Mitchell Center 2017 Sustainability Award Winners

Mitchell Center Sustainability Awards are presented annually and are designed to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of Mitchell Center members, researchers, students and external stakeholders who have helped advance the values and principles at the heart of the Mitchell Center’s stakeholder-engaged, solutions-focused, interdisciplinary projects and partnerships.

The 2017 Sustainability Award winners were announced recently as the end of the spring semester neared.

Outstanding progress on “The Road to Solutions” by a research team

Sam Roy and the Future of Dams Team
For work on the NEST Future of Dams project

Outstanding mentorship of a student in sustainability research

Cindy Isenhour, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow
For mentorship of students on the Materials Management project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding contribution to sustainability research by a graduate student

Sonja Birthisel
For work on the Improving Weed Management on Organic Farms project

Outstanding Contribution by an external partner on “The Road to Solutions”

Glen Melvin and the Medomak Taskforce
For work on the Strengthening Coastal Economies project

Outstanding contribution to sustainability research by an undergraduate student

Shantel Neptune
For work on the NEST Future of Dams project

Past Sustainability Award winners can be viewed here.