Faculty Awards and Recognition
Below is a list of Natural Resource Ecology & Management faculty award recognitions from 2008 to the present.
| Year | Last Name | First Name | Award Type | Honor/Award Received | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Allen | Kevin | University | Inducted as Member, Gamma Sigma Delta, OSU Chapter | |
| 2008 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | University | Sarkeys Distinguished Professor, DASNR, OSU | |
| 2008 | Hennessey | Tom | National | Fellow, Society of American Foresters | |
| 2008 | Hickman | Karen | University | OSU Award of Excellence for Advisement | |
| 2008 | Kuzmic | Tom | National | Fellow, Society of American Foresters | |
| 2008 | Kuzmic | Tom | Regional | Nat Walker Award, Society of American Foresters, Oklahoma Division | |
| 2008 | Lewis | David | Regional | Outstanding Performance in Forestry Education, Society of American Foresters, Oklahoma Division | |
| 2008 | McKinley | Craig | Regional | Outstanding Forestry Journalism, Society of American Foresters, Oklahoma Division | |
| 2008 | Owens | Keith | International | Special Service Award, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2008 | Tauer | Chuck | Regional | Excellence in Technology Transfer, Society of American Foresters, Oklahoma Division | |
| 2009 | Engle | Dave | University | Thomas E. Berry Professorship | |
| 2009 | Guthery | Fred | National | Outstanding book, National Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2009 | Guthery | Fred | Regional | Outstanding book, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society | |
| 2009 | Hennessey | Tom | University | OSU Regents Distinguished Teaching Award | |
| 2009 | Hickman | Karen | International | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Range Science Education Council, International Society For Range Management | |
| 2009 | McKinley | Craig | National | Fellow – Society of American Foresters | |
| 2009 | McKinley | Craig | National | National Forest Landowners Extension Forester of the Year Award | |
| 2009 | McKinley | Craig | Regional | Ouachita SAF Volunteer Leadership Award | |
| 2009 | Range faculty | Regional | Excellence in Rangeland Management Award, Oklahoma Section, International Society for Range Management | Fuhlendorf, Hickman, Engle | |
| 2009 | Weir | John | Regional | Trailboss Award, Oklahoma Section, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2009 | Will | Rod | Regional | Forestry Science Research Award. Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2010 | Davis | Craig | University | James A. Watley Award for Meritorious Research | |
| 2010 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | International | Outstanding Young Range Professional Award, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2010 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | International | Outstanding Achievement Award in Research, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2010 | Hiziroglu | Salim | Regional | Distinguished Oklahoma Citizen, Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
| 2010 | Kuzmic | Tom | Regional | NACTA Southern Region Outstanding Teacher | |
| 2010 | McKinley | Craig | Regional | Distinguished Oklahoma Citizen, Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
| 2010 | Shaw | Jim | Regional | Oklahoma Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2010 | Shaw | Jim | Regional | Outstanding Alumnus Award, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University | |
| 2010 | Shoup | Dan | Regional | Best Professional Presentation, Oklahoma/Arkansas Joint Chapter of the American Fisheries Society | |
| 2010 | Tauer | Chuck | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2010 | Weir | John | Regional | Distinguished Oklahoma Citizen, Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
| 2011 | Allen | Kevin | National | Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Extension 4-H Agents | |
| 2011 | Allen | Kevin | Regional | Team Leader, Educational Piece – Team Award, Oklahoma Association of Extension 4-H Agents | |
| 2011 | Allen | Kevin | Regional | Distinguished Service Award, Oklahoma Association of Extension 4-H Agents | |
| 2011 | Allen | Kevin | Regional | Excellence in Camping Award, Oklahoma Association of Extension 4-H Agents | |
| 2011 | Allen | Kevin | University | Team Leader, Outstanding Team Award, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service | |
| 2011 | Carter | Tracy | Regional | Murray-Gray Unit Service Award, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit | |
| 2011 | Guthery | Fred | Regional | Oklahoma Award, OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2011 | Hennessey | Tom | National | Carl Alwin Schenck Award for Outstanding Performance in Forestry Education, Society of American Foresters | |
| 2011 | Leslie | David | Regional | Oklahoma Award, OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2011 | Shaw | Jim | Regional | Murray-Gray Unit Service Award, Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit | |
| 2011 | Weir | John | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award, OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2013 | Allen | Kevin | National | Meritorious Service Award, National Association of Extension 4-H Agents | |
