This award honors employees for outstanding contributions to ºÚÁÏÍø and its mission to be a top tier university. While everyone associated with ºÚÁÏÍø works toward fulfilling our mission, the efforts of some individuals present an outstanding example of commitment. The Top Tier Award recognizes such dedicated members of our campus community. This award is administered by the Office of Faculty Affairs.
Additional information about the Top Tier plan, including detailed metrics and measures, can be found on the ºÚÁÏÍø Top Tier website.
2024 Recipient
Renato (Rainier) Liboro
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Liboro actively contributes to several core area of ºÚÁÏÍø’s Top Tier 2.0 initiatives, including Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity; Community Partnerships; Student Achievement; Social Justice, Equity, and Inclusion; ºÚÁÏÍø Academic Health; and Infrastructure and Shared Governance. Shortly after joining ºÚÁÏÍø in 2019, he established the Community Health Advocacy for Minority Populations, Immigrants, and Other Newcomers (CHAMPION Mental Health) initiative. According to one of his nominators, “As a dynamic community-engaged scholar, Dr. Liboro has worked tirelessly towards promoting excellence and advancing ºÚÁÏÍø’s mission as a top tier university since he joined our institution".
Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hyunhwa Lee | ºÚÁÏÍø School of Nursing |
| 2022 | Keith Lawler | College of Sciences |
| 2022 | Rian Satterwhite | Office of Service Learning and Leadership |
| 2021 | Tricia McCrory | Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost |
| 2021 | Caitlin Saladino | Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy Institute |
| 2020 | Jennifer Heath | College of Liberal Arts |
| 2019 | Allen Gibbs | School of Life Sciences |
| 2019 | Stacey Tovino | William S. Boyd School of Law |
| 2018 | Kwang Kim | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2018 | Jefferson Kinney | Department of Psychology |
| 2018 | Alisha Kerlin | Barrick Museum of Art |