2008 – 2009
ANNUAL REPORT
FACULTY SENATE
STUDENT AND FACULTY HONORS COMMITTEE
I. Committee
Membership
The following members comprised the 2008– 2009 Faculty Senate Student and Faculty Honors Committee:
Ismat Shah Materials Science and Physics CHAIR
Mark Serva B & E Accounting and MIS B&E
Katharine Kerrane Honors Program
Michael Gilbert Student Life
Fabrice Veron Marine Studies
Shelly Provost-Craig Health Science
James Magee Political Science and Intl. Relations
*Mark Barteau Research
Office,
Linda Gottfredson
Palniappa Krishnan Food & Resource Economics
Meghan Schulz Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Student
Courtney Carson Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Student
Jordan Brown Business and Economics Undergraduate Student
*Served as the Advisor for the Alison Society
II. New Database and
Evaluation Software
The Committee has three major recurring tasks: to establish criteria for and select recipients of (1) the Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Advising and Mentoring Awards and (2) the Francis Alison Faculty Award, as well as (3) set criteria and approve new awards for inclusion in the University Honors Day Program booklet. This year, for the first time, a new database and data evaluation software was introduced. Even though the old system was used to collect the nominations, all of those nominations were moved to the new system and all evaluations were carried out using the new software. There are a few “suggestions for improvements” that came up during the use of the database, but overall the database was remarkable and made the job of the committee much easier, compared to previous years. The “suggestions for improvements” were communicated to the CITA, Brenda Misko, responsible for the development for this database. Committee extends many thanks to Brenda Misko for a great job she did in the creation of this software.
III. New Awards
Approved for Inclusion:
1. Joanne Currier Daiber Fellowship
2. DuPont Clear into the Future
Graduate Student Fellowship
3. E. Sam Fitz Award
4. Lt. Colonel Michael and Mrs. Chaunca Franklin Brelick Endowed
Scholarship
5. Julie Mapes Wilgen Award in Human Sexuality and Gender Studies
CHEP, Human Development and Family Studies
IV. Administration of
Excellence Awards
Number of Nominations Received
|
Year |
Advising |
Teaching |
TA |
|
2006-2007 |
191 |
382 |
69 |
|
2007-2008 |
237 |
433 |
78 |
|
2008-2009 |
335 |
583 |
69 |
V. Recipients of
Excellence Awards
Excellence in Faculty Teaching (Faculty)
Cobanoglu, Cihan Hotel, Restaurant Management
Bambach, Mark Business Administration
Barlow, Dave Dept
Health Nutrition Exercise
Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring (Faculty)
Bieler, Deborah English
Rees, Peter Geography
Veness, April Geography
Middlebrooks, Anthony School of Urban Affairs
Excellence in Teaching (Graduate Student)
Jabbur, Adam English
Seaborg, Jacqueline Music
VI. Francis Alison
Faculty Award
The Committee evaluated the dossiers of six candidates and selected Lynn Snyder-Mackler of the Department of Physical Therapy as the 2009 recipient of the Francis Alison Award.
VII. Meeting Dates
for the 2009-2010 Year
Meeting dates
Meeting dates for the 2009-2010 term will be as follows:
Sept 18
Oct 9
Nov 6
Dec 4
Jan 8
Feb 12
Mar 12 & 19
Apr 16
May 7
Meetings will be on Friday mornings from 8:45-10:00 am, with the exception of the second March meeting and the April meeting, which will begin at 8:00 am.