Recently in Awards & Recognitions Category
In April 2008, awarded a Congressional Citation by Delaware County U.S. Representative Joe Sestak for civic and community engagement efforts
2009 - Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, Penn State Brandywine (first award winner)
2008 - Club Adviser of the Year (for THON), Penn State Brandywine
2006 - George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pennsylvania State University
(university-wide teaching award)
2006 - Club Adviser of the Year (for THON and MADE), Penn State Brandywine
2006 - Student Government Association: Most Involved on Campus, Penn State Brandywine
2005-2006 - Fellow in Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences,
Pennsylvania State University
2005 - Award for Teaching Excellence, Penn State Commonwealth College (college-level award)
2004 - Woman of the Year, Penn State Brandywine Women's Commission
2002 - Student Government Association Outstanding Service Award, Penn State Brandywine
2004 - Delaware County Heritage Society Award for "Tombstones and Spirits"
2003 - Nominated and selected as part of Project Kaleidoscope's Faculty for the 21st Century
Network (PKAL-F21)
2000 - Outstanding Faculty Member, Mary Washington College
1997 - Merit Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
1997 - Graduate Dean Fellowship, University of Miami
1997 - TEXACO fellowship for outstanding doctoral dissertation research
1995 - Outstanding Student Paper Award, Geology & Hydrology Section, Florida Academy of
Sciences Annual Meeting
1993 - SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) SED (Student Excellence and Development)
award, presented to an outstanding graduate student in sedimentary geoscience