Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception (STRR)
The Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception (STRR) is an opportunity to celebrate teaching excellence. Recognizing that academic growth and development occurs over many years, each faculty nominates an outstanding graduating student, who then selects two teachers who have made important contributions to their education – one from Kindergarten to Grade 12 years and one from their years at the University of Manitoba.
2025
STRR 2025 winners
| Faculty/School/College | Student | UM Professor /Instructor | K-12 Teacher |
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| Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences | Emily Robb | Kathleen Wilson | Lindsay Metruk |
| School of Agriculture | Autumn Hanslip | Anna Rogiewicz | Amy Johnson |
| Faculty of Architecture | Eva Hagel MacPherson | Anna Thurmayr | Deenie Lefko-Halas |
| Faculty of Arts 1 | Hannah Belec | Roisin Cossar | Kim Dudek |
| Faculty of Arts 2 | Hanako Teranishi | Jamie Paris | Mark Caughlin |
| Faculty of Education | Christine Hay | Michelle Honeyford | Margaret Wiens |
| Price Faculty of Engineering | Alessandro Potenza | Ian Jeffrey | Catherine Ramsay |
| Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Conor McNab | Mark Hanson | Cherylene Kentner |
| School of Dental Hygiene | Jenna Semenko | Lorraine Glassford | Marlene Seaman |
| Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry | Allissa Morrice | Aaron Kim | Rhéal Chaput |
| Max Rady College of Medicine | Taylor Nimchonok | Mona Hegdekar | Mandy Freynet |
| College of Nursing | Tolulope Akinloye | Alia Lagace | William Oyetoro Oke |
| College of Pharmacy | Kezra Gerbrandt | Kristi Watson | Cindy Kalansky |
| College of Rehabilitation Sciences | Yvonne Fenner | Margaret Hart | Ron Constant |
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | Fiona De Guzman | Shelley Harms | Janine Lavallee |
| Faculty of Law | Cody Buhay | Allison Fenske | Sabrina NganTian-Angeles |
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Sandra Goetz | Catherine Robbins | Hart Godden |
| Faculty of Science 1 | Shubhneet Thind | Sabine Kuss | Trang Do |
| Faculty of Science 2 | Jaskaran Singh | Andriy Prymak | Spinder Singh |
| Faculty of Social Work | Rachel Schmidtke | Kathryn Levine | Chris Koop |
2024
Students' Teacher Recognition Reception 2024 video
STRR 2024 winners
| Faculty/School/College | Student | UM Professor | K-12 Teacher |
| Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences | Rachel Akong | Dr. Carla Taylor | Mr. Blaine Workman |
| School of Agriculture | Nathan Krahn | Garrett Sawatzky | Mr. Taryn Luhowy |
| Faculty of Architecture | Reece Cullen | Leanne Muir | Michael Strachan |
| Faculty of Arts | Aasiyah Khan | Dr. Jennifer Dueck | Mr. Dave Pile |
| Faculty of Arts | Logan Hiebert | Dr. David Watt | Matt Janzen |
| Faculty of Education | Shayla Davidson | Rachael Fecyk-Lamb | Mrs. Kathryn Amato |
| Price Faculty of Engineering | Sebastian Kapustka | Dr. Sean O'Brien | Mr. Noah Joseph |
| Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Raymond Guerard | Dr. Andrew Frederiksen | Mrs. Angela Russenholt |
| School of Dental Hygiene | Stacey Urban | Ms. Lorraine Glassford | Mr. Shane Larratt |
| Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry | Ayodeji Omotayo | Dr. Charlene Solomon | Mr. Wasiu Adewale Mudasiru |
| College of Nursing | Morgan Sawchyn | Ms. Danielle Yaffe | Mrs. Kristen Wynnobel |
| College of Pharmacy | Madison Wong | Dr. Jamie Falk | Mr. Bill Young |
| College of Rehabilitation Sciences | Jappreet Kaur Gill | Ms. Maureen Walker | Jyotsna Sood |
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreational Management | Sierra Dueck | Colleen Plumton | Gwen Friesen |
| Faculty of Law | Seth Lozinski | Prof. Brandon Trask | Mrs. Ingrid Moehlmann |
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Dariyan Dubik | Prof. Mel Braun | Mr. Garth Rempel |
| Faculty of Science | Katherine Bazin | Dr. Sabine Kuss | Mr. Andrew Hiebert |
| Faculty of Science | Aakash Natarajan | Dr. Silvia Cardona | Mr. Christopher Assenmacher |
| Faculty of Social Work | Rich Baker | Dr. Rusty Souleymanov | |
2023
Students' Teacher Recognition Reception 2023 video
STRR 2023 winners
| Faculty/School/College | Student Name | UM Teacher | K-12 Teacher | |||
| Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences | LaDawn Duerksen | Dr. Snehil Dua | Mr. Ed Hildebrand | |||
