The annual Honors Day celebration at SC&I is a spring tradition at the school. It is an opportunity for SC&I to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements made individually and collectively by faculty, students, and staff.

The celebration was held on May 5, 2021, virtually for the second year in a row, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

SC&I congratulates the awardees listed below whose work benefitted students, alumni, and others in the Rutgers and SC&I communities.

2019-2020 Faculty and Staff Winners

Awards Given by Each Department to Faculty

Communication

• Teaching Excellence:  Associate Professor Lisa Mikesell
• Research Excellence:  Assistant Professor Sophia Fu
• Service Excellence: 
  • Associate Professor Vikki Katz 
  • Professor and Chair Lea Stewart
• Part-Time Faculty Member Excellence: Director, Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership  Raffaele A. Gigliotti  
• Excellence in Instructional Support: Ph.D. students Jorlanditha Austin and Taylor Goulbourne 

Journalism and Media Studies

• Teaching Excellence:   Associate Professor Regina Marchi
• Research Excellence:  Assistant Professor Caitlin Petre
• Service Excellence Award:  Associate Professor Susan Keith
• Karyn Collins Part-Time Faculty Member Excellence:  Alptug Okten
• Teaching Assistant Excellence:  Ph.D. student Alyvia Walters

Library and Information Science

• Teaching Excellence:  Assistant Professor Emil Lawrence
• Research Excellence:   Assistant Professor Britt Paris
• Service Excellence:  Assistant Professor Gretchen Stahlman
• Part-Time Faculty Member Excellence:  Lauren Bell and Debbie Close
• Teaching Assistant Excellence: Ph.D. student Maria Ortiz-Myers

Professional Development Studies:

• Professional Development Studies Instructor Excellence Award:
  • Yonah Levenson
  • David Lipsey

Awards Given by Programs to Students                                                                              

Master of Communication and Media:

• Outstanding Student (Academic Excellence):
  • Adam C. Gray
  • Gabriela Lucia Laracca
  • Casey Randazzo

Master of Information:

• Outstanding Service to the Master’s Program:  Mitchell Nicklaus
• Outstanding Academic Achievement:  Jennifer Cabral-Pierce

Ph.D. Program:

• Outstanding Student in Communication: Taylor Goulbourne
• Outstanding Student in LIS: Maria Ortiz-Myers
• Outstanding Student in MS: Omar Hammad
• Outstanding Interdisciplinary Student: Luxuan Wang
• Outstanding Graduating Student in Communication: Sarah Fadem
• Outstanding Graduating Student in LIS: Diana Floegel
• Outstanding Graduating Student in MS:  Fredrika Thelandersson
   

Awards Given to Staff:

Staff Service Excellence Award:  

• IT Application/Web Developer John Bowen
• Assistant Dean for Information Technology Jon Oliver
• Unit Computing Manager Elias Tsang
• System Administrator Michael Souren
• Unit Computing Manager George Yu

Ph.D. Friend of the Program Award:  Student Counselor Danielle Lopez
 

Awards Given by Student Groups to Faculty or Staff

Doctoral Student Association (DSA):

• Doctoral Student Association Award for Outstanding Faculty Support of Students: 
  Associate Professor Regina Marchi
• Honorable Mentions 
  • Professor of Library and Information Science  Marija Dalbello
  • Associate Professor of Communication Maria Venetis

Listen to a full recording of the virtual 2021 Honors Day presentation here.

Learn more about the Rutgers School of Communication and Information (SC&I) on the website.