| 2013 | Allen | Kevin | Regional | Meritorious Service Award, Promotional Package Team Award, Oklahoma Association of Extension 4-H Agents | |
| 2013 | Bidwell | Terry | Regional | Oklahoma Award for Outstanding Contributions to Wildlife Management, Wildlife Society, Oklahoma Chapter | |
| 2013 | Bidwell | Terry | Regional | Hometown Hero Award, Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau | |
| 2013 | Brewer | Shannon | National | Rising Star Honoree, American Fisheries Society, Equal Opportunity Section & Student Subunit | |
| 2013 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Hometown Hero Award, Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau | |
| 2013 | Engle | Dave | Regional | Hometown Hero Award, Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau | |
| 2013 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Fellow, DaVinci Institute of Creativity of Oklahoma | |
| 2013 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | University | Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2013 | Hickman | Karen | Regional | Hometown Hero Award, Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau (OSU Co-chair) | |
| 2013 | Kuzmic | Tom | University | Outstanding Faculty Member (CASNR), OSU Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council, OSU | |
| 2013 | OKCFWRU | National | Excellence in Management Award, USGS Cooperative Research Units | ||
| 2013 | Owens | Keith | University | Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Idaho | |
| 2014 | Davis | Craig | University | Bollenbach Chair in Wildlife Mgt (1) | |
| 2014 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | University | Bollenbach Chair in Wildlife Mgt (2) | |
| 2014 | Engle | Dave | International | Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2014 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | University | Groendyke Chair iin Wildlife Conservation | |
| 2014 | Wilson | Gail | University | Sarkeys Distinguished Professor, DASNR, OSU | |
| 2014 | Wilson | Gail | University | RIATA Faculty Fellow | |
| 2015 | Hickman | Karen | International | Outstanding Achievement Award in Research/Academia, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2015 | Hickman | Karen | University | Regents Distinguished Teaching Award | |
| 2015 | Hiziroglu | Salim | International | Fellow, International Academy of Wood Science | |
| 2015 | Kuzmic | Tom | Regional | Forestry Education Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2015 | Kuzmic | Tom | University | Faculty Excellence Award, OSU Interdisciplinary School of International Studies | |
| 2015 | Miller | Edwin | Regional | Oklahoma Heritage Forester's Award | |
| 2015 | Weir | John | National | Henry A. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award; Association for Fire Ecology | |
| 2015 | Wilson | Gail | University | James A. Whatley Award, CASNR, OSU | |
| 2016 | Davis | Craig | Regional | Outstanding Alumnus; Texas Tech University, Dept of Natural Resources | |
| 2016 | Davis | Craig | Regional | Outstanding Peer-reviewed Scientific Article; OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2016 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | National | Group Achievement Award; The Wildlife Society | |
| 2016 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Outstanding Technical Publication; OK Chapter of the Wildlife Society | |
| 2016 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Outstanding Peer-reviewed Scientific Article; OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2016 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Outstanding Peer-reviewed Scientific Article; OK Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2016 | Kuzmic | Tom | University | Excellence in Teaching, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CASNR) | |
| 2016 | Weir | John | Regional | Oustanding Technical Publication; OK Chapter of the Wildlife Society | |
| 2016 | Wilson | Gail | University | Outstanding Graduate Coordinator; OSU Graduate College | |
| 2017 | Beem | Marley | University | OK Cooperative Extension Service Outstanding Individual Award | |
| 2017 | Davis | Craig | Regional | Publication Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Co-author with Tanner & Papes) | |
| 2017 | Davis | Craig | Regional | Publication & Creativity Award, Peer-reviewed Scieintific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society | Co-author with Tanner, Dahlgren, & Orange |
| 2017 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Co-author with Tanner & Papes) | |
| 2017 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication & Creativity Award, Peer-reviewed Scieintific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society | Co-author with Tanner, Dahlgren, & Orange |
| 2017 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Publication Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Co-author with Tanner & Papes) | |
| 2017 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Publication & Creativity Award, Peer-reviewed Scieintific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society | Co-author with Tanner, Dahlgren, & Orange |