| School of Agriculture | James Bashford | Mr. Garrett Sawatzky | Mr. Gregory Clark | |||
| Faculty of Architecture | Shahd Haresha | Prof. Jae-Sung Chon | Mr. Kevin Solinsky | |||
| School of Art | Zoë LeBrun | Prof. Sarah Ciurysek | Ms. Chenoa Walker | |||
| Faculty of Arts | Zlata Odribets | Dr. David Watt | Mrs. Valerie Zviahintseva | |||
| Faculty of Arts | Lydia Gork | Dr. Merissa Daborn | Ms. Michelle Davidson | |||
| I.H. Asper School of Business | Jillian Desjarlais | Dr. Noha Ghattas | Melanie Bailey | |||
| Faculty of Education | Jennifer Wray | Rachael Fecyk-Lamb | Mme. Christine Peers | |||
| Price Faculty of Engineering | Ryan Shaski | Ian Jeffrey | Mr. Noah Joseph | |||
| Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Andrea Sutherland | Stephane McLachlan | Mr. Jarrett Rempel | |||
| School of Dental Hygiene | Nikhita Arora | Mrs. Cindy Isaak-Ploegman | Mrs. Melonee Collins | |||
| Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry | Anson Chan | Dr. Vanessa Hunzinger | Mr. Darryl Ferguson | |||
| Max Rady College of Medicine | Philip Kawalec | Joseph Silvaggio | Mr. Greg Shedden | |||
| College of Nursing | Winter Traverse | Ms. Pat Pruden | Mr. Duane Piper | |||
| College of Pharmacy | Christine Vaccaro | Heather MacPhee | Mrs. Michelle Zacharuk | |||
| College of Rehabilitation Sciences | Carly Proctor | Dr. Moni Fricke | Mr. Neil Wilcox | |||
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreational Management | Savannah Pohl | Dr. Jonathan Singer | Mrs. Margot Arnold | |||
| Faculty of Law | Lauren Gowler | Prof. David Ireland | Ms. Deborah Nickel | |||
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Evan Miles | Mr. Will Bonness | Kevin Curtis | |||
| Faculty of Science | Amy Fernando | Dr. Gordon Goldsborough | Darcia Jones | |||
| Faculty of Science | Holly Simpson | Dr. Brenda Hann | Mr. Paul Anderson | |||
| Faculty of Social Work | Olawumi A. Adelakun | Dr. Hai Luo | Hakeem Oladimeji Bakare |
2022
Students' Teacher Recognition Reception 2022 video
STRR 2022 winners
| Faculty / School / College | Student Name | UM Teacher | K-12 Teacher | |||
| Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences | Kyungbin (Molly) Bae | Argenis Rodas-Gonzalez | Stew Brown | |||
| School of Agriculture | Adam C. Dmytriw | Phillip Veldhuis | Adam Khan | |||
| Faculty of Architecture | Maximillian Miroslav Karl Sandred | Lisa Landrum | David Lawler | |||
| School of Art | William Steele | Honoure Black | Darren Knight | |||
| Faculty of Arts | Kristin Smith | Heidi Marx | John Robinson | |||
| Faculty of Arts | Nouran Hamzeh | Kiera Ladner | Anne-Marie Hanson | |||
| I.H. Asper School of Business | Jennifer Moose | Bruno Dyck | Beverly MacTavish | |||
| Faculty of Education | Laura Sachvie | Nadine Bartlett | Dave Chell | |||
| Price Faculty of Engineering | Kennedy Krakalovich | Ian Jeffrey | Michel Roy | |||
| Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Max Schreckenbach | Michael Schindler | Michel Roy | |||
| School of Dental Hygiene | Rachel Erin Rieger | Kaleigh Warden | Elana Spence | |||
| Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry | Brayden Jonathon Patterson | Juliana Pfeffer | David Patrick Joseph Savoie | |||
| Max Rady College of Medicine | Chris Moskal | Aviva Goldberg | Nancy Hill | |||
| College of Nursing | Suzan Palani | Danielle Yaffe | Petra Thanisch | |||
| College of Rehabilitation Sciences | Victoria Kathleen Ploszay | Louise Chartrand | Gordon Fritzsche | |||
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreational Management | Chantelle Chappell | Shelley Harms | Erica Whyte | |||
| Faculty of Law | Shawn Singh | Brandon Trask | Adriano Magnifico | |||
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Callum Goulet-Kilgour | David Moroz | Pauline Courcelles-Chabot | |||
| Faculty of Science | Hannah Buhr | Karen Sereda | Robbie Scott | |||
| Faculty of Science | Huy Luu | Sabine Kuss | Luu Thi Dao |
2021
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School of Agriculture - George J. Meggison
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Faculty of Architecture - Teresa Lyons
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School of Art - Emily Patricia Roffey
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Faculty of Arts - Shannon Furness
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Faculty of Arts - Atreya Madrone
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I. H. Asper School of Business - Calvin Loi
