Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Awards 

Each year, the Global Academic Committee and Office of Global Partnerships award two faculty and two staff the Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Awards for impact relevant to all or one of the academic mission categories of Learning, Discovery, and Engagement

 

Current Winners - 2025

Jennifer DeBoer - 2025 Winner

Comprehensive Faculty Award | Associate Professor, Engineering Education

Photo of Ellen Schellhase - 2025 Winner

Ellen Schellhase - 2025 Winner

Pillar Faculty Award | Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice; Director of International Engagement, College of Pharmacy

Laura Starr - 2025 Winner

Comprehensive Staff Award | Director of Experiential Learning and Student Success, College of Science

Addison Sheldon - 2025 Winner

Pillar Staff Award | Director of Global Engagement, College of Veterinary Medicine

Past Winners - 2024

Eric Matson - 2024 Winner

Comprehensive Faculty Award | Professor of Computer and Information Technology; Director, RICE Research Center; Co-Founder M2M Lab

See Tribute Video Here

Chris Lukasik - 2024 Winner

Pillar Faculty Award | Associate Professor, English and American Studies; Director, Fulbright Faculty Awards

See Tribute Video Here

Juan Velasquez de Bedout - 2024 Winner

Comprehensive Staff Award | Assistant Director, Global Partnerships; Director, Latin American Programs; Director, Colombia Purdue Partnership

See Tribute Video Here

Lauren Trondsen - 2024 Winner

Pillar Staff Award | Managing Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

See Tribute Video Here

Past Winners - 2023

Jill Newton - 2023 Winner

Comprehensive Faculty Award | Professor of Mathematics Education

See Tribute Video Here

Yuehwern Yih - 2023 Winner

Pillar Faculty Award | Director of the LASER PULSE Consortium; Director of the Smart Systems and Operations Laboratory; Professor of Industrial Engineering

See Tribute Video Here

Gary Burniske - 2023 Winner

Comprehensive Staff Award | Assistant Director for Program Development, International Programs in Agriculture

See Tribute Video Here

Rhonda Von Werder - 2023 Winner

Pillar Staff Award

See Tribute Video Here

Past Winners - 2022

John Sheffield - 2022 Winner

Comprehensive Faculty Award | Professor of Engineering Technology

Andrea DeMaria - 2022 Winner

Pillar Faculty Award | Former Assistant Professor of Public Health

Kara Hartman - 2022 Winner

Comprehensive Staff Award | International Exchange and Study Abroad Manager, International Programs in Agriculture

Carmen Morrow - 2022 Winner

Pillar Staff Award | Lead Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Curriculum & Research Coordinator

Past Winners - 2021

Mesut Akdere - 2021 Winner

Faculty Award | Professor of Human Resource Development; Director, Human Resource Development Virtual Lab

Joe Tort - 2021 Winner

Staff Award | Managing Director, Office of Professional Practice

Past Winners - 2020

Anatoli Rapoport - 2020 Winner

Faculty Award | Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

Jill Churchill - 2020 Winner

Staff Award | Former Short-Term Study Abroad Specialist, Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships

Past Winners - 2019

David Schoorman - 2019 Winner

Faculty Award | Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

William Smith II - 2019 Winner

Staff Award | Former Director, International Programs, College of Veterinary Medicine