Dr. Nick Christians

• Sigma Xi membership 2006
• Iowa State University Foundation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising 2004
• Appointed to Musser International Turfgrass Foundation Board of Directors, 2004
• Agriculture College Faculty Member of the year, Veisha 2002
• Named University Professor, 2000
• Fred Grau, Turfgrass Research Award from Crop Science Soc. of America, 1999
• Iowa Inventor of the Year Award, 1998
• Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa Golf Course Super. Assoc., 1997
• R & D 100 Award for development of new technology, 1996
• Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, 1996
• Iowa Horticultural Society Certification of Merit Award, 1995
• Extension Education Aids Award from ASHS, 1995
• Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, 1995
• Elected as board member of Crop Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 1994-96
• Nebraska Turfgrass Foundation President's Award, 1995
• Iowa Golf Course Superintendents Service Award, 1994
• American Society for Horticultural Science Outstanding Undergraduate Educator Award, 1991
• Pi Alpha Xi Horticulture Honor Society, 1990
• Louis Thompson Advisor Award, ISU, College of Agriculture, 1989
• Iowa Legislative Teaching Excellence Award, 1989
• Chosen as one of three editors for the International Turfgrass Society Journal published in 1993
• International Turfgrass Society, Exceptional Editorial Service Award, 1993
• Elected Chair, Crop Science Society of America, Div. C-5, 1989
• Meritorious Service Award, Iowa Turfgrass Institute, 1987
• Best Paper Award, C-5 Division, American Society of Agronomy, 1979
• Sigma Delta Agricultural Honor Society, 1979
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1976

Dr. Mark Gleason

• Extension Educational Team Award, Iowa State University, 2008
• Regents Faculty Excellence Award, Iowa State University, 2006
• Lee M. Hutchins Award for fruit pathology research, American Phytopathological Society, 2004
• Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Professional Practice, Iowa State University, 2001
• Merit Award, Iowa State Horticultural Society, 1998
• Excellence in Extension Award, American Phytopathological Society, 1997

Dr. Bill Graves

• Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award, 2010

Dr. Cindy Haynes

• NACTA (North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture) Teacher Fellow Award, 2010

Dr. Jeff Iles

• Gamma Sigma Delta, Extension Award of Merit, 2008
• Iowa State Horticultural Society, Honor Award, 2007
• American Society for Horticultural Science, Education Publication Award, 2007
• ISU Interfraternity Council, Outstanding Faculty Award, 2004
• Iowa Nursery & Landscape Association, Honorary Lifetime Member, 2004
• American Society for Horticultural Science, Extension Educational Aids Award, 2002
• Iowa State Horticultural Society, Award of Merit, 2001
• Society of Municipal Arborists, Award of Merit, 2000
• American Society for Horticultural Science, Extension Educational Aids Award, 2000
• Iowa Nursery & Landscape Association, Merit Award, 2000
• Iowa State University Foundation, Award for Early Achievement in Extension, 1997
• ISU Horticulture Club, Certificate of Merit, 1996
• American Society for Horticultural Science, Extension Educational Aids Award, 1995
• Iowa State University Extension, New Professional Award, 1992
• Iowa Nursery & Landscape Association, Merit Award, 1992

Dr. Ann Marie VanDerZanden

• Received the Iowa Nursery and Landscape Association's Merit Award during the organization's annual trade show and conference, held Feb. 23-25. Dr. VanDerZanden developed a 20-module online training program to assist Iowa nursery professionals in preparing for the Iowa Certified Nursery Professional exam and she established a series of webinars for INLA members to keep updated on the latest information in the industry.
• 2011 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Central Regional Outstanding Teacher Award. Ann Marie will be formally recognized at the 57th Annual NACTA Conference at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 14-18, 2011.
• ASHS (American Society for Horticultural Science) Outstanding Undergraduate Educator Award, 2010
• Gamma Sigma Delta, Iowa Chapter of the Agriculture Honor Society, inducted 2008
• Iowa State University CELT Miller Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Institute, 2007-2008
• Teacher Fellow, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA), 2007
• American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), Outstanding Extension Publication Bulletin, 2007
• American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), Outstanding Teaching Publication, 2007
• Bronze Award, National Association for Communication Excellence, Home Landscape Extension Publication, 2007
• Merit award, Ornamental Feature Article, National Turf and Ornamentals Communicators Association, 2006
• Iowa State University Wakonse Fellow, 2006
• Iowa State University Miller Faculty Fellow, 2006, 2004
• Phi Beta Delta (Alpha Delta chapter, Iowa State University) International Education Honor Society, inducted 2005

Dr. Gail Nonnecke

• Gail and colleagues Andrea Dinkelman (Parks Library) and Jenny Aune (English) have been selected to receive the 2011 Learning Communities Scholarship Award! The scholarly work that earned them this award is described in the paper, Using an Interdisciplinary Approach to Teach Undergraduates Communication and Information Literacy Skills, which appeared in the Journal of Natural Resources & Life Sciences Education in 2010.
• Selected for the "Women Impacting ISU calendar", by the Carrie Chapman Center, 2009
• Faculty Recognition Award for her Collaboration with the Division of Student Affairs, 2009
• Selected Iowa Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2007
• Gamma Sigma Delta Mission Award for Teaching, 2007
• USDA, Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in College and University Teaching National Award, 2006

Dr. David Minner

• Iowa GCSA Distinguished Service Award, 2007

Dr. Gail Nonnecke

• Academic Innovation and Leadership Award, 2010

Dr. Henry Taber

• ISU Award for Oustanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice, 2009
• Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Plasticulture November, 2006

Dr. David Hannapel

• Leadership award for Chair of the IPPM Program from 2000-2003, award presented in 2006

Richard Jauron

• P&S Excellence Award, 2010

Arlen Patrick

• P&S Excellence Award, 2007

Barb Osborn

• ISU Award for Academic Advising Impact, 2010
• CALS; Student Recruitment and Retention Award, 2006
• ISHS Honor Award, 2006
• Outstanding Adviser, 2005
• Learning Community; Outstanding Innovation Award, 2005
• Iowa State Hort Society: Award of Merit, 2004;
• Dr. Kathleen MacKay Adviser Hall of Fam Award, 2003
• Board of Regents: Award for Staff Excellence,2003

• The Iowa State Turf Team took home the trophy from the 13th Annual Collegiate Turf Bowl held in Anaheim, California. Teams of up to four participants were challenged to identify soils, turfgrass species, diseases, weeds and insects and answer questions on mathematics and growth and development. The winning team is seated in the front row (L to R): Adam Hobbel, Brad Johnson, Matt Klingenberg, and Mark Newton. In addition to the winning team, the second-place squad also was from Iowa State. The students on the second place team were: Shane Brockhoff, Jacob Kocak, Matt Hoffman, and Matt Leinen. Purdue teams wound up taking the third-, fourth-, and fifth-place spots.


• Iowa State horticulture student teams captured second place and fifth place at the Spots Turf Managers Association Student Challenge at the organization's annual meeting early January, 2007 in San Antonio. ISU Turf Club members made up the two teams competing in a field of 26. A team fielded by the University of Tennessee won the competition and was coached by a recent ISU alum, Adam Thoms. Dave Minner, horticulture professor, and Mike Andresen, athletic department, are the teams' advisers.