Meeting Minutes
Faculty Senate Honors and Awards Committee
March 20, 2009
8:00 – 10:00 am
Room 130 Hullihen Hall
Present: Ismat Shah (Chair), Mark Barteau, Courtney Carson, Fabrice Veron, James Magee, Jordan Brown, Katharine Kerrane, Linda Gottfredson, Mark Serva, Meghan Schulz, Michael Gilbert, Palniappa Krishnan, Shelly Provost-Craig
Minutes taken by James Magee:
1. Approved minutes from March 13 meeting.
2. Future meeting dates:
* April 17 (NOTE: 8:30-10:00 a.m.)
* May 15
3. The committee members met to select from the list of finalists the 2009 recipients of the awards for Excellence in Teaching (Faculty), Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, and Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching.
4. The recipients chosen by the committee are the following (as a finalist for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching, committee member Meghan Schulz did not participate in selecting the recipient of this award):
A. Excellence in Teaching
Cobanoglu, Cihan Hotel, Restaurant Management
Bambach, Mark Business Administration
Barlow, Dave Dept Health Nutrition Exercise
B. Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
Bieler, Deborah English
Rees, Peter Geography
Veness, April Geography
Middlebrooks, Anthony School of Urban Affairs
C. Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching
Jabbur, Adam Arts and Sciences
Seaborg, Jacqueline Arts and Sciences
5. New Business:
a. The next order of business will be to select the 2009 recipient of the University’s Alison award. The dossiers form the deans have been received and are stored in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Vice President Gilbert explained that a small office in Hullihen Hall will be set aside for members of this committee to read the dossiers before the April 17 meeting.
6. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 AM.