Department Honors and Awards
In addition to the many departmental awards and scholarships presented at 2024 Honors Day, below are awards and honors received by the faculty, staff, and graduate students from other organizations.
Chancellor’s Professor Suzanne Lenhart delivered the prestigious J. W. Gibbs Lecture at the Joint Math Meetings in San Francisco on January 6, 2024.
Associate Professor Olivia Feldman (formerly Prosper) received the 2024 Chancellor’s/Provost’s Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement Award.
Professor Abner Salgado received the 2023-2024 College Arts and Sciences Mid-Career Research Award and the Outstanding Graduate Research Mentor Award from the Graduate Student Senate.
Distinguished Lecturer Jeneva Clark received the 2023 Mathematics Association of America (MMA) Southeastern Section Distinguished Teaching Award and delivered a plenary talk at the 103rd MAA-SE Sectional Meeting.
Professor Vasileios Maroulas was named the assistant vice chancellor and deputy director of the AI Tennessee Initiative in January of 2024.
Dahkota Debold received the Student Disability Services Accessibility Champion Award and the Graduate Student Senate Excellence in Service Award.
Melissa Pulley and Margaret Knight received the Graduate Student Senate Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award.
Juvy Melton received the 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Financial Support Award at the Summer Jam Staff Appreciation Event.
Ben Walker was awarded the 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Technical Support Award at the Summer Jam Staff Appreciation Event.
Tina Murr received the 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Academic Support Award at the Summer Jam Staff Appreciation Event.
Rosario Dow, Tina Murr, Pam Armentrout, Nicole Crombie, Calvin Wong, and Carson Wright received the College of Arts and Sciences Kudos recognition.
On May 7, Pam Armentrout, Juvy Melton, and Ben Walker received service awards for working at the University of Tennessee for 40 years, 30 years, and 25 years, respectively.