The Internal Recognition Committee (IRC) serves as a recommending body to the President, assisting in recognizing and celebrating outstanding faculty, staff, and students who have made exemplary contributions to the CSN community. Current Award Cycle FIRM DEADLINE - APRIL 19th, 2026, by 11:59 PM Awards & Recognition A variety of campus-wide employee recognition awards are presented annually during Fall Convocation. The Sam Lieberman Regents' Award is presented each May during the Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony.Nominees of the President's Distinguished and Excellence Awards and the Regents' Awards for Faculty will automatically be placed in the running for the annual NISOD Awards. The NISOD Awards are announced and presented at the annual NISOD International Conference in May. Nevada Regents' AwardsDistinguished AwardsExcellence AwardsNISOD AwardsRegent's Awards Nominations closed until April 2026.Sam Lieberman Regents' Award for Student Scholarship closed until April 2026.Nomination Period Closes Friday, April 19th, 2026Nomination Period Closes Friday, April 19th, 2026Nomination Period closes Tuesday, January 21st, 2026 2024-2025 Distinguished & Excellence Award Recipients Excellence In Community ServiceKathy Kazemi Excellence In Online TeachingElizabeth Larakers Excellence In Service to CSNDr. Juan AvalosKody LightfootKeshia GouveiaEric HutchinsonBrian Elder Distinguished Full-Time Faculty of the YearAndrew (Andrzej) Lenard Distinguished Classified of the YearChantile Mcallister 2024-2025 NSHE Nevada Regents’ Awards Regents’ Creative ActivitiesAndrzej (Andrew) Lenard Internal Recognition MembersChair - Jennifer DaughteryCo-Chair – Sarah TartagliaNorma FloresKent IkedaMarylou KohlmeierGracie McDonoughSusan MitchellVasile MunteanuEmily RafaelScott SevierSonni KingMatthew Weiss