FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 24, 2009
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
General faculty meeting set for April 28 at MU; awards of distinction to be presented, retiring faculty to be honored
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Awards of distinction will be presented and retiring faculty recognized during Marshall University’s spring general faculty meeting Tuesday, April 28 at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the Huntington campus.
The meeting begins at 2 p.m. and all faculty, staff, students and members of the public are invited to attend. After the meeting a reception to honor the retiring and award-winning faculty will be held in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center.
The agenda will consist of welcoming remarks by the Faculty Senate Chair, Dr. Camilla Brammer; singing of the Star-Spangled Banner by Dr. Larry Stickler; remarks from President Stephen J. Kopp; remarks from Brammer; call by Brammer for nominations from the floor for the positions of faculty representation on the Marshall University Board of Governors and the West Virginia Advisory Council of Faculty; recognition of retiring faculty by Dr. Dale Shao and Brammer; and presentation of faculty awards.
Five people will receive the Distinguished Service Award and three will receive the Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award.
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. The Distinguished Service Award winners, each of whom will receive $1,000, are:
Dr. Leonard Deutsch, English professor and Graduate College dean
Dr. Violette Eash, Counseling professor
Dr. Don Hall, Counseling professor
Dr. Shirley Lumpkin, English professor
Dr. Joseph Stone, Accountancy and Legal Environment professor
To be eligible for the Distinguished Artists and Scholars Awards, faculty members must either be tenured or hold tenure-track appointments. 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 senior recipients of the Distinguished Artists and Scholars Awards receive $2,000 apiece while the junior recipient receives $1,000. The Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award will be given to:
Dr. Eldon Larson, Engineering professor
Dr. James Sottile, Jr., School of Education professor
Dr. Piyali Dasgupta, Pharmacology assistant professor
Marshall also is recognizing 10 retiring faculty who have a combined 325 years of service. They are:
Dr. Bruce S. Chertow, Internal Medicine, 30 years of service
Prof. Michael Cornfeld, Art and Design, 42 years of service
Dr. Daniel Cowell, Psychiatry and Behavorial Medicine, 15 years of service
Dr. Leonard Deutsch, English, and dean, Graduate College, 39 years of service
Dr. Alan Gould, Drinko Academy, 40 years of service
Dr. William A. McDowell, Human Development and Allied Technology, 34 years of service
Dr. William Ramsey, English, 39 years of service
Dr. Clara Reese, Human Development and Allied Technology, 30 years of service
Dr. H. Keith Spears, Journalism and Mass Communications, 27 years of service
Dr. Robert B. Walker, Family and Community Healthy, 29 years of service
Other faculty to be honored at the meeting are:
Dr. Tina Cartwright, Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Award
Dr. Hyo-Chang (Bob) Hong and Dr. Tracy M. Christofero, John & Frances Rucker Graduate Advisor of the Year Award
The following previously announced faculty award winners also will be honored:
Dr. Bonita Lawrence, Dr. Charles E. Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. Kateryna Schray, Marshall & Shirley Reynolds Outstanding Teacher Award
Dr. Natsuki Anderson, Dr. George Davis and Dr. Wendy Williams, Pickens-Queen Teaching Award
For more information on the meeting, call Bernice Bullock at 304-696-4376.
For further information, contact: Office
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