This annual award recognizes CALS staff for exceptional work in the eyes of their fellow employees, supervisors, or the people they serve. The awards include:

• CALS Excellence in Staff Support Award (2) – Recognizing CALS staff for individual excellence. Up to two individual awards will be issued. Recipients will receive a gift and have their name engraved on a commemorative plaque.
• CALS Excellence in Staff Teamwork Award (1) – Recognizing a team of CALS staff for excellence in teamwork and performance. Recipients will receive a gift/gifts for the entire team.

Friday, May 23, 2025

All nominees for individual awards must be active regular staff employees and employed in CALS for at least one year. This includes all eligible CALS employees who contribute to the success of the College, in the field or on campus. Past nominees are eligible but must be re-nominated. Materials need to be re-submitted and appropriately updated. Past recipients are ineligible (see list below).

Team nominations should primarily include individuals who meet the above eligibility criteria; however, teams that include temporary or part-time employees will also be considered.

Nominators should use the nomination forms below. Any CALS faculty, staff member or trainee (student, postdoctoral fellow) is welcome to submit a nomination. Providing specific examples makes an impact with the review committee. We ask that each nominator fill out their own form instead of many signing onto one nomination. Do not provide separate letters; all relevant information should be entered onto the one-page writeable PDF nomination form.

Please submit all nominations by Friday, May 23 to calsdean@uvm.edu.

CALS Excellence in Staff Support Nomination Form (PDF)

CALS Excellence in Teamwork Nomination Form (PDF)

The review committee will evaluate the nominations for evidence of sustained excellence in the following areas: 

• High quality work that exceeds expectations
• Superb collaborative skills (especially for team award)
• Positive attitude or characteristics that resulted in tangible improvements
• Creative approaches that brought about new efficiencies or other positive changes
• Leadership on “getting things done”

Individual Award

2024 - Sarah Kleinman, Ann Martin
2023 - Matt Bodette
2022 - Celia Rainville, Peggy Manahan
2021 - Whitney Northrop, Mary Fay
2020 - Alison Nihart, Lynn Willett
2019 - not awarded
2018 - Lacey Ure
2017 - Tina Haskins
2016 - Andrew K. Bessette
2015 - JoAnne Dearborn
2014 - Marcia J. Purvis
2013 - Anne Marie Resnik
2012 - Brian W. Stowe
2011 - Jane Kennedy O'Neil
2010 - Sarah Goodrich
2009 - Rose T. Laba
2008 - Colleen M. Armstrong
2007 - Patricia W. Laverty
2006 - David A. Heleba '88
2005 - Frances A. Kinghorn '79, G'84

Teamwork Award

2024 - CALS HR
2023 - Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics staff
2022 - Northeast SARE
2021 - Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and Bridges to Health
2020 - Extension 4-H
 

The Carrigan Award is the most prestigious faculty teaching award in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It recognizes outstanding effort and achievement in undergraduate teaching, student advising, and undergraduate education. Recipients of this annual award have their names engraved on a commemorative plaque, and receive a personal cash award of $2,000, as well as an additional $500 to support continued improvement and innovation in teaching. The award is presented, and the recipient is formally recognized each year at the CALS Annual Retreat.

Friday, May 23, 2025

• The nominee must be a CALS faculty member who has taught an undergraduate course for at least six Fall/Spring semesters at UVM. Semesters need not have been consecutive.
• Nominations may be made by individuals or groups of faculty, staff, and/or students who are employed by or enrolled in CALS.
• Past recipients are ineligible. See list below.

A nomination package should contain a variety of materials in support of the nominee’s achievements in undergraduate teaching, student advising, and undergraduate education. Submitted materials are evaluated by the CALS Dean’s Office according to the criteria described below. The nomination package should include the following materials submitted together as one PDF document. Nominations should be submitted electronically to calsdean@uvm.edu by email or FileTransfer.

Required materials: 

• Nomination statement (500 - 750 words): Explain why the nominee deserves the award. Highlight their impact on student learning, innovative teaching methods, and contributions to the CALS teaching community. Nomination statement should address the award criteria below.
• Nominee's CV: Up-to-date CV of the faculty member. CV should include a list of courses the nominee has taught in the past six semesters. If CV does not include course list, this may submitted separately.

Optional materials: 

• Letters of support (maximum of 5): Nominators are encouraged to solicit letters of support from present and/or former students, faculty, staff, and/or teaching assistants familiar with the nominee’s teaching and advising. Letters should address elements of the award criteria below.
• Teaching observation evaluations: Reports from peer observation of the nominee’s teaching, if available.

The following materials will be pulled by the Dean’s Office and considered by the review committee as part of the nomination package.

