ANNUAL REPORT, 2010-2011

STUDENT AND FACULTY HONORS COMMITTEE

FACULTY SENATE

I. Committee Membership

Donald Sparks, Plant and Soil Sciences, CHAIR

Michael Gilbert, Student Life

Linda Gottfredson, School of Education, Advisor to Committee

Ismat Shah, Materials Science

Fabrice Veron, Marine Studies

Shelly Provost-Craig, Health Sciences

Andrew Tremblay, Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Student

Karren Benavidez, Biological Sciences, Undergraduate Student

Chelsea Haughn, Materials Science, Graduate Student

Terry Harvey, Computer and Information Sciences

Amanda Jansen, School of Education

Vamalin Rujivacharakul, Art History

II. Excellence in Teaching and Advising Awards

A number of changes were made to the nominations website to improve the submission process. E-mail calls for nominations were sent out in October and at the end of the first week of Spring Semester. The committee discussed other means of increasing the number of nominations submitted next year.

An historical count of nominations for the Excellence in Advising and Teaching Awards is given below:

                   Nominations   Nominees   Nominators

2008-2009       643                 329               617

2009-2010       490                 282               475

2010-2011       381                 239               369

The following awardees were selected for the 2010-2011 Academic Year

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING (FACULTY)

Ismat Shah, Materials Science and Engineering

Bernard McKenna, English

Robert Scott Coulter, Mathematical Sciences

Michell Provost-Craig, Health Sciences

EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC ADVISING & MENTORING

Jingguang Chen, Chemical Engineering

Stephanie Kotch, School of Education

Lynn Worden, Human Development and Family Studies

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING (GRADUATE STUDENTS)

Lauren Balasco, Political Science and International Relations

Paul Larson, Economics

Miho Maeda, Biological Sciences

III. FRANCIS ALSION FACULTY AWARD

The Committee received six nominations for the Francis Alison Faculty Award. Roberta Golinkoff, H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education, was selected as the 2011 awardee.

IV. MEETING DATES for 2011-2012

Sept. 9, 8:45-10 am

Oct. 7, 8:45-10 am

Nov. 4, 8:45-10 am

Dec. 9, 8:45-10 am

Jan. 6,  8:45-10 am

Feb. 10, 8:45-10 am

Mar. 9, 8:30-10 am

Mar. 16, 8:00-10 am

Apr. 13, 8:30-10 am

May 4, 8:45-10 am

All meetings will be held in 130 Hullihen Hall