Student awards and archives
Nominations are due Friday, February 23, 2024 at 5 p.m.
The Joel Wiegert Award was established in 1966 by the Fairbanks Building Trades Council and the Fairbanks Central Labor Council. Joel Wiegert was appointed as the second business manager for the Laborers in 1949 and remained in the position until his promotion to a regional manager position in Seattle in 1966. He married Nancy Loftus, whose parents, Ted and Audrey Loftus, attended and graduated from what is today ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. Joel and Nancy were strong supporters of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. Nancy died in 1984, and Joel retired from the Laborers the next year. Joel died in Sun City West, Arizona, in 2020.
Criteria for award
Students nominated must have accumulated a minimum of 30 semester credit hours at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks by May 2024 and must have received or will receive an associate degree during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Other criteria include character, personality, scholarship (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50), extracurricular activities, and contributions to the University and Fairbanks communities.
Year | Name |
---|---|
2022-2023 | Kalen Moore-Thomas |
2021-2022 | Logan Nave |
2020-2021 | Not awarded |
2019-2020 | Heike Lower |
2018-2019 | Jessica Kot |
2017-2018 | Luke Rogers |
2016-2017 | Gabriel Cartagena |
2015-16 | Eli Ward |
2014-15 | Mats Eriksson |
2013-14 | Troy Bouffard |
2012-13 | Paul Tshida |
2011-12 | Matthew Robinson |
2010-11 | Jonathan Dillon |
2009-10 | Dion Knelsen |
2008-09 | Trevor Hyatt |
2007-08 | William Pfeifer, Jr. |
2006-07 | Michael Wilkinson |
2005-06 | Brandon Ilgen |
2004-05 | Dane Lenaker |
2003-04 | Ryan Long |
2002-03 | Charles Armstrong |
2001-02 | Gage Choat |
2000-01 | Eric S. Davis |
1999-00 | Erik Suring |
1998-99 | Cory M. Papenfuss |
1997-98 | Joe Hayes |
1996-97 | Greg Milles |
1995-96 | Paul Sander |
1994-95 | James Wood |
1993-94 | Anthony Caole |
1992-93 | James Baker |
1991-92 | Christopher Hartman |
1990-91 | Bob G. Mitchell |
1989-90 | John Foster Wallace |
1988-89 | Takashi Kato |
1987-88 | Scott Bailie |
1986-87 | Robert W. Estus |
1985-86 | John di Bene |
1984-85 | Nick Larter |
1983-84 | Brendan T. Hamer |
1982-83 | Jason Kuehn |
1981-82 | William K. Zyback |
1980-81 | Robert W. Arnold |
1979-80 | Karl L. Hannerman |
1978-79 | John Lentine |
The Marion Frances Boswell Memorial Award has been presented annually since 1934. Originally from Eastern Oregon, Marion enrolled in Business Administration and Home Economics in September, 1928 at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Agricultural College and School of Mines, now the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks. Marion passed away April 8, 1933 at the age of 23 during her senior year. After her death, Marion's brother John met with President Charles Bunnell in 1934 to establish this award in honor of his sister. It was established to honor a woman who has balanced her college education with extracurricular activities, character, and personality. This award also recognizes an individual who inspires other undergraduates to conduct themselves as responsible men and women.
Criteria for award
Students nominated must have accumulated a minimum of 30 semester credit hours at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks by May 2024, and must have received or will receive their Bachelor's Degree during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Other criteria include character, personality, scholarship (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50), extracurricular activities, and contributions to the University and Fairbanks communities.
