The Faculty Development Committee and the Office of the Provost announce the five recipients of the 2008-2009 Faculty Excellence Awards. The awards honored five faculty members who demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Descriptions of the recipients are on the right. The recipients are:
· Hongwei Guan, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education
· Bruce Henderson, Professor, Department of Speech Communication
· Cynthia Scheibe, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
· Ellen J. Staurowsky, Professor, Department of Sport Management and Media
· Susan Swensen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
The selection was based on different criteria from the past. The Committee announcement read, in part:
In order to be eligible for these awards, a candidate must be a full-time faculty member who has completed at least one year of employment at Ithaca College and who will be full time during the 2009-2010 academic year. The application for the award should focus on excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service as stated in the Ithaca College Policy Manual 2002-2003, Volume IV: Faculty Handbook.
Candidates should be excellent in all areas and be able to demonstrate distinction in at least one. Examples could include, but are not limited to, the following: innovations in teaching, diversity initiatives, a commitment to sustainability, significant scholarly achievements, experiential and service learning initiatives, effectively incorporating one’s scholarship in the classroom, bringing national/international recognition to Ithaca College, and exemplary service commitment to the College community, the larger community, and/or the discipline.
The 2007-2009 Annual Excellence Awards in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service recipients are featured on the right. They are:
Excellence in Teaching:
Elisabeth Nonas, Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts
Excellence in Scholarship:
Patricia R. Zimmermann, Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts
Excellence in Service:
Laurie Arliss, Department of Speech Communication
Spring Faculty Conference 2008
Hongwei Guan Excellence Award 2009
Faculty Excellence Awards 2009