Each year the Dean of Science in consultation with the department heads decide the recipients of these awards. They were announced at our final Faculty Council meeting of the year.<\/p>\n
Sherii Myroshnychenko<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Awesome Achievement Award for overall excellence in academic endeavors Marina Tourlakis<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Terrific Teaching Award for instructional excellence Dina Navon<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Remarkable Research for excellence in scientific endeavors Jake Spooner <\/strong>\u2013 Outstanding Outreach for excellence in community outreach events Greg Schmaltz<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Superb Service for outstanding performance of service duties (Faculty) \u00a0<\/strong>Stephanie Laframboise<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Superb Service for\u00a0outstanding performance of service duties (Staff) <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each year the Dean of Science in consultation with the department heads decide the recipients of these awards. They were announced at our final Faculty Council meeting of the year. Sherii Myroshnychenko\u00a0\u2013 Awesome Achievement Award for overall excellence in academic endeavors Sherii is an Assistant Professor in Math & Stats. He is always willing to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":12399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[444,2,3,169,5,58,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-feature","category-mathstats","category-news","category-outreach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12400,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12395\/revisions\/12400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSherii is an Assistant Professor in Math & Stats. He is always willing to help and is a fantastic teacher beloved by his students. He participates in service work with math outreach and events. He is also a member of the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) deliberation committee involved in choosing the candidate to represent UFV Science at this international event. Sherii has also received increased grant money this year to continue his research. It is for these reasons and many more that Sherri received the Awesome Achievement Award!<\/p>\n
\nMarina is an Assistant Professor in Biology. She has a passion for developing inclusive teaching and mentoring practices. She has collaborated with students to co-develop lab activities and assignments including seeking student support on developing new educational materials to support an anti racist genetics education framework. Her recent student support research project involves investigating the structural implications of disease-causing variants using UCSF Chimera. Marina is collaborative and student focused and for this reason she is this year\u2019s Terrific Teaching Award recipient!<\/p>\n
\nDina is an Assistant Professor in Biology. Dina has extensive research of the three-spine Stickleback and plasticity. She has been leading and growing research projects and continues to collaborate with undergraduates seeking research options. In addition to fish, evolution, and development, Dina is also extremely enthusiastic about science communication, outreach, and activist work for minoritized populations. Her commitment to research and collaborating with undergraduates makes Dina a worthy recipient of the Remarkable Research Award!<\/p>\n
\nJake is an Assistant Professor in Chemistry; but is also a lead judge and ethics manager for the Fraser Valley Science Fair. He also is a key volunteer for our Indigenous Student visits and tours. His commitment and dedication to outreach make Jake a worthy recipient of the year\u2019s Outstanding Outreach award!<\/p>\n
\nGreg\u2019s commitment to the Faculty of Science, particularly in Biology, has been exemplary. He has led as Biology\u2019s department head, earning the respect throughout the department and university. Greg is recognized for his expertise in ornithology research. He is also on many university committees and is always ready to lend a hand. His unwavering dedication to academic excellence in every endeavor makes him a deserving recipient of this year\u2019s Superb Service Award for Faculty!<\/p>\n
\nStephanie is the Program Technician in Agriculture. She has many years of working in the agricultural industry and our agriculture department could not run without her. She supports the greenhouse and barn operations, managers animal welfare and ensures the department has everything they need to operate. She is passionate about agriculture sustainability, animal welfare, and future food security. Stephanie is our deserving recipient of the Superb Service Award for Staff!<\/p>\n