Dr. Sherwood and Elizabeth Berg, late President and First Lady of South Dakota State, established an endowment to identify young, promising faculty members with an award that will provide “seed” money for research and scholarly activities. The monetary portion of the award is to be used to support the recipient’s research and scholarly activities, such as support of undergraduate or graduate students working on research with the award winner, travel, operating expenses, equipment or other items that will enhance the research efforts and production of the faculty member. The funds may not be used for salary for the recipient.
During the Fall Semester, a Call for Nominations is sent to the College Deans, from whom the nominations must originate. Nomination materials are then reviewed by a selection committee, consisting of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Graduate School, Chair of the Research and Scholarship Committee and President of the Faculty Senate. The award recipient is announced during the Celebration of Faculty Excellence, typically held in February of each year.
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Award Year | Recipient | College | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Scott Gardner | College of Family and Consumer Sciences* | Consumer Sciences |
2001 | Kendra Kattlemann | College of Family and Consumer Sciences* | Health and Nutritional Sciences |
2002 | Matthew Vukovich | College of Family and Consumer Sciences* | Health and Nutritional Sciences |
2003 | Alan Young | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences* | Biology and Microbiology |
2004 | Ann Michelle Daniels | College of Family and Consumer Sciences* | Counseling and Human Development |
2005 | Jihong Cole-Dai | College of Arts and Sciences* | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
2006 | Solomon Harrar | College of Engineering | Mathematics and Statistics |
2007 | Kelley Tilmon | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences* | Plant Science |
2008 | Amanda Weaver | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences* | Animal and Range Sciences* |
2009 | Haifa Abou Samra | College of Nursing | Undergraduate Nursing |
2010 | Erin Cortus | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences* | Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
2011 | Adam Hoppe | College of Arts and Sciences* | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
2012 | Wei Wang | College of Engineering | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
2013 | Jeffrey Jacquet | College of Arts and Sciences* | Sociology and Rural Studies |
2014 | Jennifer Anderson Patel Hasmukh | College of Arts and Sciences* College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences* | Communications Studies and Theatre Dairy Science |
2016** | Dr. Cedric Neumann | College of Engineering | Mathematics and Statistics |
2017 | Dr. Rebecca K. Britt | College of Arts and Sciences* | Journalism and Mass Communication |
2018 | Dr. Joy Scaria | College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences* | Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences |
| 2019 | Dr. Staci Born | College of Education and Human Sciences | Counseling and Human Development |
| 2020 | Dr. Nicholas Butzin | College of Natural Sciences | Biology and Microbiology |
*Name of the College/Department has changed
**Beginning in 2016, the award year was changed by the selection committee to reflect the year in which the award is presented, however, the recognition is for the prior calendar year. This resulted in, what appears to be, a missing year.