| 2017 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Oklahoma Award for Outstanding Contribution to Wildlife Management, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2017 | Kuzmic | Tom | Regional | Volunteer Service Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2017 | Lynch | Tom | Regional | Southern Mensurationists Achievement Award | |
| 2017 | O'Connell | Tim | Regional | 2nd Place Oral Presentation, Oklahoma Ornithological Society (Co-author with Samantha Cady, Graduate student mentee) | |
| 2017 | Wilson | Gail | University | Phoenix Outstanding Faculty Award, OSU Graduate College | |
| 2017 | Wilson | Gail | University | RIATA Center for Entrepreneurship Fellow (Co-PI with Cobb) | |
| 2018 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | National | Scientific Publication Award – Edited Book, Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, The Wildlife Society | Served as coauthor on 3 chapters. |
| 2018 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Southern Region Excellence in Extension Award, National Cooperative Extension Section/ECOP and USDA-NIFA | |
| 2018 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society | Title: Influence of olfactory and visual cover on nest site selection and success for grassland-nesting birds |
| 2018 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Best Student Paper, Oklahoma Natural Resources Conference. Tulsa, OK (A. Rakowski, Graduate student mentee) | Rakowski et al. 2018. Thermal impacts on wild turkey movement and space use. |
| 2018 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | University | James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Service in Agricultural Sciences. DASNR, OSU | |
| 2018 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | International | Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2018 | Hickman | Karen | International | John McQuaig (Undergraduate Advisee) elected Student Conclave President, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2018 | Hickman | Karen | Regional | Trail Boss Award, Oklahoma Section of the Society for Range Management | |
| 2018 | Kuzmic | Tom | University | Excellence in Undergraduate Advising (CASNR) | |
| 2018 | Loss | Scott | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award– Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society (Dillon Fogarty, Graduate student mentee) | Title: “Variation and drivers of airflow characteristics associated with olfactory concealment and animal habitat selection” |
| 2018 | O'Connell | Tim | University | Phoenix Award for outstanding graduate research from the GPSGA (Samantha Cady, Graduate student mentee) | |
| 2018 | Shoup | Dan | Regional | Outstanding Fisheries Worker of the Year Award, Oklahoma Chapter of the American Fisheries Society | |
| 2018 | Wilson | Gail | University | Workshop Completion Certificate, Invited Participant: Alan Alda Center for Communication Science Workshop | |
| 2018 | Wilson | Gail | University | RIATA Outstanding Faculty Award | |
| 2019 | Elmore | R. Dwayne | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society | Hovick et al. 2017. Pyric-carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires. Ecology and Evolution 7: 9144-9150 |
| 2019 | Fairbanks | Sue | Regional | Best Student Poster Presentation, OK NRC, Tulsa, OK (Natasha Prentiss, UG research advisee) | |
| 2019 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society | Hovick et al. 2017. Pyric-carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires. Ecology and Evolution 7: 9144-9150 |
| 2019 | Joshi | Omkar | Regional | 2nd Place, oral presentation, invasive species category, ONR Conf., Tulsa (Paulina Herron,Graduate student mentee) | Oklahoma Natural Resource Conference |
| 2019 | Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Best student presentation, Wildlife category, Oklahoma Natural Resource Conf., Tulsa (Matty Cleary, Graduate student mentee) | Moser Award from The Wildlife Society |
| 2019 | Loss | Scott | National | Student Presentation Award, American Ornithological Society Conference (Sirena Lao, Graduate student mentee) | Title: “Investigating the influence of polarized light and artificial night lighting on bird-building collisions.” |
| 2019 | Loss | Scott | Regional | Undergraduate Poster Contest, MANRRS Conference (Seraiah Coe, UG research advisee) | Title: “Abundance and proportion of sterilized free-ranging domestic cats following five years of a Trap-Neuter-Release program.” |
| 2019 | Loss | Scott | University | Distinguished Early Career Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2019 | Weir | John | Regional | Publication and Creativity Award – Peer-Reviewed Scientific Article, Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society | Hovick et al. 2017. Pyric-carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires. Ecology and Evolution 7: 9144-9150 |
| 2019 | Weir | John | Regional | Extension Publication Award for Prescribed Burning, Southern Regional Extension Forestry | Title: "Spotfires and Escapes" |
| 2019 | Weir | John | Regional | Extension Publication Award, Southern Regional Extension Forestry | Title: "The Value of Forming a Prescribed Burn Association" |
