The final Celebration of Achievement of the Ilene Kleinsorge era took place June 4 at Reser Stadium and included a collection of her colleagues paying a David Letterman-style tribute to the retiring dean: “Ten things we’ve always wanted to say to Ilene.”
The one-liners included a dig at Kleinsorge’s trademark running shoes, and an admission by one professor that she’d bumped into Kleinsorge at an airport not during a research term, as Kleinsorge had thought (and had found irksome enough), but during a teaching term.
“I had my classes covered,” the professor said to a din of laughter.
During the awards presentation part of the night, the following honors were bestowed:
- College Service Outreach Award – Jonathan Arthurs;
- Byron L. Newton Award – Excellence in Teaching – Anthony Klotz;
- Outstanding Professional Faculty & Staff Service Award – Laura Scott;
- Excellence in Scholarship Award – Pauline Schilpzand;
- Experiential Learning Award – Christine Gallagher;
- College Service Award – Jared Moore;
- Betty and Forrest Simmons Excellence in Graduate Teaching Fellowship – Aimee Huff;
- Newcomb Fellowships – Jenn Casey, Pam Knowles and VT Raja
