Archived Award Winners

Martha Church Endowment Prize 2023

David Gurzick, M.S.'03, Ph.D. continues to strengthen the bond between Hood and the Frederick community. While he is involved in many areas of intersection between the College and Community, his board service with FITCI and his role in developing the Data Driven Frederick are the most prominent. His service to the Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc (FITCI) stands as a testament to his commitment to fostering technological innovation within our community. For the past six years, he has offered his expertise to FITCI, a non-profit corporation aimed at fostering commercially viable tech-based businesses. This past year, Professor Gurzick played a vital role in supporting FITCI's expansion into its new Biotech center at 321 The Edge, further solidifying his impact in strengthening our ties with the regional business and technology ecosystem. Data Driven Frederick, an initiative conceived and directed by Dr. Gurzick, is another sterling example of his efforts in building bridges between Hood College and our community. Data Driven Frederick's broad network encompasses nearly every major philanthropic and non-profit organization in the city and county. This pioneering center leverages data to empower our community organizations, fostering a symbiotic relationship that enhances our curriculum and provides real-world experiences for our faculty and students. Under Professor Gurzick's guidance, Data Driven Frederick helped the City of Frederick secure a place in the prestigious Good Jobs, Great Cities Academy. This achievement underscores his commitment to establishing meaningful partnerships that have a lasting impact on the community.

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Faculty Award 2023

Michelle Gricus, Ph.D. has been instrumental in many areas of the college, including her leadership of the Social Work program. However, Dr. Gricus’s most significant contribution over the past academic year has been helping to create the new Heart, Mind, and Hands Core Curriculum which was approved by the faculty in April 2023. Michelle’s vision of a new Core Curriculum packed with high-impact practices that also honors Hood’s mission and values is a testament to her creativity and innovative thinking. In addition to the central role she has played and continues to play in Core Curriculum revision, Dr. Gricus, while serving on the High Impact Practice Task Force, led the effort to bring SPIRES to our campus. This showcase of faculty, staff, and student scholarship continues to flourish each April. As a thought leader on campus, Michelle values collaboration and collegiality and works with both faculty and staff on a consistent basis to ensure that all members of our campus community feel that their voice is heard and valued. Dr. Gricus shows a deep and abiding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that she does, both in the classroom and externally.

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Staff Awards 2023

Kerri Eyler, P'21 was nominated by three peers for being an incredible point person and making it possible last academic year for the school of behavioral & health sciences to inhabit 700 Toll House. Her incredible organizational skills made the process appear completely seamless to an outside observer, expertly setting up classroom and office spaces, directing movers and opening the new site in time for spring semester courses to begin. Kerri worked over and above her regular duties including taking on the part of Property Manager, managing everything from budgeting to purchasing furniture and handling last minute changes, as well as working closely with the CFO to ensure that our faculty and staff had all they needed for success. She was able to see needs before others did and think outside the box to resolve issues.

Tanith Fowler Corsi plays a key role in a lot of activities on campus, and she leads an incredible team by example; always willing to go the extra mile, always kind and responsive. Tanith is very innovative, looking for ways to not only recruit and retain students, but to provide them a meaningful experience while they're here. She manages a mentor program, which helps students feel a sense of home away from home. In her spare time, Tanith created and chaired the inaugural “Hood College military committee” that serves veterans and active-duty military; has served as team leader for the Hood-Frederick Health Resource Garden which donates produce to Frederick citizens in need, organizes free yoga sessions for the College as part of employee wellness program, and participated in Leadership Frederick this past year.

Payton Mills '19 was nominated by several peers and one student for her leadership and hard work. Payton has done an amazing job of streamlining events and keeping them logistically top notch. Her care ensures prospective students, parents, and friends have an engaging and meaningful campus visit and form a good first impression of Hood. Payton has taken over one of the College’s social media accounts and developed a creative vision, a welcoming voice, and engaging content, adding over 600 followers to a previously abandoned account. Her work has grown a previously underutilized recruitment tool, and Hood's online community is better for it.

Emily Vanderwoude has loyally, knowledgeably, and tirelessly promoted Hood College to the Board of Associates and the Frederick Community. Some of her noteworthy accomplishments include:

More than $21,000 Professional Development Grants awarded to Hood faculty for FY2022/2023; and
Overseeing the Hood College Board of Associates 50th Anniversary Endowed Fund for Hood Student Scholarships from which approximately $17,000 was awarded for the past fiscal year.

Emily worked extremely hard to become a Certified Fund Raising professional in 2021, furthering her fundraising credentials and improving her job performance and skills as a fundraiser. Emily also received the “Emerging Leader of Impact” award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, representing Hood College.

