The Distinguished Service Award was established in 2005 to honor one faculty member annually for exemplary service.

Past recipients of this award include:

• 2022: Linette Watkins, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 2021: James Sochacki, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• 2020: Corey Cleland, Department of Biology 
• 2019: Gabriel Niculescu, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• 2017: David C. Carothers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• 2016: Christopher Rose, Department of Biology
• 2015: Eric Pyle, Department of Geology and Environmental Science
• 2014: Mike Renfroe, Department of Biology
• 2013: Donna Amenta, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• 2012: Christopher Hughes, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• 2011: Conley McMullen, Department of Biology
• 2010: Steve Garren, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• 2009: W. Dean Cocking, Department of Biology
• 2008: Carter Lyons, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• 2007: Lance Kearns, Department of Geology and Environmental Science
• 2006: Robert Hanson, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
• 2006: Cullen Sherwood, Department of Geology and Environmental Science
• 2005: Tom DeVore, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry