Advisors, Professors of Practice, and Business Staff Among Honorees at 2025 Awards Celebration
12 faculty and staff recognized at April 14 ceremony.
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.