Mary Ann Kerins Humanitarian Award 2023

Katie Huy embodies the essence and spirit of Mary Ann Kerins. Katie has led mediation sessions between students using a restorative justice framework that honors the dignity of each student while challenging them to be civil through mutual respect and understanding. She is said to provide engaging learning opportunities in their Honors 102 class. Katie also has been an active advocate for the Campus Cupboard by incorporating the concept of food insecurity into their classes and promoting donation drives.

Additionally, Katie actively and consistently demonstrates a commitment to advocacy, equality, diversity and respect. This past spring, she co-led the alternative spring break program that provided students with service experiences that allowed them to give back to the community, practice sustainable living and understand the care and compassion required to do environmental justice work. Katie has worked to make these experiences accessible and affordable for all students.

Mary Ann Kerins Humanitarian Award 2022

Lisa Copenhaver

Lisa

Lisa exemplifies many of Mary Ann’s qualities, including her compassion and concern for others. Lisa supports students, staff and faculty, and has even been kind enough to invite exchange students into her home. Lisa has supported multiple students over the years to the point we cannot quantify the ripple effect of these interactions. She spreads this encouragement and grace to everyone she encounters. She has helped with simple challenges within the classroom for students, but she has also intervened to the point of shifting their path in life. Mary Ann would be so proud of the way Lisa has impacted the Hood Community!

Martha Church Endowment Prize 2022

Megan Shaine

Megan Shaine

Megan Shaine has served at Hood College for 6 years and excerpts from the nomination forms will highlight her achievements: One in three college students meet the criteria for a clinically significant mental health condition. In a season when mental health challenges are exacerbated Megan has been a fierce advocate for raising up future mental health providers who are competent and confident as well as initiating change to increase access to mental health resources on-campus and in the greater Frederick community. In 2021 she began building the foundation for a new mental health clinic that would train graduate level counseling students as well as provide clinical mental health services to Hood students and low-income community members. The clinic launched in January 2022 and received very positive feedback from campus and community members on the accessibility of services and the quality of care received from the graduate interns. She generously embodies Hood's motto of sharing her mind, her hands and her heart to improve mental health services available to undergraduate and graduate students at the College.

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Faculty Award 2022

Lisa Algazi Marcus

Lisa Algazi

Lisa Algazi Marcus has made a distinct contribution in such areas as highly innovative or effective teaching, curricular development or the improvement of teaching, scholarship or exceptional and outstanding service to the College, discipline or community. She has written and published two books, her most recent being part of this year’s Liverpool University Press’s Studies in Modern and Contemporary France. Some other scholarly activities she has participated in this year are the presentations at the Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, which was held in Washington, D.C. in October 2021, along with the Society of Dix-Neuviemistes (diz-NEW vee em) Conference 2022: Seeing Double/Voir Double held in Belfast, Ireland in April 2022.

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Staff Award 2022

Dwight Bowie

Dwight

Dwight Bowie has worked in his position for 7 years and before that worked in another Hood department. He has been flexible and customer service oriented as the recipient’s role has evolved, ensuring a smooth transition when the team’s office moved across campus as well as pitching in when other team members retired or left Hood. He is loyal and supportive to fellow colleagues and works hard to get work done as quickly as possible. Dwight is kind and generous to all.  Most importantly, he is most helpful and welcoming to our students. 

Ricky Bowie

Ricky

Ricky Bowie, in addition to his regular workload, is often given projects that need to be completed with little to no notice. Despite these challenges, he is always positive and pleasant, never complaining or making co-workers feel bad about the additional pressure they add to his workday.  Ricky has worked in his position for 8 years and previously worked in another Hood department.  He is a quiet leader who is involved in everything on campus by always being willing to help anyone. He goes the extra mile in his service, and always with a smile. Ricky embodies the core values expected of a Hood community member and role models positivity and hard work. 

Jessica Hammack

Jessica Hammack

Jessica Hammack is engaged and involved to say the least!  Some of her efforts include being part of the Staff Council Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion where she has worked with our Vice President for Community and Inclusivity to develop staff programming for this and other events; Jessica also serves on the DEI and Outreach committees for the library.  Jessica is on the SPIRE Symposium committee and has been since it was created several years ago.  She has also served on the search committee for Director of the Writing Center. And much more! Jessica has put in a tremendous amount of work creating and revamping information literacy and subject and course-specific library instruction sessions. Every incoming student takes an information literacy course in FYS, and Jessica has worked hard to communicate and collaborate with the FYS leadership and faculty. 

