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Below is a list of Natural Resource Ecology & Management faculty award recognitions from 2008 to the present.


2008 to 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  

 

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