Sarah Balcom, DVM, MS
Principal lecturer and Director of the Undergraduate Program
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
University of Maryland
Winning first prize in the dessert catagory at the 2013 faculty-staff cook off!
Fellowships and Awards
Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award. (link) University of Maryland. June 2022.
Outstanding Academic Advisor. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dean’s Student Advisory Council. May 2021.
Global Leadership Fellow. Themes: ‘Thriving in Ambiguity and Complexity’, and ‘Building Resilience in a Rapidly Changing World’. Universitas 21 and Common Purpose. November-December 2020.
UMD ADVANCE Faculty Leadership Fellow. (link) University of Maryland. September 2020-March 2021.
Outstanding Faculty Member. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dean’s Student Advisory Council. May 2020.
2019. CH-WW Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
2016. Provost's Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty - Teaching Excellence. University of Maryland.
2014. Paul R. Poffenberger Excellence in Teaching & Advising Award. UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
2014. Excellence in instruction award. UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association.
2014. Outstanding Faculty Educator. UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Graduate Student Council.
2014. Phi Kappa Phi, UMD Chapter
2014. Teaching certificate of Merit, Gamma Sigma Delta International Agriculture Honor Society, Capital Area Chapter.
2013. Professor of the Year. UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Graduate Student Council.
2012. Outstanding Faculty Educator. UMD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Graduate Student Council.
2011-2012. Lilly Teaching Fellow. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, College Park.
2006. Academic Excellence Award, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
2005-2006. Henry L Foster Scholar, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
2005. Phi Zeta National Veterinary Honors Society.
2003-2004. Association of Women Veterinarians, Honorable mention National Veterinary Student Award.
1997. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Virginia College of William and Mary.