Traci Holland

Traci

Traci Holland’s tireless work ethic and professionalism has not gone un-noticed in the office, or campus-wide. She has maintained a high level of excellence, and has showed countless skills and assets while fulfilling an interim position since late 2021. Additionally, Traci does not shy away from a challenge and has exceeded every challenge put in her way.  The recipient is thorough, thoughtful, and efficient. She has worked tirelessly for Hood and is very deserving of this honor. 

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Erin Lafferty, '21

Faculty Recipient
Atiya R. Smith '03, Ph.D.

Laughlin Faculty Award

Jay Harrison

Laughlin Administrative Award

Nikki Bamonti, Emma Barr, Thomas Chatfield, Ronnie Taylor

Martha E. Church Award

Drew Ferrier

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Jerry Van Winter

Mortar Board Rose Award

Beth O'Malley

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Jerry Van Winter

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Domota Byrd, '22

Faculty Recipient
Lisa Marcus, Ph.D.

Staff Recipient
Kirsten A. Roy, '16, M.B.A '19

Laughlin Faculty Award

Wayne Wold

Laughlin Administrative Award

Eric Bender, Julie Chalk, Jeff Whipp, Diane Wise

Martha E. Church Award

Teresa Cevallos/p>

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Ann Stewart

Mortar Board Rose Award

Thomas Chatfield, Ronnie Taylor

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

George Dimitoglou

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Lucky Hernandez, '19

Staff Recipient
Breann R. Harwood, '16, M.B.A. '19

Laughlin Faculty Award

Dana Lawrence

Laughlin Administrative Award

Britton Muir, Willie Ollie, Sean Steighner, Kristina Talbott

Martha E. Church Award

Lynn Staininger

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Terry Scott

Mortar Board Rose Award

LaShawn Taylor

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Didier Course

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Sophie Jane Smith, '18

Faculty Recipient
Terry Ann Scott, Ph.D.

Laughlin Faculty Award

Jenni Ross

Laughlin Administrative Award

Emily Hampton Haynes, Mayme Kugler, Kaitlyn May, Tim Pollak

Martha E. Church Award

April Boulton

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Ann Boyd

Mortar Board Rose Award

Travis Eichelberger

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Roger Reitman

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Shari A. Ostrow Scher (non-degree)

Staff Recipient
Kiran Grover Chadda, Ph.D.

Laughlin Faculty Award

Liz Chang

Laughlin Administrative Award

Melanie Eyler, Breann Harwood, Jessica Hopkins, Nanette Markey

Martha E. Church Award

Terry Scott

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Allen Flora

Mortar Board Rose Award

Bonnie Nipper

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Teresa Bean

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Chloe J. Scott, '16

Faculty Recipient
John C. George, Ph.D.

Staff Recipient
Jennie L. Bowker, '08, M.A.'08

Laughlin Faculty Award

Donna Bertazzoni

Laughlin Administrative Award

Mary Atwell, Elizabeth Gomer, Cindy Emory, Beth O'Malley

Martha E. Church Award

Roger Stenersen

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Susan Ensel

Mortar Board Rose Award

Beth O'Malley

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Hoda Zaki

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Roberto J. Millar, '16

Staff Recipient
Peter Brehm

Laughlin Faculty Award

Karen Hoffman

Laughlin Administrative Award

Cheryl Banks, Cory Beddick, Peter Brehm, Krista Schaffert

Martha E. Church Award

Joe Brady

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

James Parson

Mortar Board Rose Award

Teresa Case

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Glen Weaver

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Faculty Recipient
Joy Swanson Ernst, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Laughlin Faculty Award

Michael Coon

Laughlin Administrative Award

Travis Eichelberger, Nancy Huyser, Joann Lee, Jeff Whipp

Martha E. Church Award

David Gurzick

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Chris Stromberg

Mortar Board Rose Award

Gretchen Nonemaker, Miguel Saenz

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Allen Flora

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Student Recipient
Meredith K. Fritz, '13

Laughlin Faculty Award

David Gurzick

Laughlin Administrative Award

Peter Brehm, Susan Day, Michael Deegan, Traci Holland

Martha E. Church Award

Linda Roth

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Allen Flora

Mortar Board Rose Award

Elizabeth Wood

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Sang Kim

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Archived Award Winners

Human Resources

Martha Church Endowment Prize 2023

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Faculty Award 2023

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Staff Awards 2023

Mary Ann Kerins Humanitarian Award 2023

Mary Ann Kerins Humanitarian Award 2022

Martha Church Endowment Prize 2022

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Faculty Award 2022

Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Staff Award 2022

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award

Mary Ann Kerins Award Recipients

Laughlin Faculty Award

Laughlin Administrative Award

Martha E. Church Award

Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award

Mortar Board Rose Award

SGA Adviser of the Year Award