The College of Arts and Sciences held an awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 25, to honor the 2024–25 recipients of The Barbara Cooke Staff Appreciation Awards, Outstanding Faculty Awards, and Board of Advisors Alumni Awards.
Read more about the following award recipients on the A&S Awards webpage.
Barbara Cooke Staff Appreciation Awards recognize leadership, competency, enthusiasm, dedication, and a positive attitude in interactions with others:
Kristine A. Kennen, PsyD, Associate Director, GIPP PsyD Program
Cindy Oppenheimer, Office Coordinator, Department of History, Department of Politics, Economics, and International Studies, and Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Jennifer Petro, PsyD, Director, GIPP PsyD Program
Outstanding Faculty Awards recognize extraordinary achievements and outstanding contributions in any of or all three categories: teaching, scholarship/professional productivity, and/or service:
Kelly McGeever, PhD, Associate Dean of Student Academic Services and Associate Professor and Criminal Justice Program Director
Natalie Politikos, PhD, Professor of Psychology
Board of Advisors Alumni Awards celebrate the value of a liberal arts education and recognize the significant achievements of Arts and Sciences alumni who make a difference in their profession and/or their community:
Alexandra Arroyo '13, Assistant State's Attorney, Hartford State's Attorney's Office
Lillian Kreppel '86, Executive Director, Co-Founder and Cancer Thriver at HPV Cancers Alliance
Dr. Ira B. Schwartz ’73, Head, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Section, Naval Research Laboratory
The College of Arts and Sciences also recognized its senior student ambassadors and honored the faculty who taught the courses that gave the award-winning presentations at the First-Year Seminar Symposium in December.