This award honors faculty and staff who have made a significant and lasting impact on students’ academic journeys, career development, and post-graduation goals. This award recognizes faculty/staff who have been mentioned ten or more times in the Illini Success Survey. Honorable mention is given to those who were mentioned five to nine times.
Awardees
- James Bertram, Finance
- Bryan Buckley, Economics
- Andrew Dahle, Accountancy
- Richard Excell, Finance
- Ashish Khandelwal, Business Administration
- Shachar Meron, Advertising
- Marisa Peacock, Advertising
- Sterling Raskie, Finance
- Edward Rogowski, Accountancy
- Mark Wolters, Business Administration
- EJ Ignacio, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Honorable Mentions
| Name | Department | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Abdussalam Alhadi Alawini | Siebel School of Computing and Data Science | 2026 |
| David Albouy | Economics | 2026 |
| Mandi Alt | Accountancy | 2026 |
| Gopesh Anand | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Phillip J Ansell | Aerospace Engineering | 2026 |
| Arijit Banerjee | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 |
| Aimee Barbeau | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Seth Briggs | Finance | 2026 |
| Zuofu Cheng | Electrical & Computer Eng | 2026 |
| Susan Curtis | Accountancy | 2026 |
| Sarah Dahlen | School of Information Science | 2026 |
| Isaac DiIanni | Economics | 2026 |
| Stefan Djordjevic | History | 2026 |
| Karle Flanagan | Statistics | 2026 |
| Stefanie Flores-Freeman | Economics | 2026 |
| Victor Font Bas | Media & Cinema Studies | 2026 |
| Elizabeth Frasca | Health and Kinesiology | 2026 |
| Grace Giorgio | Communication | 2026 |
| Jeremy S Guest | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2026 |
| Indranil Gupta | Siebel School of Computing and Data Science | 2026 |
| Steven Hall | Advertising | 2026 |
| Vidya Haran | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Geoffrey Herman | Siebel School of Computing and Data Science | 2026 |
| Emily Hurth | Human Develpoment & Family Studies | 2026 |
| Anton Ivanov | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Nickvash Kani | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 |
| Kari H Keating | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Kathryn Kennealy – Pierczynski | Economics | 2026 |
| Nam Sung Kim | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 |
| Volodymyr Kindratenko | NCSA | 2026 |
| Dawn Kink | Accountancy | 2026 |
| Elias Kourpas | Business Administration | 2026 |
| George Krueger | Finance | 2026 |
| David Lariviere | Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering | 2026 |
| Cecilia Leal | Materials Science & Engineering | 2026 |
| Avital Livny | Political Science | 2026 |
| Steven Lumetta | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 |
| Jason M Merret | Aerospace Engineering | 2026 |
| Olga Mironenko | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 |
| Cory J Ohms | Office of Undergraduate Affairs, Gies Business | 2026 |
| Susan Pachera | Accountancy | 2026 |
| Vishal Sachdev | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Nehemiah Scott | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Joshua Shea | Economics | 2026 |
| Peter Sheldon | Advertising | 2026 |
| Corey Snyder | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 |
| Andrew Stillwell | Electrical & Computer Enginneering | 2026 |
| Heather Swenddal | Business Administration | 2026 |
| Ali Toossi | Economics | 2026 |
| Cihang Wang | Economics | 2026 |
| Melissa Wong | School of Information Science | 2026 |
| Gary Wszalek | Psychology | 2026 |