• Student course evaluations: Blue course evaluations from the past two years (quantitative data and comments).
• Student advising data: Reports from Blue advising surveys from the past two years. 

Materials submitted to the CALS Dean’s Office in support of each nomination will be evaluated for evidence of sustained excellence in undergraduate teaching, student advising, and undergraduate education, as follows:

• Impact on student learning, motivation, academic success, and intellectual development through teaching and student advising.

• Innovation in course development and teaching methods.

• Influence on improvement of curricula and teaching in the college, the department, and among colleagues.

• Involvement with student organizations, participation in CALS committees related to undergraduate education, participation in teaching and curriculum development workshops, seminars, and programs.

Questions about this award should be directed to calsdean@uvm.edu.

2024 Lizzy Pope
2023 Ben Dangl
2022 Chrissy Rohan
2021 David Conner
2020 Victor Izzo
2019 Kelly A. Hamshaw
2018 Sarah Heiss
2017 Laura Almstead
2016 Stephanie Phelps
2015 Jenny Wilkinson
2014 Laura Hill
2013 Daniel H. Baker
2012 Patricia F. Erickson
2011 Donald A. Stratton
2010 Elizabeth 'Betsy' Greene
2009 Thomas C. Vogelmann
2008 Thomas McFadden
2007 Jeanne Harris
2006 Jonathan G. Leonard
2005 Todd J. Pritchard
2004 Douglas I. Johnson
2003 Catherine A. Paris
2002 Mark C. Starrett
2001 Josie H. Davis
2000 Stephen J. Pintauro
1999 Wendy Sue Harper
1998 A. John Bramley
1997 Karen Plaut
1996 Thomas F. Patterson, Jr.
1995 Rachel K. Johnson
1994 Jane M. Kolodinsky
1993 Jane K. Ross
1992 Deep Ford
1991 Bertie Boyce
1990 Ian Worley
1989 Lynn Fife
1988 Robert S. Tyzbir
1987 Lavon Bartel
1986 Lyndon Carew, Jr.
1985 Norman Pellett
1984 Phyllis Soule
1983 Allen Zimmerman
1982 David Barrington
1981 Lyndon Carew, Jr.

The Hubert W. Vogelmann Award in CALS recognizes outstanding effort and achievement in research and scholarship. The recipient of this annual award has his/her name engraved on commemorative plaque and receives an award of $2,500.00 which can be used to support his/her research efforts. In addition, the recipient will present a seminar to the CALS community during the fall semester. The award will be presented to the recipient during the seminar.

Friday, May 23, 2025

• Any research, extension, or tenure-track faculty member of CALS with the rank of Assistant Professor or above who excels in research and scholarship.
• Nominations may be made by individuals or groups of faculty, staff, and/or students who are employed by or enrolled in CALS.
• Past recipients are ineligible. See list below.

Nomination materials are to be submitted electronically to calsdean@uvm.edu. It is the responsibility of the nominator to insure that submissions are in the proper form and submitted by the deadline.

Required materials

• Nomination statement (500-750 words): Explain why the nominee deserves the award. Highlight their achievements in research publications, grant funding, mentoring and impact. Nomination statement should address the award criteria below.
• Nominee's CV: Updated CV with details on grants (role, duration, amount) and publications (refereed publications, non-refereed publications, reviews, book chapters, and meeting abstracts/proceedings).

Optional materials

• Letters of support (maximum of 5): Ask individuals familiar with the nominee’s research to address the award criteria (below). Letters may be from present and/or former mentees, students, faculty colleagues, and/or research partners. 

Materials submitted to the Vogelmann Award Committee in support of each nomination will be evaluated for evidence of sustained excellence in research and scholarship, as follows:

• National/international prominence in one's research/scholarship field.
• Publication of high-quality research/scholarship articles in top-rated journals.
• Demonstration of extramural funding from federal, state, local, or private granting agencies.
• Commitment to research mentoring of undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral scientists.

Please submit electronically to calsdean@uvm.edu. 

2024 - Meredith Niles
2023 - Heather Darby
2022 - Eric Bishop von Wettberg
2021 - Amy Trubek
2020 - award timeline adjusted due to Covid-19
2019 - Asim Zia
2018 - Yolanda Chen
2017 - no recipient
2016 - David S. Conner
2015 - Ernesto E. Méndez
2014 - Kathleen Liang
2013 - Susan S. Wallace
2010 - 2012 - no recipients
2009 - Deborah Neher
2008 - Jean Harvey
2007 - David E. Kerr
2006 - Frederick R. Magdoff
2005 - Jane M. Kolodinsky
2004 - Donald S. Ross
2003 - Bruce L. Parker
2002 - Karen I. Plaut
2001 - Robert C. Ullrich
2000 - Paula M. Fives-Taylor