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Exceptional Assigned Time Awards
The California State University, Sacramento Assigned Time for Exceptional Levels of Service to Students Awards recognize faculty and staff whose projects demonstrate a strong commitment to student success, engagement, and support. Through innovative proposals and collaborative efforts across departments, these award recipients contribute meaningful programs and services that enhance the student experience and advance the university’s mission of academic excellence and inclusive community impact.
Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Recipients:
Assigned Time for Exceptional Levels of Service to Students Awards
| Name(s) | Department/College | Proposal Title |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Altman & Vincent Pigno | Biological Sciences (NSM) & Mathematics & Statistics (NSM) | Onboarding PAL Faculty Program Director & PAL Program Director Mentoring |
| Lorena Camargo Gonzalez | Undergraduate Studies in Education (COE) | Education, Equity and Social Justice Graduate Writing Workshops |
| Ronald Coleman | Biological Sciences (NSM) | Mentoring Undergraduate Research: The Cichlid Fry Project |
| Alma Flores | Undergraduate Studies in Education (COE) | Undergraduate Course in Critical Race Theory in Education |
| Gennifer Holt & Megan Ngo | School of Nursing (HHS) | Faculty-Led Strategies to Bridge the Academic-Practice Gap for First-Generation and Underserved Nursing Students |
| Mikkel Herholdt Jensen | Physics and Astronomy (NSM) | Curricular learning outcome and assessment strategy realignment to promote student success |
| Santosh Kandel | Mathematics and Statistics (NSM) | Developing Multivariate Analysis Course for Statistics Major and Minor at Sac State |
| Marina LaForgia | Biological Sciences (NSM) | Enhanced student access in the Arboretum, Herbarium & Biodiversity Collections |
| Rosa Angelica Martinez & Kim Zarins | English (A&L) | The Reading Lab: Undergraduate Reading and Commonplace Books Across the Disciplines |
| Rebecca Peebles | Chemistry (NSM) | Building Strong Computational Skills for Modern Chemical Professionals |
| Brianna Santangelo | Physics & Astronomy (NSM) | Update of the Physics 11C Laboratory Manual |
| Deidre Sessoms | Undergraduate Studies in Education (COE) | Overcoming Barriers to Your Dream Career in Education |
| Dong Shen | Family and Consumer Sciences (SSIS) | Equity-Minded Course Packets in Fashion Studies |
| Debra Welkley | Sociology (SSIS) | Sociology in Action: Mentoring to Enhance Student Success |
| Adero Willard | Art (A&L) | Weathering: A Major Ceramics Exhibition Featuring Nine Nationally Recognized Black Women and Nonbinary Artists |
| Ayanna Yonemura | Sociology (SSIS) | The Intercultural Oral and Deaf Research Project |