Faculty receive awards at annual convocation

Several faculty members were honored at the annual Faculty Convocation Aug. 21. The awards and recipients were:

Toulouse Scholar Award — John A. Booth, Regents Professor of political science

PDI Fellows — Leon A. Kappelman, associate professor of business computer information systems, and John Kensinger, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law

President's Council Teaching Awards — P.R. Chandy, Regents Professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, and Charles O. Veazey, Regents Professor of music

President's Council University Service Award — Marcia J. Staff, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law

J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award — Harold Heiberg, professor of music

International Education Awards — David W. Hartman, associate professor of anthropology and dean of the School of Community Service, and Emile Sahliyeh, associate professor of political science

Developing Scholars Awards — Nancy Albers-Miller, assistant professor of marketing; Michael Bruner, associate professor of communication studies; Kevin Callahan, associate professor of technology and cognition; Nandika Anne D'Souza, assistant professor of materials science; Dornith Doherty, associate professor of visual arts; Charles Guarnaccia, associate professor of psychology; Samantha Hastings, assistant professor of library and information sciences; Lisa Kennon, assistant professor of merchandising and hospitality management; James Meernik, associate professor of political science; Grant Miles, assistant professor of management; William Moen, assistant professor of library and information sciences; Jeffrey Oxford, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures; and Timothy Parrish, assistant professor of English

Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Awards — Harlan Butt, professor of visual arts; Ted Coe, professor of accounting; Rob Erdle, Regents Professor of visual arts; Syl Flores, lecturer in rehabilitation, social work and addictions; Gopala Ganesh, associate professor of marketing; Jared Hazleton, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law and dean of the College of Business Administration; James Kennedy, professor of biological sciences; George S. Morrison, professor of counseling, development and higher education and Velma Schmidt Chair; Rollie Schafer, professor of biological sciences and vice provost for research; and Ron Wilhelm, associate professor of teacher education and administration

Also honored were new Regents Professors P.R. Chandy, finance, insurance, real estate and law; Rob Erdle, visual arts; James Gillespie, music; Ken Godwin, political science; and Cindy McTee, music.

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• Five Brewer students to enter TAMS
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