2020 #CyThx Honorees

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“Adry makes me feel valued each and every day. She allows me to be innovative and expand my knowledge all while given me the utmost support. She genuinely cares about

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She is a wonderful professor and always willing to have fun conversations!

The authority she has given me, by letting me be a Teaching Assistant for her class, makes me feel a valuable part of ISU.

With so much stuff online, it is nice to be in a class in general. With that said, Ally makes sure to go out of her way to make sure

Allie is an caring and supportive colleague. She asks great questions, challenges those around her, offers genuine support to both students and staff, and continually works to make her programs

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“‘-provide resources for me -listen to my life -reach out to check on me -validate my feelings -are understanding” (CyThx 1) “Dr. Elobeid is absolutely an incredible professor. She cares

“Amy’s wisdom makes us feel supported and taken care of at Iowa State. She makes herself readily available to connect with students to provide insight. She excels in her role

Amy is a do-er! She has a huge heart and wants to help people succeed.

Dr. Bolstad is a great EE professor! I really appreciate the activities that we did in groups throughout the course during EE 224 and how he went around the class

She is understanding of the current situation us students are facing with COVID and so helpful when it comes to interior design projects.

Dr. Prince cares deeply about every student she knows and meets. She goes out of her way to make you feel supported and excited about where you are headed. Dr.

Dr. GT is such an important part of keeping our program strong and vibrant. She places students at the center of everything she does, and she is still a kind

Words cannot express the impressive leadership you have given to the campus community this year. Grateful to have you and your strength at Iowa State University.

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It has been a year since ISU has been my home. Staying away from home and loved ones was difficult for me. But the first interaction I had with anyone

Dr. Ghosh is an excellent professor as he makes sure to engage the class constantly by asking interesting questions, and also highlight the important material during the lectures. As if

Dr. Singh works diligently to ensure we are best empowered to produce our highest quality work. He checks to make sure we are mentally doing well and always prioritizes our

Every week in our Peer Mentor meetings she is always so encouraging and uplifting. Even when she’s having a bad week she’s somehow there for all of us first. She

Dr. Gleason is a mentor and a friend who knows how to push us to get better with our research. His guidance, caring, and understanding means a lot during this

Beth exemplifies the Cyclone caring spirit by 100% of the time encouraging and supporting me and everyone on our team. We know without a shadow of a doubt she VALUES

Bill always makes me feel like my opinions matter, and like I make a valuable contribution to the department. He listens to what everyone has to say and often acts

Thank you for leading your team this year as they had to facilitate and balance so much with our students, brothers, and sisters. Take care of you.

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“Brad is the ultimate cheerleader. He sends out emails and texts, encouraging the Theatre faculty & staff to face whatever the future brings with grace, patience, and love. He urges

Dr. Skaar offered to meet in person with students if they wanted to and I did. He went out of his way to get to know me and as a

Breanna has been a huge help this semester and every semester since I’ve known her. She always makes me feel so welcome in our group and on campus as well

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Professor Behnken is so welcoming and enthusiastic. He is free to be himself and makes me feel like I am free to be myself at ISU.

They actually take time to listen to speeches, and point out not only the bad things but also what they liked. The pointing out of specific things they liked or

Dr. Burras has gone above and beyond to offer guidance and mentorship

“Thank you for the continued support throughout my program. I really appreciate your patience. Thank you for being an amazing professor. I hope you have a great life ahead.” (CyThx

Even though Dr. Bain is no longer my academic adviser, the advice and guidance I received from her as an Agriculture & Society major during my freshman year continues to

“Carolyn is very helpful for problems both in and out of the classroom. She is very easy to talk to and welcomes any student who might need her. She’s also

She is always super welcoming and positive. She genuinely cares and wants to know how I am doing and if I have any concerns. She’s always willing to help/provide resources!

He always there to help out students, putting in the extra work and time to help with our classes and bring our learning beyond the classroom. Besides classwork, Professor Pint

Chad really shows that he cares about his students and really wants them to understand what he is teaching. He is willing to stay after class to help answer additional

Every time I get the chance to talk and/or work with Chad, he makes me feel like I belong at ISU and inspires me to become better each day. He

“Help in class and give personal attention to each individual. Care about the students.” (CyThx 1) “Thanks!” (CyThx 2)

I love having Dr. Menefee as a theatre professor. Her classes are intriguing and on top of that, she’s so sweet and caring towards us. She’s very optimistic and also

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Dr. Meissner has done absolutely everything possible to make me feel appreciated, respected, and safe at ISU during these unprecedented times. He is an incredible advisor, engaging instructor, and a

She is always accommodating, encouraging, and thoughtful to the music ed students. I always feel like I can go up to her for any question and she will help me.

“Dr. Coffman has such a positive outlook on the work done in the Sky is the Limit learning community. His personal excitement conveys to us, the peer mentors, that what

Clayton makes me feel like I play an important role in contributing to Iowa State by being a peer mentor. He makes me feel like what I do truly creates

Not only did Clyde work hard to make sure we understood what was being delivered to us online, but he also genuinely showed interest in how we were handling the

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He is the only one who is willing to take the time to help me become a better student and seems to be the only one who cares about my

Dr. Lee is my absolute favorite professor at Iowa State. He makes his classes extremely interesting and he truly cares about the success of his students. He was always available

Dai Nguyen will always remain a valuable gift to any graduate student in ISU. She is a great listener, who relates and renders assistance to all graduate students at all

Dean Grooms shows significant interest in each of us as individuals and makes the CVM a great place to work! He goes above and beyond to get to know people

A great teacher and a great person, who is always there to help.

