We congratulate and acknowledge all of the 2021 recipients of our Honors Day awards. While we are unable to gather in person for our annual Honors Day Awards dinner, we want to recognize all of these outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Congratulations to all of this year’s recipients!
For more information on our winners, please visit https://go.unl.edu/honorsday2021.
• Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence
Claudia Holm, Glenn Korff School of Music
• College Alumni Board’s Student Leadership Award
Rebecca Nederhiser, Glenn Korff School of Music
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Catherine Sharp Martinez, Glenn Korff School of Music
• Anne and William (Laurie) Porter Awards for Creativity
Liam Romano, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film undergraduate
Emma Hoffbauer, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film graduate
Thao Duong, Glenn Korff School of Music’s Dance Division undergraduate
• Francis William Vreeland Awards
Samantha Bendix, School of Art, Art History & Design undergraduate
Tyler Hornby, School of Art, Art History & Design undergraduate
Chance Allen, School of Art, Art History & Design graduate
Terry Ratzlaff, School of Art, Art History & Design graduate
• Ida M. Vreeland Awards
Sam Stanley, Glenn Korff School of Music undergraduate
John Cope, Glenn Korff School of Music graduate
• Myers B. and Martha H. Cather Graduate Excellence Award
Isaiah Jones, School of Art, Art History & Design
• Hixson-Lied Faculty and Staff Awards
Senior Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award:
Wendy Katz, School of Art, Art History & Design
Junior Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award:
Ash Eliza Smith, School of Art, Art History & Design and Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Outreach, Engagement or Service Award:
Stacy Asher, School of Art, Art History & Design
Academic Advising Award:
Ann Marie Pollard, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
Curriculum Development Award:
Dana Fritz and Walker Pickering, School of Art, Art History & Design
Junior Faculty Teaching Awards:
Katie Anania, School of Art, Art History & Design
Marques L.A. Garrett, Glenn Korff School of Music
Outstanding Lecturer Award:
Perry Obee, School of Art, Art History & Design
Outstanding Staff Award:
Jeff O’Brien, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Staff Award for Exemplary Service:
Dayana Corredor, Glenn Korff School of Music
M.V.P. Award:
David Bagby, Hixson-Lied College Dean’s Office
• Special Staff Service Awards
The College recognizes the following staff members who went above and beyond this year preparing the College to teach, work and operate under the challenging circumstances of the pandemic with Special Staff Service Awards. These staff members helped to prepare College facilities and systems for remote instruction, managed performances or exhibitions for online presentation, or developed and communicated other operational policies for the success of the College.
Brad Buffum, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
Todd Cuddy, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
Drew Davis, School of Art, Art History & Design
Andrea Gruber, School of Art, Art History & Design
Leslie Harms, Glenn Korff School of Music
Joseph Holmes, School of Art, Art History & Design
Megan McMasters, Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Joe Morris, Dean’s Office
Cameron Shoemaker, Glenn Korff School of Music
• Retirement Recognition:
Julie Hagemeier, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
Laurel Shoemaker, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
• Recognition of our graduating Hixson-Lied Fellows:
Matt Carlson, School of Art, Art History & Design
Patrick McNally, Glenn Korff School of Music
Jordan Redd, Glenn Korff School of Music
Taylor Sijan, School of Art, Art History & Design
Amythest Hultman Warrington, School of Art, Art History & Design
Marty Wolff, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
• Award of Merit:
Johnny Carson Foundation
• Alumni Achievement Awards:
Maurice M. Dixon, Jr.
School of Art, Art History & Design
B.F.A. 1970; M.F.A. 1973
Robert Krueger
Glenn Korff School of Music
B.M.E. 1984; M.M. 1994
Kara Thomson
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
M.F.A. 1998