| 2019 | Will | Rod | National | Best poster, 20th Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference, Shreveport, LA (Katie Schmidt, Graduate student mentee) | |
| 2019 | Will | Rod | Regional | 2nd place in the poster competition, Ouachita SAF meeting, Mt Magazine, AR (Noah Shephard, Graduate student mentee) | |
| 2019 | Wilson | Gail | University | Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CASNR) OSU | |
| 2019 | Wilson | Gail | University | 1st place, Student Research Award, OSU Undergraduate Research Symposium (Bailey Baskin, UG research advisee) | |
| 2019 | Wilson | Gail | University | 1st place, Student Oral Presentation Award, OSU Integrative Biology Student Symposium (Eric Duell, Graduate student mentee) | |
| 2019 | Zou | Chris | University | Student Presentation Award, SACNAS (Rainee DeRoin, UG research advisee) | Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) |
| 2020 | Allen | Kevin | National | 25 Years of Service Award; National Assoc of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals | |
| 2020 | Goodman | Laura | International | Outstanding Young Range Professional, International Society for Range Management | |
| 2020 | Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2020 | Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Forestry Science Research Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2020 | Wilson | Gail | National | Career Achievement Award, Ecological Society of America | |
| 2020 | Wilson | Gail | University | Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2021 | Joshi | Omkar | University | Early Career Teaching Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2021 | Loss | Scott | University | Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, OSU | |
| 2021 | Will | Rod | University | Sarkeys Distinguished Professor, DASNR, OSU | |
| 2021 | Wilson | Gail | University | Regents Distinguished Research Award | |
| 2022 | Fairbanks | Sue | University | Advising Excellence Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2022 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | Regional | Technical Writing Award, Texas Section Society for Range Management | Laura Goodman co-author |
| 2022 | Goodman | Laura | Regional | Technical Writing Award, Texas Section Society for Range Management | Sam Fuhlendorf, co-author |
| 2022 | Goodman | Laura | Regional | First Place Poster, Graduate Student Katherine Haile, Great Plains Fire Summit, North Platte, NE | |
| 2022 | Joshi | Omkar | University | First Place, 3MT Contest, Graduate Student Aspen Lenning, Ferguson College | |
| 2022 | Murray | Bryan | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2022 | O'Connell | Tim | National | Fellow, American Ornithological Society | |
| 2022 | O'Connell | Tim | Regional | Scissortail Award for meritorious contributions to ornithology in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Ornithological Society | |
| 2022 | Weir | John | National | Water’s Edge Award for Community Natural Resources Sustainability, Chickasaw Nation | |
| 2022 | Weir | John | Regional | Communicator Award, Great Plains Fire Science Exchange | |
| 2022 | Weir | John | Regional | Lead Ignitor Award (for work to promote prescribed fire in Nebraska), Nebraska Fire Council | |
| 2022 | Will | Rodney | National | Fellow, Society of American Foresters | |
| 2022 | Wilson | Gail | National | Travel Award, Graduate student Elizabeth Haymaker, Farm Foundation Round Table Meeting, Boise, ID | |
| 2022 | Wilson | Gail | National | Selected as Student Presenter, Graduate Student Aisha Sams, 27th NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Portland, Maine | |
| 2023 | Fuhlendorf | Sam | International | W.R. Chapline Award for Research, International Society for Range Management | Highest research award given to one person annually by SRM |
| 2023 | Fairbanks | Sue | University | Advising Excellence Award, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2023 | Joshi | Omkar | University | Distinguished Early Career Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2023 | Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Youth Leadership Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2023 | Joshi | Omkar | Regional | Nat Walker Award for Contribution to Oklahoma Forestry, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2023 | Will | Rod | University | Regents Distinguished Research Award, Oklahoma State University | |
| 2024 | DeSantis | Ryan | Regional | Forestry Educator Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2024 | Murray | Bryan | Regional | Young Forester Leadership Award, Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2024 | Murray | Bryan | Regional | Ted Silker Award, Oklahoma Division of the Ouachita Society of American Foresters | |
| 2024 | Goodman | Laura | Regional | Lead Ignitor Award, Great Plains Fire Summit | |
| 2024 | Goodman | Laura | National | Publication and Creativity Award, The Wildlife Society | |
| 2024 | Davis | Craig | Regional | Oklahoma Award, Oklahoma Chapter of The Wildlife Society | |
| 2025 | Joshi | Omkar | University | Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award, Ferguson College, DASNR, OSU |