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School of Dental Hygiene - Courtney Wallis
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Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry - Derek Oryniak
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Faculty of Education - Christine Marie Wren
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Price Faculty of Engineering - Cassidy Zrobek
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources - Blake Elliot Hunnie
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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management - Lily S. Staib
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Faculty of Law - Evan Felix Penner Podaima
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Max Rady College of Medicine - Amy Sahai
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Desautels Faculty of Music - Stephanie Liesel Reimer
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College of Nursing - Chelsea Krawchuk
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College of Pharmacy - Megha Kaushal
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College of Rehabilitation Sciences - Kaitlyn Tymko
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Faculty of Science - Katrina Bergmann
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Faculty of Science - Puxuan Wang
2019
Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception 2019 video
STRR 2019 winners
| Faculty/School/College | Student | UM Teacher | K-12 Teacher |
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| Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences | Bradley Feltham | Miyoung Suh | Robert Dyckson |
| School of Agriculture | Aman Bawa | Chad Lawley | Jamie Richardson |
| Faculty of Architecture | Haley Littleford | Nicolette Layne | Jeff Herkimer |
| Faculty of Arts | Channah Greenfield | James Fergusson | Rochelle Gamliel |
| Faculty of Arts | Austin McWhirter | Irwin Lipnowski | Tracy Sewell |
| I. H. Asper School of Business | Monica Krueger | Victor Cui | Lisa Douglas |
| Faculty of Education | Elvina Mukhamedshina | Lilian Pozzer | Lisa Bailey |
| Faculty of Engineering | Sarah Currie | Song Liu | James Friesen |
| Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Kelsey Margraf | Leslie Goodman | Laura McMaster |
| School of Dental Hygiene | Kelly Young | Lorraine Glassford | Dru MacGregor Ball |
| Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry | Kolby Rieger | Vanessa Swain | Ted Bettess |
| Max Rady College of Medicine | Ruth Habte | Helen Pymar | Charles Carrington |
| College of Nursing | Danielle Goerz | Trina Arnold | Toby Wiens |
| College of Pharmacy | Kelly Yeo | Drena Dunford | Kim Kerelchuk |
| College of Rehabilitation Sciences | Andreea Alexandrescu | Leslie Johnson | Jeff Vaughan |
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreational Management | Cassandra Bruce | Joannie Halas | Andrew Bailey |
| Faculty of Law | Tracy Schmidt | Lorna Turnbull | Jeff Kula |
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Daniel Preun | Allen Harrington | Michael Brandon |
| Faculty of Science | Harley Bray | James Xidos | John Karpiak |
| Faculty of Science | Ryan Churchill | Krystyna Koczanski | Ellie Charach |
| Faculty of Social Work | Brittny Liewicki | Maria Cheung | Edna Andres |
2018
Students' Teachers Recognition Reception 2018 video
STRR 2018 winners
| Faculty/School | Student | U of M Teacher | K-12 Teacher |
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| Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences | Hannah Chan | Joyce Slater | Cindy Franklin |
| School of Agriculture | Drew Luhowy | Tee Boon Goh | Kristen Bartkiw |
| Faculty of Architecture | Mackenzie Swope | Lisa Landrum | Sherri Burroughs |
| School of Art | Sarah Blanchard | Holger Kalberg | Mark Glor |
| Faculty of Arts | Kiersten McLeod | David Churchill | Carla McMurray |
| Faculty of Arts | Ruth Ormiston | Vanessa Warne | Robert Chaput |
| I. H. Asper School of Business | Zacharie Fowler | Changmin Jiang | Diane Fowler |
| Faculty of Education | Alycia Lathlin-Monias | Jennifer Watt | Connie Wyatt Anderson |
| Faculty of Engineering | Hunter Loewen | Carolyn Geddert | Robert Bend |
| C. H. R. Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Katarina Djordjevic | Jonathan Peyton | Joel Carson |
| School of Dental Hygiene | Bridget Major | Lorraine Glassford | Bronwen Dobson |
| College of Dentistry | Natasha Holder | John Perry | Nicolas Curci |
