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Marinus Smith awardees honored for making a difference

On Friday, April 1, 20 staff and faculty members were recognized with the Marinus Smith Award during a reception hosted by New Student & Family Programs and CU Parents Association (CUPA). The awards were presented to the recipients by Jennifer McDuffie, director of New Student & Family Programs.
 
“Our theme for the Marinus Smith Awards is Making a Difference,” said McDuffie. “Recipients will join a long line of Marinus Smith Award winners who have impacted students and the university.”
 
The Marinus Smith Recognition Awards are presented each spring to select CU-Boulder teachers, advisors and staff who made a significant, positive impact on the lives of CU-Boulder students. 
 
Nominations for the award are submitted by students or in some cases, a student’s family member. In the call for nominations, students are asked to consider a person who had a considerable impact on their life while attending CU-Boulder. Submitting a nomination provides a meaningful way for students and their families to say “thank you” to outstanding staff and faculty members who have taken the time to show care and concern for those they serve. The nomination process closes in early spring and nominations for 2016-2017 will open in the fall. Staff and faculty members are eligible to be nominated each school year and several 2015-2016 recipients have been previously honored with a Marinus Smith Award.
 
The award is named after Marinus Smith, one of Boulder’s pioneer settlers who in 1874 not only led the way with a $1,000 donation toward the creation of the University in Boulder, he and his wife donated 25 acres for the university including the Norlin Quadrangle. 
 
The following are the 2016 honorees: 
  • Kimberly Bunning, Master Teacher at CU Teach
  • Jennifer Burnham, Special Programs Manager, Continuing Education
  • Heidi Bustamante, Instructor, Integrative Physiology
  • Inga Calvin, Lecturer, Sewall Residential Academic Program
  • Andrew Chapman, Lecturer, Philosophy
  • Anne Dougherty, Associate Department Chair, Applied Mathematics
  • Angela Thieman Dino, Faculty, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Scot Douglass, Associate Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Michael Dubson, Senior Instructor, Physics
  • Hans Foote, Senior Case Manager, Student Affairs
  • Carlos Garcia, Executive Director, University Memorial Center
  • Susan Hendrickson, Senior Instructor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Steve Hobbs, Instructor, Integrative Physiology
  • Rodger Kram, PhD, Associate Professor, Integrative Physiology
  • Barbara Loo, Occupancy Management Program Manager, Housing & Dining Services
  • Suzanne Nelson, Instructor, Integrative Physiology
  • Kathleen Corcoran Noonan, General Professional III, Academic Advising Center
  • Michael Shernick, Program Coordinator, Libby Residence Academic Program
  • Alison Vigers, Instructor, Health Residential Academic Program
  • Michael Zizzi, Lecturer, The Program for Writing & Rhetoric