student Affairs
Allegany County’s Inaugural Positive People Award.
Annual Historic Preservation Award for his work on the Negro Mountain African American historic site marker, Allegany County NAACP 7007 Fourth Annual Voice of Freedom awards, 2024.
Inaugural Veteran in Business and Law Award, The Daily Record, 2023.
Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President
Leadership Award Winner, Washington, D.C., Admin Awards, https://www.adminawards.com/washington-dc/#winners, https://www.frostburg.edu/news/2023/august/donnell-vanskiver-admin-award-winner.php, August 2023.
Dr. Jodi G. Welsch, Educational Professions
Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching, May 2024.