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麻豆影院 State President Beverly Warren Announces 2017 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients

麻豆影院 President Beverly Warren recently presented 13 麻豆影院 State faculty members with the 2017 President鈥檚 Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member鈥檚 discipline.

鈥淚t is an absolute privilege to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of our faculty,鈥 Warren says. 鈥淭his awards program is an important part of the university鈥檚 vision to recognize the outstanding faculty work that contributes to the national distinction of our academic programs, and this year鈥檚 honorees have demonstrated truly inspiring records in the areas of teaching, research or service, as well as a rising trajectory that promises continued groundbreaking outcomes.鈥

Tenured and tenure-track faculty members in all disciplines and from all campuses were eligible based on recommendations to department chairs and deans. The awards program also represents an investment in the university鈥檚 vision and aspirations.

A total of 69 nominations and self-nominations were received, and 13 were recommended by the provost and approved by the president.

The President鈥檚 Faculty Excellence Award was created in 2015, and under the collective bargaining agreement, the university will award a pool of $400,000 in the form of special salary adjustments over a three-year period. This year, each recipient receives a special salary adjustment of $10,000.

The 2017 President鈥檚 Faculty Excellence Award recipients are:

  • Brian Baer, Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
  • Yossef Ben-Porath, Department of Psychological Sciences
  • Pratim Datta, Department of Management and Information Systems
  • Susanna Fein, Department of English
  • Richard Ferdig, School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
  • David Hacker, Department of Geology
  • Torsten Hegmann, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
  • Spyridon Margetis, Department of Physics
  • Carrie Schweitzer, Department of Geology
  • Robin Selinger, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
  • Jakyung Seo, School of Theatre and Dance
  • Gregory Smith, School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
  • Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Department of History

Find details about the recipients and their outstanding contributions

POSTED: Thursday, May 4, 2017 01:11 PM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM

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