Year | Name |
---|---|
2022-23 | Riley von Borstel |
2021-22 | Tricia Minnick |
2020-21 | Ray Alda |
2019-20 | Bruce Ervin |
2018-19 | Ray Lopez |
2017-18 | Bobbie McNeley |
2016-17 | Emilia Van Wyhe |
2015-16 | Ingrid Dye |
2014-15 | Kristen McKay |
2013-14 | Ashley Strauch |
2012-13 | Theresia Schnurr |
2011-12 | Jordyn Montgomery |
2010-11 | Ashton Compton |
2009-10 | Christina Hardman |
2008-09 | Alice Orlich |
2007-08 | Larae Minteer |
2006-07 | Kelsey Alexander |
2005-06 | Tania Deisher |
2004-05 | Kiana Bormann |
2003-04 | Isabel Cordona and Rachel Narow |
2002-03 | Heather Maas |
2001-02 | Amy Tidwell |
2000-01 | Erin A. Boyd |
1999-00 | Dante Foster |
1998-99 | Danielle K. Stone |
1997-98 | Erin Nicol Narus |
1996-97 | April Blajeski |
1995-96 | Kate Rupprecht Sander |
1994-95 | Terese Carr |
1993-94 | Tracey Papenfuss |
1992-93 | Eiluned Hogenson |
1991-92 | Aisha Tinker |
1990-91 | Sandra Chesemore |
1989-90 | Nicole Hallingstad |
1988-89 | Heather Kendall |
1987-88 | Laurie Hildenbrand |
1986-87 | Laurie J. Oppel |
1985-86 | Anna J. Longwith |
1984-85 | Kimberly A. Meeker |
1983-84 | Fran Hove |
1982-83 | Dolores McKee |
1981-82 | Jane Hanson |
1980-81 | Marilyn Asicksik |
1979-80 | Angela Liston |
1978-79 | Susan Merrick |
The Gray S. Tilly Memorial Award was established by Lola C. Tilly in memory of her late husband Gray Tilly. Mr. Tilly came to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ in 1923 and lived in southeastern ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ for several years. He later moved to Fairbanks and was head of the Selective Service Board for 25 years. Mrs. Tilly came to Fairbanks in 1929 to head the home economics department at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks, then the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Agricultural College and School of Mines. Upon retiring from the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks in 1963, Mrs. Tilly was named professor of home economics emeritus; she received an honorary doctor of humanities degree. She died in 1996 at the age of 98.
Criteria for award
Students nominated for the Gray Tilly Award are usually non-traditional students who may have required more than 4-5 years to complete their course of study due to family responsibilities, financial hardship, military service, etc.
Students nominated must have accumulated a minimum of 30 semester credit hours at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks by May 2024, and must have received or will receive their baccalaureate degree during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Other criteria include character, personality, scholarship (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5), extracurricular activities, and contributions to the University and Fairbanks communities.
Year | Name |
---|---|
2022-23 | Not awarded |
2021-22 | Not awarded |
2020-21 | Sheri Monica Nelson-Karikomi |
2019-20 | Not awarded |
2018-19 | Michael Bilan |
2017-18 | Erica Nardella |
2016-17 | Katrina Nunemann |
2015-16 | Not Awarded |
2014-15 | Kimberly Strong |
2013-14 | Raymond Brooks |
2012-13 | Jenny York |
2011-12 | Gail Denning |
2010-11 | Amy K. Snider |
2009-10 | Barbara Blake |
2008-09 | Yvette Curtis Towery |
2007-08 | Katherine Keith |
2006-07 | Crystal Narow |
2005-06 | Joyce Billups |
2004-05 | Reymond Joseph |
2003-04 | Laverne Demientieff |
2002-03 | Bonnie L. Edmondson |
2001-02 | Amy Tidwell |
2000-01 | Maria M. Sauer |
1999-00 | Janice Shipman |
1998-99 | Patricia J. Cripps |
1997-98 | Aimee Kniaziowski |
1996-97 | Tonya Brown |
1995-96 | Traci Nero |
1994-95 | Elsie Eckman |
1993-94 | Annette Patterson |
1992-93 | Kimberly Stewart |
1991-92 | M. Janine Tuttle |
1990-91 | Dorothy Herman |
1989-90 | James B. McMillan |
1988-89 | Rachel Craig |
1987-88 | Sybil Kisken |
1986-87 | Dorothy M. Goldsborough |
1985-86 | Darlene Taylor Bishop |
1984-85 | Christine Villano |
1983-84 | Margaret Ann Fisher |
1982-83 | Julie Scott |
1981-82 | Deborah J. Benson |
1980-81 | Cynthia M. Klepaski |
1979-80 | Glenda Cannon |
1978-79 | Diane Kennedy |