| Max Rady College of Medicine | Keely Loewen | Aviva Goldberg | John Macloskie |
| College of Nursing | Ashlyn Cortviendt | Trina Arnold | Carla McMurray |
| College of Pharmacy | Anuoluwapo Okunnu | Nancy Kleiman | Michelle Klus |
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreational Management | Andrea Mandzuk | Colleen Plumton | Keith Redfern |
| Faculty of Law | Zita De Sousa | Richard Jochelson | Debra Boyko |
| Desautels Faculty of Music | McKenzie Warriner | Laura Loewen | Michele Amy |
| Faculty of Science | Kaleigh Ducas-Mowchun | Ayush Kumar | Louanne Vermette |
| Faculty of Science | Lisa Huang | Steve Whyard | Tracy Romu |
| School of Art | Germaine Bear | Eveline Milliken | Joan Hudson |
2017
Students' Teachers Recognition Reception 2017 video
STRR 2017 winners
| Faculty/School | Student | U of M Teacher | K-12 Teacher |
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| Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences | William Pallister | Jared Carlberg | Patricia McRae |
| School of Agriculture | Brian Archibald | Don Flaten | Sandra Freeman |
| Faculty of Architecture | Samantha Blatz | Jean Trottier | Christopher Koop |
| Faculty of Arts | Oluwagbemiga (Lulu) Akhanamoya | Warren Cariou | |
| Faculty of Arts | Rory Waisman | Randall Jamieson | Bek Krivoshea |
| Faculty of Education | Douglas O’Brien | Krystyna Baranowski | Wally Itson |
| Faculty of Engineering | Ella Thomson | Ian Jeffrey | Rhonda Smith |
| C. H. R. Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Kayla Bilous | John Hanesiak | Trang Do |
| School of Dental Hygiene | Jasmine Bonenfant | Lorraine Glassford | Faye Tardiff |
| College of Dentistry | Ryan Howard | Noriko Boorberg | George Aitkens |
| College of Medicine | Joshua Palay | Keevin Bernstein | Michael Patenaude |
| College of Pharmacy | Dana Habicht | Grace Frankel | David Long |
| Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreational Management | Maya Kirstein | Colleen Plumton | Stacey Finkleman |
| Faculty of Law | Karas Elbardisy | Jennifer Schulz | John Robinson |
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Gregory Lewis | Oleg Pokhanovski | Pamela Lewis |
| Faculty of Science | Shirley Wang | Ayush Kumar | Jack Tulner |
| Faculty of Science | Shek Hei (Haynes) Yuan | Judith Anderson | Wing Kung Yang |
| School of Art | Danielle Fenn | Sharon Alward | Helen Coish |
2016
Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception 2016 video
STRR 2016 winners
| Faculty/School | K-12 School | Student | U of M Teacher | K-12 Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural & Food Sciences | Collège Jeanne-Sauvé | Brianne Collette | Miyoung Suh | Ashley Ragoonaden |
| School of Agriculture | Sanford Collegiate | Devin Pouteau | Colin Penner | David Suffield |
| Architecture | Arthur A. Leach | Ainsley Johnston | Eduardo Aquino | Dave L’Heureux |
| Arts | St. John’s Ravenscourt | Tiffany Humble | Arlene Young | Esmé Keith |
| Arts | Virden Collegiate Institute | Breann Whitby | Janice Compton | Michelle Chyzyk |
| C. H. R. Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources | Collège Béliveau | Matthew Walker | Erin McCance | David Charney |
| Dentistry | Oak Park High School | Darryll Iwaszkiw | Vanessa Swain | Jean-Luc Villeneuve |
| School of Dental Hygiene | Elmdale Elementary School | Jordan Klassen | Mary Bertone | Craig Cassils |
| Education | Samuel Burland School | Megan McManes | Richard Hechter | Judi Broeska |
| Engineering | Vincent Massey High School | Benjamin Cram | Paul Labossiere | Susan Gilleshammer |
| Kinesiology & Recreation Management | Mitchell Middle School | Emma Laferriere | Joannie Halas | John Terrick |
| Law | Oak Park High School | Sherry Brown | Mary Shariff | Lynne Simonson |
| Medicine | St. Paul’s High School | Robert Schmidt | James Johnston | Jeff McMillan |
| Desautels Faculty of Music | Collège Louis-Riel | Anatol Rennie | David Byrne | Georges Vermette |
| Nursing | Bernie Wolfe Community School | Jason Miles | Christine Scoville | David Elias |
| Pharmacy | École Somerset | Jacy Howarth | Sheryl Zelenitsky | Gisèle Rondeau |
| College of Rehabilitation Science | West Kildonan Collegiate | Sally Hnatiuk | Sandra Biesheuvel | Ashley Brasca |
| Science | River East Collegiate | Tristan Smythe | James Xidos | Jeff Kula |
| Science | Darwin School | Taylor Morriseau | Ayush Kumar | Guy Anderson |
| Social Work | University of Winnipeg Collegiate | Megan Ferguson | Hai Luo | Timothy Cowan |