Honors & Awards

Honors for 2021-22

Student Honors

Megan Bird

Ashley Blackwell

Jessica Bravo

Brittany and Meg

Nataly Hernandez Montes

Jan Mooney

Betsabe Rojas Gonzalez

The 49er Rocketry Club

Christina Slotkowski

Alumni Honors

John Cato '73

Ray Curry '03

Audrey Lpapo Baron '03

Haley McNeill '21

Estella Patterson '96

Larry Ogunjobi

Ali Petrauskas '16

Karen Popp '80 & Joe Price '83

Brenda Tindal '04

Destiny Wilson '21

Donta L. Wilson '97

Six alumni recognized as 2020 and 2021 recipients of the 49er Alumni Campus Employee Network

Ten outstanding young alumni were recognized at the 10 Under Ten Awards sponsored by the Young Alumni Chapter

Fifteen alumni were recognized for their service to the University as recipients of the 2020 and 2021 Alumni Awards.

Faculty/Staff Honors

Brittany Anderson

Mary Layton "Mel" Atkinson

David Boyd

Kimberly Buch

Mark Wilson

Brad Yeckley

Awards and Rankings

American Association of State Colleges and Universities Excellence and Innovation Award (2021)

Forbes "America's Best Mid-Sized Employer" (2022)

Military Friendly School Gold Award (2022-23)

First-gen Forward Designation Center for First-generation Student Success

U.S. Department of Energy's Waves to Water Competition - Second Place Team

Frank Murray Leadership Recognition Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

University Rankings

U.S. News & World Report

#47

Top Performer on Social Mobility

#70

Most Innovative Schools

Best Online Rankings

#10

In U.S. Online Bachelor’s Programs

Best Graduate Programs rankings

11

Programs in the top 100

Program Rankings

#22

Master of Public Administration. (local government management) (U.S. News & World Report)

#14

Online Master of Education (U.S. News & World Report)

#11

Master of Science in Mathematical Finance (TFE Times)

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