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Greetings Staff and Faculty of the College of Arts & Sciences, 

 

As the semester moves further into spring, we enter awards season, which is a celebratory time of the year. It is my pleasure to announce the winners of the 2026 A&S Faculty Awards. Congratulations to this year鈥檚 recipients for their excellence in teaching and research. I am proud to recognize and celebrate your outstanding achievements.

 

Extraordinary Merit in Teaching

Daniel Auerbach, Criminal Justice & Sociology

Paul Bergstraesser, English

Bree Doering, Anthropology

Shane Epping, Communications & Journalism

 

Extraordinary Merit in Research

Conxita Dom猫nech, Modern and Classical Languages

Randy Haas, Anthropology

Ryan Williamson, School of Politics, Public Affairs & International Studies

Cecily Zander, History

 

Beatrice Gallatin Beuf Golden Apple Award

Shelby Hutson, English

 

I'm also excited to congratulate this year's PIE award winners, including Nicholas Crane, Politics Public Affairs & International Studies; Laura Ann De Lozier, Modern & Classical Languages; Tracey Patton, English; Kasey Stanton, Psychology; Ryan Williamson, Politics Public Affairs & International Studies; Yan Zhang, Modern & Classical Languages; Jiwon Han, Music; Tyler Fall, Philosophy & Religious Studies; Scott Freng, Psychology; and Catherine Hartmann, Philosophy & Religious Studies.

 

Last night I attended the Mortar Board 鈥淭op Prof鈥� dinner that celebrated faculty from across the university who were selected by their students for this award. It was fun to mingle with our great A&S faculty award winners at this event. Congratulations to all of this year鈥檚 award recipients, and thank you for the dedication and positive impact you bring to our college each day. Have a wonderful and well-deserved weekend.

 

On Wednesday, the A&S Central Committee met all day to hear proposals from department heads for positions that could be searched next academic year. This committee will review the proposals, rank them, and send me a ranked list in April. The college is not anticipating many open positions this year. It is my goal to share allocated positions with the college in late spring or early summer. I would like to thank the Central Committee for their hard work and time commitment to this process. It is important work.

 

It has been announced that Shane Reeves will become the 29th president of the University of Wyoming. Congratulations to Dr. Reeves, and I look forward to welcoming him to UW and back to Wyoming. I am optimistic as UW moves toward our next chapter.

 

Sincerely, 

 

J. Scott Turpen