Geography Honor List - awarded to undergraduate majors with an overall GPA of at least 3.5 during any semester in the past year
2017
Christopher Baish Emma Borchers Dillon Constant Alison Dickinson Luke Downey Nathaniel Johnson
Gregory Klocke Blair Mirka Michael Niedert Jr. Charcey Petersen Kyla Pfeiler Caleb Scheidel
Megan Schneider Cameron Vorhies
2018
Mason Barnhart Emma Borchers Alison Dickinson Luke Downey Nathan Huffmann Noah Kremer
Ryan Lange Blair Mirka Matthew Viggo Nichols Michael Niedert Jr. Charcey Petersen Isaac Ubben
2019
Emma Borchers Isaac Boyd Zachary Fuller Tyler Green Noah Kremer Maritza Salinas Isaac Ubben
2020
Isaac Boyd Victor Burns Tyler Green Schuyler Hop Noah Kremer Tea Musedinovic
Maritza Salinas Mark Tollefson Isaac Ubben
2021
Daniel Bennett Monica Carroll Lucas Corbett Emma Durian Tyler Green Allison Greethurst
Campbell Hoffman Schuyler Hop Theodore Housker James Howard Ross Keane Lucas Pistek
Department of Geography Recognition for Distinguished Service - awarded to students for substantial and meritorious service, through actions and allegiance, to the Department of Geography
2017
Dane Atkins Dillon Constant BJ Humphrey. Narmina Iusubova
Athila Gevaerd Montibeller Dylan Nielsen. Aaron Padilla Charcey Petersen
2018
Dillon Constant Clifton Foy Taylor Garton David Jensen Varvara Korkina Blair Mirka
Matthew Nichols Aaron Padilla Charcey Petersen Christopher Pierce
2019
Emma Borchers Grant Burke Clifton Foy Taylor Garton Siobhan McTiernan Katelyn Miner
2020
Isaac Ubben Noah Kremer Katelyn Miner Paula Castro Siobhan McTiernan Ryan Lang
2021
Campbell Hoffman Noah Kremer Ryan Lange
Annual Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Geography Award – awarded by the Department of Geography to students for published and/or presented research
2017
Luke Downey Charcey Petersen Caleb Scheidel
2018
Emma Borchers Clifton Foy Blair Mirka Charcey Petersen
2019
Emma Borchers Isaac Ubben
2020
Maritza Salinas Isaac Ubben Noah Kremer Wyatt Cheney Tea Musedinovic
2021
Victor Burns Mark Toeffefson
Irina Childinova Memorial Graduate Student Award – awarded by the Department of Geography to a graduate student who demonstrates academic excellence and dedication to the study of Geography in the spirit of its namesake
2017
Athila Gevaerd Montibeller Salma Zbeed
2018
Dane Atkins Varvara Korkina
2019
Taylor Garton Matt Ruiz
2020
Yiyi Zhang
2021
Paula Carvalho De Castro
University of Northern Iowa Purple and Old Gold Award for Meritorious Scholarship –awarded by the University upon recommendation from the Department of Geography to a graduating senior for outstanding academic achievements
2017
Megan Schneider
2018
Charcey Petersen
2019
Emma Borchers
2020
Isaac Ubben
2021
Victor Burns
Department of Geography Annual Academic Certificate of Achievement – awarded by the Department of Geography to a graduating senior of outstanding quality
2017
Kyla Pfeiler
2018
Dillon Constant
2019
Not given
2020
Not given
2021
Not given
NCGE’s Annual Award for Excellence of Scholarship – awarded by the National Council for Geographic Education in conjunction with the Association of American Geographers to a graduating senior of outstanding quality
2017
BJ Humphrey
2018
Blair Mirka
2019
Heather Watson
2020
Not given
2021
Not given
Jim & Connie Schuerman Scholarship
2017
Varvara Korkina
2018
Not given
2019
Natalia Khortseva
2020
Not given
2021
Not given
UNI Geography Outstanding Alumnus Award
2017
Ms. Jennifer Trent (B.A. 1998, M.A. 2005)
2018
Ms. Leah Wilson (B.A. 2003)
2019
Dr. Dale Splinter (M.A. 2002)
2020
Not given
2021
Not given