2025 RST Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of 2025 scholarships and awards. The undergraduate and graduate students recognized within these pages have shown outstanding dedication and creativity in the pursuit of their personal and professional goals. We are very proud of your achievements. Click the link below to read the PDF program.
RST Department Head Carla Santos and John Bruce Capel Memorial Scholarship winner Andy Hou
RST Assistant Professor Miki Sato and Allen V. Sapora Research Award recipient Shohgo Motoyama
RST Teaching Assistant Professor Renata Endres congratulates Yael Bravo Vega, the recipient of the Mary and Duke Regnier Scholarship
RST Professor Laura Payne poses with Mary and Duke Regnier Scholarship recipient Piyumi Kotagedara Liyanage
RST Assistant Professor Nick Pitas congratulates Zafar Waziha Sarker, recipient of the Christine Ziebarth Howe Graduate Student Award
RST Associate Professor Liza Berdychevsky poses with Allen V. Sapora Research Award recipient Xue Yan
RST students present a check with the proceeds from their Illini Get Pickled tournament to the Cunningham Children's Home
RST Brightbill/Sapora Professor Monika Stodolska congratulates Nicole Dudek, the recipient of the Joan Braswell Scholarship
RST Clinical Associate Professor Mike Raycraft, right, poses with students at the RST Honors and Awards ceremony
RST Associate Professor Toni Liechty, left, sits with RST doctoral students Jenna Fesemyer and Latashia Key