Join us in celebrating your colleagues!
The 2025 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards will be happening on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 11:00AM until 1:00PM in the University Center Ballroom. Please join us in honoring those in our community who truly live our vision of redefining excellence in higher education. We look forward to sharing our gratitude for this community and celebrating the winners of our Presidential Faculty and Staff awards, University System of Maryland awards, and additional distinguished university awards.
The following individuals will be honored at the 2025 Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards:
Presidential Teaching Professor Award
E.F. Charles LaBerge, Ph.D. ’03
Professor of the Practice, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Presidential Research Professor Award
Takashi Yamashita
Professor, Sociology and Gerontology; Co-Director, Gerontology Doctoral Program
Presidential Distinguished Staff Award, Exempt Staff
Amy Barnes
Program Coordinator, Center for Social Science Scholarship
Professional Distinguished Staff Award, Non-Exempt Staff
Farzana Islam
Program Management Specialist, Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies
USM Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jeff Leips
Professor, Biological Sciences
USM Board of Regents Staff Award for Effectiveness and Efficiency
Christopher Serafin
Electric Trades Supervisor, Facilities Management
Diane M. Lee Teaching Award
Marc Vukotich
Academic Advisor, COEIT Undergraduate Student Services
Hope Weisman ’14, M.A. ’18
Senior Academic Advocate, Academic Success Center
Bethany Spore ’96
Compliance Manager, Office of the Registrar
Jakubik Family Endowment Award
Ciera Clay Valian
Senior Assistant Registrar for Transfer Services and Articulation, Office of the Registrar
Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Outstanding Non-Exempt Staff
Melissa Cox
Program Management Specialist, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
Marilyn E. Demorest Award for Faculty Advancement
Lisa Kelly
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Teresa Lupinek Endowment Award
Christine Routzahn
Director, UMBC Career Center
UMBC Research Faculty Excellence Award
Ali Tokay
Research Professor, GESTAR and Geography and Environmental Systems