Current Pie Awards

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The Promoting Intellectual Engagement (PIE) Award recognizes and honors instructors who inspire excitement, inquiry, and autonomy in first-year courses. Recipients of the PIE Award are nominated by freshmen and sophomore students in an on-line survey, and then selected by a committee based on thoughtfulness and volume of student nominations. Student's descriptions of nominees reveal the heart of excellence in lower-division instruction, courses that comprise the foundation of students' college experience and the crucial seed of intellectual self-awareness.

current PIE Award Winners at the University of Wyoming
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2025 PIE Awards

Navamoney Arulsamy, Chemistry
Maggie Bourque, Haub School of Environment & Natural Resources
Nathan Clements, Mathematics & Statistics
Robert Erikson, Engineering & Physical Sciences Deans Office
Tim Etzkorn, LeaRN Programs
Todd Fantz, Engineering & Physical Sciences Deans Office
Irina Fay, Mathematics & Statistics
Casey Frome, Management & Marketing
Dana Govaerts, Family & Consumer Sciences
Matt Gray, Psychology
Esther Hartsky, Communication Disorders
Harvey Hix, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Lori Howe, Honors College
Cheyenne Hume, English
Shelby Hutson, LeaRN Programs
O’Neil Jones, Music
Erin Klauk, Science Institute
Christina Knox, Mathematics & Statistics
Chip Kobulnicky, Engineering & Physical Sciences Deans Office
Greg Livingston, Management & Marketing
Peyton Lunzer, LeaRN Programs
Mark Lyford, Botany
Shelley Macy, Civil & Architectural Engineering & Construction Management 
Jason McConnell, Politics Public Affairs & International Studies
Ahmad Nadalizadeh, Honors College
Eric Nigh, Politics Public Affairs & International Studies
Kate Northrop, English
Ronald Pepino, Physics & Astronomy
Joseph Russo, School of Teacher Education
Joseph Schroer, School of Teacher Education
Brian Sebade, Ecosystem Science & Management
Shelby Shadwell, Visual Arts
Amanda Sikirica, Criminal Justice & Sociology
Nicolina Taylor, Management & Marketing
Cedar Wiseman, Mathematics & Statistics