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Congratulations to the Faculty
MU-ADVANCE proudly acknowledges the five female
faculty affiliates honored at the General Faculty
Meeting on April 28, 2009.
Drs. Tina Cartwright, Tracy Christofero,
Piyali Dasgupta, Bonita Lawrence, and Wendy Williams
were recognized for their achievements.
All five have received funding support from
MU-ADVANCE to enhance their faculty development: all
were awarded mini-grants, two received new faculty
fellowships, and one received the coveted faculty
fellowship.
We applaud their success and wish them well
with their future academic endeavors.
Dr. Tina Cartwright
received the Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia
Fellowship Award, presented
each year to one faculty member.
Dr.
Cartwright will further investigate how minority and
female Appalachian students interact, contribute,
and benefit from participating in the Communities
Educating Tomorrow’s Scientists (COMETS).
Fellows receive a $3,000 cash award, as well
as six hours of release time during their one-year
tenure.
For more information on COMETS, visit
www.wvscience.org/comets/.
Dr. Cartwright is an Assistant Professor in the
School of Education.
Dr. Piyali Dasgupta
received the Marshall University Distinguished
Artists and Scholars Award.
Each year a junior faculty is selected for
their artistic and scholarly activity.
Dr. Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and
Toxicology at Marshall’s School of Medicine.
Dr. Tracy Christofero
received one of three Graduate Advisor of the Year
Awards.
Dr. Christofero is an Associate Professor of
Technology Management, as well as the Technology
Management Program Coordinator.
Dr. Bonita Lawrence
received the Charles E.
Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award.
The Hedrick Award is granted to a faculty member who
has excelled at teaching, scholarship, research, and
creative work.
Dr. Lawrence will receive a $5,000 stipend.
She is a Professor in the Department of
Mathematics.
Dr. Wendy Williams
received the Pickens-Queen Excellence in Teaching
Award.
This award honors junior faculty who have
demonstrated exemplary teaching.
Awardees receive a $1,000 stipend.
Dr. Williams is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Psychology.
To see a full list of MU faculty award winners, you
can view the
press release
from April’s General Faculty Meeting.
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