“Thanks for what you do” (CyThx 1) “Darin and I have offices in the same space in Heady Hall. This semester, he and I have been the main people in

Dr. Berger is always willing to check in on people to see how they are doing, take the time to discuss any concerns, and always strives to make things better

“She was the reason I fell in love with Iowa State. I toured with her as a high school junior and she made me feel not only valued but so

Thank you for navigating so much to make this year a good one for so many. Your foresight helped so many.

“Deidra is a wonderful department chair who truly demonstrates an amazing commitment to both to faculty and to making the Ivy College of Business and Iowa State a better place!”

Eager listening, meaningful connections.

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Denise is a wonderful collaborator, especially when trailblazing. She is willing to go into the weeds a bit (which she hates) when I need to so that I can get

Dr. Hayes is the reason I decided to major in economics. He genuinely cares about student success. Dr. Hayes is one of the top researchers in the U.S., if not

Dr. Howard wears many hats in the college of veterinary medicine. She is a leader in all aspects of her involvement. Despite her many responsibilities, Dr. Howard always prioritizes student

“Dr. Thippeswamy is an undeniably valuable professor at the college of veterinary medicine. He serves as the instructor for first-year anatomy–one of the major fundamentals of the profession. This year,

Dynette makes me feel valued because she is always willing to lend a helping hand and assist students in reaching their career goals. She offers multiple opportunities for students to

“Dr. Luvaga is the most fantastic person to lead our Agricultural Business Learning Community as she does. We are incredibly lucky to have her in the department to inspire, teach,

Ebony makes me feel valued because of the trust that she has placed in me as she perseveres through her doctoral program and life challenges. Keep moving forward, Ebony… one

Even though he has many students and is has many other important things to do in his life, he makes an effort to get to know us (amongst online learning)

They facilitated a zoom meeting to discuss campus climate issues. There were many concerns from students and Dr. Swanner offered to not only listen to us students but, to share

Dr. Stegemoller works hard to provide opportunities for students and community members to build meaningful relationships through the Iowa State Neurophysiology lab. Through lab meetings, outreach events, and holiday festivals,

Emily makes me feel like a valued member of the ISU community because of all the ways in which she has blossomed as a scholar in recent years. Congratulations Emily

Emily is a fantastic supervisor. She has helped me so much in this pandemic-year (through all the unknowns and stressors) and always makes me feel valued in my job and

Professor Smith is not only a great professor but a valued mentor to many SCM majors. His classes have an extremely welcoming atmosphere that encourages discussion among students. I have

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Erica Beirman is the epitome of what Iowa State University should always strive to be – an always open door, a ceaseless helping hand, a listening ear, a constant support,

Erin’s class is intuitive and interesting. She grades on time and provides timely feedback. She has her own opinion and brings up controversial subjects but in an inviting way. She

“Thank you for going above and beyond to help our students, staff, and community to be as healthy and mindful that we can be here at Iowa State University. We

Dr. Sanders has supported me in every way when it comes to my research interests. As a first generation student, at times this degree can seem out of reach but

Thank you Dr. E.J. for providing me with a great opportunity and space to actively engage in the session at ISCORE 2020 that you were facilitating. It was amazing to

Dr. Evrim Baran is always positive, caring, approachable, empathetic and supportive and never judgmental. She extensively goes above and beyond to ensure that our needs are met. She is well-known

He is the best professor I have had at Iowa State and the only one who I felt actually cared about his students

I’m an older student, and they have made me feel welcome. And they have also been accommodating because I have an age related handicap (arthritis.) I was worried about how

Grace cares deeply about supporting students and meeting them where they are. She pours her energy into connecting students to the resources they need and helping them build skills for

Gretchen cares very much about student and instructor success. She has a kindness and grace that radiates through even to the toughest of customers!

Dr. Beckett goes above and beyond to support and motivate her students. Her support and advice have helped me to keep going and have inspired me for an interesting project

Hans is someone who always goes out of his way to listen to others and to act based on their input. He is a caring, sincere, thoughtful member of the

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Heidi has a great way of communicating information and sharing her wealth of knowledge in a way that makes me (and others) feel like an equal. She is always positive

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Idris is a student in my graduate class in Deep Learning. He has voluntarily conducted training sessions for students in the class in Python and has helped debug some of

“Dr. Meyer is an amazing mentor. I can’t thank him enough for getting me through tough times during the pandemic. Dr. Meyer and the Wellbeing and Exercise Lab have been

Jacob is extremely passionate about the Iowa State community and serves through his involvement in various organizations and committees. I appreciate his engagement in many difficult decisions and his strategic,

Assure me that I am doing great in my classes and recognize when I go above and beyond

Jahmai is continually working toward creating more inclusive environments wherever she can – be it for staff, students, or the community at large. This is not easy work and I

Professor Andrews is one of the best professors I have ever had the pleasure of having at Iowa State. I have never had an instructor who has cared about their

I appreciate the effort he put into online teaching this year. Despite the online format, he worked really hard to provide valuable experiences to students in AN S 343 –

Dr. Rodde has made this semester incredible for his choir members despite the circumstances. He works endlessly to give us a year to remember, filled with many opportunities that we

Professor Shelledy did a fantastic job of listening to a concern I had regarding group members. There was nothing he could do, but he took a significant amount of time

Dr. Jan is someone who genuinely cares about every student she encounters. She inspires students to challenge themselves and others, and her passion for what she does is contagious. Dr.