The Joe Saupe Award

This award was created in honor of Joe Saupe, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Joe was one of the founding members of both AIR and MidAIR and has been a role model for many institutional researchers. Among his many publications, he authored one of the seminal documents of the field, The Functions of Institutional Research. The Joe Saupe Award is an honorary award initially given to Joe in recognition of his years of participation in and contributions to MidAIR. Subsequently, it has been awarded to first-time presenters at MidAIR to acknowledge the quality of their presentation, and as an encouragement to other newcomers to the field of IR to present at future MidAIR conferences.

Recipients

Year: Recipient

2023: Brandon Wolak, University of Missouri

2022: Tyler Tapps, Northwest Missouri State University

2021: Frederick Burrack, Kansas State University

2020: Calie Holden, Ozarks Technical Community College

2019: Michael Mcbride, Northwest Missouri State University

2018: Benjamin Wood, Columbia College

2017: Fiorella Penaloza, Cleveland University - Kansas City

2016: Brian Pattiz, University of Central Missouri

2015: Egon Heidendal, Northwest Missouri State University

2014: Stephanie Kauv, University of Northern Iowa

2013: Kelly Burns, St. Louis Community College

          Larry Westermeyer, University of Missouri-St. Louis

          Kristy Bishop, Metropolitan Community College

2012: Matt Simpson, Ozarks Technical Community College

          John Clayton, Ozarks Technical Community College

2011: Sheri Barrett, Benedictine College

2010: Evelyn Eubank, University of Kansas

          Kelli Schutte, William Jewel College

2009: Patrick Rossol, National Higher Education Benchmarking Institute at Johnson County Community College

2008: Derek Wesley, Mount Marty College

2007: Hong Gao, Loras College

2006: Karen Cunningham, University of Northern Iowa

          Kristin Moser, University of Northern Iowa

          Anthony Smothers, University of Northern Iowa

2005: Mark Hamner, Texas Women’s University

2004: Larry Westermeyer, University of Missouri – St. Louis

          Jennifer Spielvogel, University of Missouri – Kansas City

2003: Ralph Juhnke, Johnson County Community College

          Larry Bunce, Johnson County Community College

2002: Rosemary Hayes, University of Oklahoma

          Thulasi Kumar, University of Northern Iowa

2001: Cheryl Carpenter, Metropolitan Community College

          Maura McCool, Metropolitan Community College

2000: Cindy Wehmeyer, St. Louis University

1999: Debra McClure, Washburn University

1998: Alisha Rychnovsky, University of Missouri System

1997: Ron Pennington, Webster University

1996: Barbara Alpern, Walsh College

1995: Carla Reichard, Oklahoma State University

1994: Ryan Cherland, University of Kansas

1993: William McCully, Iowa State University

1992: Brian Nedwek, St. Louis University

1991: Joint Conference with SAIR/SCUP–no award given

1990: Larry Kelly, Johnson County Community College

1989: John Bush, Oklahoma State University

1988: Joe Saupe, University of Missouri – Columbia