Advisors, Professors of Practice, and Business Staff Among Honorees at 2025 Awards Celebration

April 18, 2025

12 faculty and staff recognized at April 14 ceremony.

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Group photo of Outstanding Staff Award recipient Bonnie Gilmore with award presenters.
Photo by Vanessa Borboa Bertero

Congratulations to all the award recipients honored at the 2025 ALVSCE Awards Celebration!

A+ Advisor Award
Daniel Jiménez Flores, CALES Career and Academic Services

Administrator of the Year
Laura Scaramella, Norton School of Human Ecology

Bart Cardon Early Career Faculty Teaching Award
Ellen Bledsoe, Natural Resources and the Environment

Cooperative Extension Faculty of the Year Award
Bindu Poudel-Ward, Yuma County Cooperative Extension

David E. Cox Faculty Teaching Award
Samantha Orchard, Plant Sciences

Outstanding Staff Awards
Brett Blum, Southern Arizona Experiment Station
Bonnie Gilmore, Environmental Science / Plant Sciences / Water Resources Research Center
Jennifer Rascon, Environmental Science / Plant Sciences / Water Resources Research Center
Dari Salvo, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences

Outstanding Staff in Cooperative Extension Award
Melissa Elliot, Pinal County Cooperative Extension

Shirley O'Brien Award: Emerging Inclusive Excellence Champion
Shujuan (Lucy) Li, Entomology

Shirley O'Brien Award: Legacy Inclusive Excellence Champion
Zelieann Craig, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences / Research Administration

Senior Associate Vice President Jeff Ratje also recognized Ashlee Linares-Gaffer (Nutritional Sciences and Wellness) for her service as 2023-2024 Faculty Council Chair and Rachel Doty (Entomology) for her service as 2023-2024 Staff Council Chair!

RECORDING OF 2025 AWARDS CELEBRATION

A special thank you to the Disability Resource Center for providing real-time CART captioning.

Award recipient Rachel Doty pictured with presenter, Jeff Ratje
Photo by Vanessa Borboa Bertero
Jeff Ratje recognized Rachel Doty (Department of Entomology) for her service as chair of the ALVSCE Staff Council in 2023-24.
A+ Advisor Award recipient Daniel Jiménez Flores with award presenter.
Photo by Vanessa Borboa Bertero
A+ Advisor Award recipient Daniel Jiménez Flores, pictured with Nancy Rodriguez Lorta.
Administrator of the Year Laura Scaramella speaking at podium
Photo by Vanessa Borboa Bertero
Administrator of the Year Laura Scaramella expressed her appreciation for the faculty and staff of the Norton School.