Faculty Honored for Teaching Excellence
5/3/2006 12:05:20 PM
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Wilmington - Five faculty members at the University of North Carolina Wilmington were recognized as outstanding teachers with the 2006 Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award.
The award was established in 1991 to recognize all aspects of excellence in teaching and teaching-related activities that foster students' desire for lifetime learning and success. Each recipient received a $1,500 stipend and medallion.
The 2006 recipients are:
• Herbert Berg, associate professor of philosophy and religion in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Tracy Y. Hargrove, associate professor of curricular studies in the Watson School of Education;
• Thomas N. Janicki, associate professor of information systems and operations management in the Cameron School of Business;
• Gabriel G. Lugo, associate professor of mathematics and statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences;
• Richard K. Olsen Jr., associate professor of communication studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Retiring faculty in the UNCW College of Arts and Sciences were also recognized May 2 at the college's annual spring convocation. They were:
• Agnes Ille, lecturer in foreign languages and literature;
• Jack Manock, 23 years, professor of chemistry and biochemistry;
• James Merritt, 33 years, associate director of the UNCW Center for Marine Science;
• John Myers, 25 years, associate director of the Honors Program and associate professor of art and art history;
• David Padgett, 31 years, professor of biology and marine biology; and
• Robert Toplin, 28 years, professor of history.
Post-tenure exemplary faculty awards were presented to:
• Midori Albert, associate professor of anthropology;
• Ann Conner, professor of art and art history;
• Stephen Skrabal, associate professor and assistant chair of chemistry and biochemistry;
• Joan Willey, associate director of education at the Center for Marine Science and professor of chemistry and biochemistry;
• Richard Veit, professor of English;
• Raymonde Kleinberg, associate professor of political science; and
• John Rice, associate professor of sociology and criminal justice.
Graduate Teaching Excellence Awards were presented to Luke A. Davis, earth sciences; Marina DeGramont and Sally L. Smits, creative writing; Caroline J. Harper, biology and marine biology; Melinda A. Hollis and Christine L. Massey, English. Each received a $250 stipend and a certificate.
Professor Patricia Barker Lerch is replacing Dale McCall as chair of the Department of Anthropology. McCall was recognized for his leadership in taking the program to department status. Herbert Berg, associate professor of philosophy and religion, will be director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, which is being renamed Graduate Liberal Studies. He replaces founding director Michael Wentworth. Reginald York, who has been serving as interim chair, was tapped to be chair of the Department of Social Work.
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Six UNCW students received 2006 Graduate Teaching Excellence Awards May 2 at the UNCW College of Arts and Sciences spring convocation. The honorees and their majors are (from left): Christine L. Massey '03 of Wilmington, English; Melinda A. Hollis of Wilmington, English; Caroline J. Harper of Wrightsville Beach, biology and marine biology; Sally L. Smits of Wilmington, creative writing; and Luke A. Davis of Pembroke, Ga., earth sciences. The awards recognize students who exhibit exceptional competence in their fields of study, who foster high academic standards for undergraduates and who maintain good academic standing while handling all the varied teaching requirements in and outside of the classroom. Each received a certificate and $250 stipend.
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