Published: April 24, 2017
2016-17 Marinus Smith Awards winners

Twenty-five staff and babyÖ±²¥app members received the Marinus Smith Award on Friday, April 21, during a reception hosted by the University of babyÖ±²¥app BoulderÌý office. The awards were presented to the recipients by Amber Cardamone, director of New Student & Family Programs.

The Marinus Smith Awards are presented each spring to selectÌýbabyÖ±²¥app members, advisors and staff who made a significant, positive impact on the lives of CU Boulder students and their families. Submitting a nomination provides a meaningful way for students and their families to say thank youÌýto outstanding staff and babyÖ±²¥app members who have taken the time to show care and concern for those they serve.

Nominations for the 2017–18 awardsÌýwill open in spring 2018. Staff and babyÖ±²¥app members are eligible to be nominated each school year; several of this year's recipients have been previously honored with a Marinus Smith Award.

The award is named after Marinus Smith, one of Boulder’s pioneer settlers who, in 1874, not only led the way with a $1,000 donation toward the creation of the university in Boulder but alsoÌýdonated 25 acres for the university, includingÌýNorlin Quadrangle.

Marinus Smith Awards ceremonyThe 2016–17 honorees are as follows.

  • Gabriel Aponte, International Affairs Advisor
  • Stephen Becker, Assistant Professor for Applied Mathematics
  • William Byrnes, Associate Professor for Integrative Physiology
  • Natalie Coston, Graduate Student in Department of Mathematics
  • Danielle Garrison, Instructor for Theatre and Dance
  • Nancy Guild, Professor and Director for Introductory Undergraduate Education for Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
  • Mohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili, Adjunct Lecturer for Earthquake Engineering
  • Marianne Holbert, Associate Faculty Director and Senior Instructor for the Program in Environmental Design
  • Stefanie Johnson Assistant Professor for Management and Entrepreneurship
  • Keith Kearnes, Professor for the Department of Mathematics
  • Anne Kim, Licensed Clinical Social Worker for Counseling and Psychiatric Services
  • Jonathan Kish, Lecturer for Applied Mathematics
  • Daria Kotys-Schwartz, Director of Idea Forge
  • Anja Lange, Senior Professor for the Herbst Program of Humanities in Engineering
  • Jessica Martin, Instructor for the Global Studies Residential Academic Program
  • Suzanne Nelson, Instructor for Integrative Physiology
  • Amy Palmer, Associate Professor for Chemistry and Biology
  • Levi Perigo, Scholar in Residence for the Interdisciplinary Telecom Program
  • Everett Piper, McNeill Academic Coordinator and Math Instructor
  • Susan Ramirez-Armstrong, Undergraduate Program Assistant for Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
  • Elizabeth Stapp, Instructor for the Leeds College of Business
  • Theodore Stark, Senior Instructor and Costume Shop Supervisor for Theatre and Dance
  • Divya Vernerey, Instructor for the Department of Mathematics
  • Michael Walker, Instructor for the Environmental Engineering Program
  • Deborah Wuttke, Professor for the Molecular Biophysics Program