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Excellence Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award

This award recognizes excellence and contributions in teaching. Candidates may be anyone who taught or is teaching at least a one-semester course in the science faculty and received at least two letters of nomination. 

Individual students, classes, student associations, faculty members and alumni of UNB can recommend candidates to the Awards Committee of the Faculty of Science.

Nominations are accepted at the Science Student Services office, in Room S118 of the Science Library Concourse several weeks before our Annual Awards and Dean’s List Reception in the fall. Forms can be filled out and printed or picked up at the Science Student Services office.

Acknowledgement and presentation to the recipient occur at this event.

Nominations should be based on personal knowledge of the candidate’s teaching skills and abilities, outline reasons for the nomination and provide evidence for assessment.

Staff Excellence Awards

Staff Excellence Award recognizes the outstanding contributions made by our support staff every day that enrich the Faculty. They play a very important role in helping the Faculty achieve its reputation for first-rate education with strong attention to the needs of our students and world-class research. 

The attention to detail, planning, record keeping, office work, the warm smiles that welcome our students, the assistance given to students when they are in need, the technical excellence that assists in making research possible and many other tasks performed by our support staff are essential to our overall success.

Nominations can be for one or more members of the support staff  - anyone other than people who hold professor or instructor rank.

Nominations can be made by students, staff and faculty.

Nominations are accepted at the Science Student Services office, in Room S118 of the Science Library Concourse several weeks before our Annual Awards and Dean’s List Reception in the fall. Forms can be filled out and printed or picked up at the Science Student Services office.

Forms can be filled out and printed or picked up at the Science Student Services Office.

The Faculty of Science selection committee would like to hear detailed reasons for your nomination.

The primary criterion is the excellence of the contribution made, but you may wish to address such matters as interpersonal skills and team spirit, efficiency, reliability and creativity, attitude and enthusiasm and ability to manage change and transition.

The nomination could be based on particular contributions of note or on a long-term contribution over an entire career.

Previous winners

  • 2002 – Dr. Dion Durnford – Biology
  • 2003 – Dr. Barry Monson – Math & Statistics
  • 2004 – Dr. Dennis Tokaryk – Physics
  • 2005 – Dr. Tillmann Benfey – Biology
  • 2006 – Karen Gordon – Biology
  • 2007 – Dr. David Barclay – Math & Statistics
  • 2008 - Dr. Chris McFarlane – Geology
  • 2009 - Dr. Dennis Tokaryk - Physics
  • 2010 - Dr. Mike Duffy - Biology
  • 2011 - Dr. James Tong - Chemistry
  • 2012 - Dr. Stephen Ross - Physics
  • 2013 - Dr. Valerie Reeves - Chemistry
  • 2014 - Co-Winners Dr. Ben Newling - Physics & Dr. Sanjeev Seahra - Math & Statistics
  • 2015 - Dr. Bryan Crawford - Biology
  • 2016 - Dr. Patrick Reynolds - Math & Statistics
  • 2017 - Dr. Andreas Decken - Chemistry
  • 2018 - Dr. Charlene Mayes - Biology
  • 2019 - Dr. Barry Blight - Chemistry
  • 2020 - Dr. Mark Sherrard - Biology
  • 2022 - Dr. Mark Sherrard - BIology

  • 2002 – Marni Turnbull – Biology
  • 2003 – Catherine D’Aoust – Dean of Science Office
  • 2004 – Rod MacGregor – Physics
  • 2005 – Gilles Vautour – Chemistry
  • 2006 – Joyce MacGregor – Physics
  • 2007 – Murray Olive – Physics
  • 2008 - Krista Coy – Chemistry
  • 2009 - Robyn O'Keefe - Biology
  • 2010 - Christine Lodge - Earth Sciences
  • 2011 - Angela Regier - Dean of Science Office
  • 2012 - Michael Casey – Biology
  • 2013 - Co-Winners Travis Clarke - Biology & Tammy O'Donnell - Earth Sciences
  • 2014- Todd Kelly - Phyiscs
  • 2015 - Ancel Murphy - Earth Sciences
  • 2016 - Jenn Meade - Math & Statistics
  • 2017 - Christine Wile – Biology
  • 2018 - Daniel Trojand - Physics
  • 2019 - Brian Titus - Physics
  • 2020 - Heather Burke - Biology
  • 2022 - Tammy O'Donnell - Earth Sciences