Award winners, retirees to be honored at faculty meeting

Fifteen individuals will be honored by Marshall University with awards of distinction for the 2006-07 academic year during the spring general faculty meeting Friday, April 27, at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the Huntington campus.

Eight people will receive the Distinguished Service Award, two will receive the Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award and five will receive the Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award. The meeting starts at 2 p.m., and includes remarks from Marshall President Stephen J. Kopp and Faculty Senate Chair Larry Stickler.

To qualify for Distinguished Service Awards, persons must have at least 20 years of service at Marshall University, a record of distinguished service to the university and/or college, and a record of distinguished teaching as evidenced by peer, administrative and/or student evaluations.

Each of the Distinguished Service Awards winners receives $1,000. They include:

Earline Allen, Art
Gary Anderson, Chemistry
Leonard Deutsch, Dean of the Graduate College
Robert Edmunds, Communication Studies
Jane McKee, Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Services
H. Keith Spears, Journalism
Donna Spindel, History
Michael Sullivan, Special Education

To be eligible for the Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award, a faculty member either must be tenured or hold a tenure-track appointment. The purpose of the award is to recognize distinction in the fields of artistic and scholarly activity on the part of the Marshall faculty.

The 2006-07 Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award will be given to:

Professor Hongwei Yu (Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, microbiology), senior recipient in the field of Science and Technology
Professor Luke Eric Lassiter (Marshall University Graduate College, humanities), senior recipient in the field of Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Business
Assistant Professor Solen Dikener (College of Fine Arts, music), junior recipient among all faculty
Professor Ralph Oberste-Vorth and Associate Professor Bonita Lawrence (College of Science, mathematics), team recipients

Also Friday, Marshall is recognizing 17 retiring faculty who have a combined 415 years of service. They are:

Kenneth Paul Ambrose, Sociology & Anthropology, 32 years of service
Howard Aulick, Physiology, 23 years of service
Elwyn Bellis, Physics, 25 years of service
Lance Belville, Management & Marketing, 11 years of service
Dr. Stephen Fish, Anatomy, Cell & Neurobiology, 20 years of service
Dr. Gary G. Gilbert, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 15 years of service
Dr. John Lancaster, Mathematics, 34 years of service
Charles Lloyd, Classics, 35 years of service
Mary Marshall, Exercise Science, Sport & Recreation, 40 years of service
Marilyn McClure, Journalism, 13 years of service
Jane McKee, Associate Dean College of Education and Human Services,
20 years of service
Edwina Pendarvis, Special Education, 28 years of service
William Rhoten, Anatomy, 16 years of service
John P. Sheils, Pathology, 4 years of service
Karen Simpkins, Sociology & Anthropology, 31 years of service
Ralph W. Taylor, Biological Sciences, 35 years of service
Cora Teel, Library Archives, 33 years of service

Other faculty to be honored Friday are:

Montserrat Miller, Charles E. Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award
Thelma “Sissy” Isaacs, Marshall & Shirley Reynolds Outstanding Teacher Award
Pam Holland, Ronda Sturgill and Lachlan Whalen, Pickens-Queen Teacher Award.

A reception in the performing arts center lobby follows Friday’s meeting.