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2022 Evening of Excellence Award Winners

We had an exciting Evening of Excellence – combining our annual awards event with the retirement celebrations of Pete and Greg. Dr. Peter Waylen was retiring after 28 in Geography, including serving as Department Chair for 7 years and a 5 year stint in the Deans Office as an Associate Dean for the college. Dr. Greg Glass retired after 7 years as a Preeminent Faculty here at UF, where he was a joint hire between the Emerging Pathogens Institute and Geography. Both Greg and Pete will be sorely missed!

From left to right are Pete Waylen and Jane Southworth and David Keeling and Greg Glass.“The advances in multiple technologies involving computing, remote sensing and molecular biology in recent years places the department in a leading position in the country to solve both the question of what causes disease outbreaks and to define the approaches to study the ‘where’ and ‘when’ of disease emergence.” ~Dr. Greg Glass

“It has been a privilege to spend my career working with students and colleagues during the rise of the University and department to national prominence.” ~Dr. Peter Waylen

This year’s event was on Friday, March 18, 2022 and was part of the two-day Geography Alumni Event. But the main event remained the celebration of our students and faculty through a number of awards.

Undergraduate Students

From left to right is Jane Southworth and Lilybell ZhouDunkle Undergraduate Award

Lylybell Zhou

From left to right is Lindsey Stalter and Jane Southworth and Lilybell Zhou and Lillianna ThomasUndergraduate Honors excellence

Lindsey Stalter
Lillianna Thomas
Lylybell Zhou

Graduate Students

From left to right is Sarah VanSchoick and Jane Southworth and Amobichukwu AmanambuPoehling Award

Sarah VanSchoick, Master’s recipient
Amobichukwu Amanambu, Doctoral recipient

Dunkle Award for Graduate Student Travel

Ali Alruzuq
Vincent Vitale
Amobichukwu Amanambu
Audrey Smith

From left to right is Jane Southworth and Gabrielle Quadrado and Tierney Shimansky and Neha KohliNiddrie Graduate Student Travel and Fieldwork Award

Neha Kohli
Tierney Shimansky
Gabrielle Quadrado

From left to right is Leandra Merz and Jane Southworth and Audrey SmithLittle Family Award for Graduate Student Excellence

Leandra Merz
Matthew Pflaum
Audrey Smith

 

Top Graduate Student Research Paper

Amobichukwu Amanambu – Earth System Science 2020
Gabriel Cardoso Carrero – Geopolitics & the Global Economy 2020
Leandra Merz – Catastrophes, Conservation, & Conflict 2020
Aghane Antunes – Geopolitics & the Global Economy 2021
Carly Muir – Sustainability & Global Environmental Change 2021
Leandra Merz – Catastrophes, Conservation, & Conflict 2021
Audrey Smith – Overall Award for Geography and DEI 2021

From left to right is Amobichukwu Amanambu and Gabriel Cardoso Carrero and Leandra Merz and Jane Southworth and Aghane Antunes and Carly Muir and Audrey Smith

Faculty

Anderson Award for Faculty International Travel

Dr. Cynthia Simmons

From left to right is Sadie Ryan and Jane Southworth and Gabrielle HamerlinckEvan Coe Faculty Excellence in MGGH Award

Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck
Dr. Sadie Ryan

From left to right is Sadie Ryan and Jane SouthworthEvan Coe Faculty Travel Award in MGGH

Dr. Sadie Ryan

 

 

 

 

 

It is only through the enthusiasm of our students and faculty, and continued support from the college and our alumni, that we continue to improve as a program. As we have increased our undergraduate enrollments, our graduate programs continue to excel and our faculty recruitment continues to amaze, we are delighted to say Go GeoGators!