Faculty, staff earn awards
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The University of North Georgia (91ÁÔÆæ) gave faculty and staff awards at events Aug. 5-8 ahead of the 2024-25 academic year. 91ÁÔÆæ also recognized faculty for promotion and tenure accomplishments and all employees who hit service milestones during the 2023 calendar year. Below is the list of honorees:
Presidential Excellence Awards: Nina Bloomingdale, Lori Bramlett, Melanie Cantrell, Dr. Simon Cordery, Wesley Moore, Lisa Walker.
Annual North Star Award: Lynn McCarthy.
Distinguished Teaching Award: Phillip Guerty.
Excellence in Online Teaching Award: Heather Murray.
Innovative Use of Technology Award: Kendy Altizer.
Scholarship of Engagement Award: Dr. Katherine Adams, Dr. Victoria Hightower.
Best Practices in Service-Learning Award: Dr. Tamara Spike.
CURCA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award: Dr. Bibek Chand, Jessy Patterson.
CURCA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Honorable Mention: Dr. Lori Wilson.
Multicultural Excellence Award: Julianne Reynolds (individual), Latinx Committee (organization).
Emerging Leader Award: Dr. Erin Bush, Dr. Kelly McFaden.
Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Progam: East Asian studies.
Teaching Excellence Award (Non-Tenure-Track Faculty): Dawn Drumtra, Haley Hodges.
Teaching Excellence Award (Tenure-Track Faculty): Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis, Dr. Thomas Greene, Dr. Stephanie Rountree, Dr. Tamara Spike.
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Award: Dr. Katherine Rohrer.
Staff Member of the Year: Shannon Shockley.
Staff Members of the Month: Cortney Barnaby, Kristen Bennett, Chris Bryan, Melanie Cantrell, Andrew Hogan, Scott Marshall, Christy Morrison, Mark Pettitt, Kevin Rains, Shannon Shockley, Renee Sodaro, Marilyn Swinton, Jessica Tatum.
Eleanor Crawford Award: Jessica "Bird" Brown, Candace Lovell, Jeffery Matthews.
Promotion and tenure recognition
Promotion to senior lecturer: Dr. Derek Beaudry, Hannah Cilli, Dr. Charles Fischer, Hassan Hussain, Haley Hodges, Joseph Hughart, Rachel Hughes, Jeremiah Johnson, Daniel Konrumpf, Michael Lucker, Dr. Kathryn Narciso, Catthuan Nguyen, Dr. Christina Panella, Dr. Kendra Ramey, Yandan Wang.
Promotion to principal lecturer: Danyelle Aganovic, Carrie Allen, Chi-Hsuan Catterson, Karrie Ann Fadroski, Marie Goodall, John Kruger, Brad Lathem, Heather Murray, Kelly West.
Tenure: Dr. Jeremy Olson.
Tenure and promotion to associate professor: Dr. Isaac Agyekum, Dr. Irina Avkhimovich, Dr. Romola Bernard, Dr. Erin Bush, Dr. Bibek Chand, Dr. Inchul Cho, Dr. Anilkuman Devarapu, Dr. Joshua Driver, Dr. Shane Emplaincourt, Dr. Rima Gibbings, Sarah Grace Glover, Dr. Jon Hager, Dr. Amanda Halliburton, Dr. Heather Harris, Robyn Hicks, Dr. Ryan Hipp, Dr. Prahlad Jat, Dr. Yacine Kout, Dr. Michael Lanford, Dr. Jason Lang, Vivian Liddell, Dr. Jacob Bateman McDonald, Stephen Michaels, Dr. Amanda Moffett, Tiffany Prater, Dr. Jo Qian, Dr. Tianyu Qin, Jeff Repko, Dr. Katherine Rohrer, Dr. Jennifer Sears, Dr. Paul H. Smith, Dr. Mariana Stone, Dr. Haelim Suh, Dr. Valerie Surrett, Dr. Paula Tench, Dr. Mariangela Vecchiarini-Piazza, Dr. Tiffany Watson, Dr. Mary "MC" Whitlock, Kate Windley, Dr. Helen Xu, Dr. Jaime Salinas Zabalaga.
Promotion to associate professor: Warren Caputo.
Tenure and promotion to professor: Dr. Edward Forringer, Dr. Angela Morey.
Promotion to professor: Dr. Casey Bowan, Dr. Bikash Das, Dr. Tom Diggs, Allison Galloup, Dr. Jacob Gardner, Dr. Eric Huddleston, Dr. Lauren Johnson, Dr. Paul Johnson, Austina Jordan, Alex Kraft, Dr. Sonny Mantry, Dr. Nicole Maxwell, Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis, Dr. David Patterson, Dr. Ramjee Sharma, Dr. Yu Sun, Dr. Ryan Thompson, Dr. Patricia "Patty" Wagner, Dr. Cristina Washell, Dr. Lori Wilson, Dr. Ping Ye.
Successful post tenure: Dr. Brent Allison, Dr. Brad Bailey, Dr. Tanya Bennett, Dr. Steven Brehe, Dr. Charles Burrage, Dr. Joe Chapman, Dr. Jiyoung Daniel, Dr. Sarah Formica, Dr. Dee Gillespie, Jennifer Graff, Dr. Edward Green, Dr. Kristi Hislope, James Howard, Dr. Natalie Hyslop, Dr. Lisa Jones-Moore, Dr. Sara Mason, Dr. SueAnn McCall, Dr. Ashlee McCaskill, Garry Merritt, Dr. Jonathan Miner, Dr. Jeanelle Morgan, Dr. Steve Pearson, Dr. Marnie Phipps, Dr. Joel Potter, Dr. Chuck Robertson, Dr. Sam Rohrer, Dr. Pamela Sezgin, Dr. Glen Smith, Dr. Stephen Smith, Dr. Dianna Spence, Dr. Yu Sun, Dr. Russell Teasley, Dr. Shane Toepfer, Dr. Al Walters, Charles "Trey" Wilson, Craig Wilson, Dr. Dwight Wilson.
Professor emeritus: Dr. Janice Crook-Hill, Dr. Edward Green, Dr. Christine Jonick.
Service awards
40 years: Dr. Joe Chapman.
35 years: Jeffrey Boatfield, Brian Kline.
30 years: Suzanne McCarter, Dr. Carl Cavalli, Dr. Stephen Smith.
25 years: Michelle Gilstrap, Dr. James Konzelman, Dovie McEntire, Angela Megaw, Emily Pruitt, Jill Rayner, Michael Ryan, Lynn Saine.
20 years: Emily Bush, Dr. Richard Byers, Joseph David, Dr. Douglas Ealey, Christopher Faulkner, Robert Marshall, Albert Nowak, Dr. Karl Ouzts, Sherry Parker, Christina Rodriguez-Smith, Eleanor Schut, Dr. Robert Sinn, Dr. Anita Turlington, Gregg Velatini, Dr. Charles Wilson.
15 years: Melissa Adams, Tomas Alday, Timothy Aldridge, Paul Bennett, Dr. Benkam Bobga, Anna Brown, Christy Burchfield, Joseph Chapman, Dr. Thomas Cooper, Dr. Macklin Cowart, Dr. Kelli Crickey, Dr. Donna Danns, Dr. George Danns, Dr. Christie Dockery, Dr. Terry Easton, Anna Gillespie, Jared Goodall, Mike Grizzle, Marie Goodall, Dr. Phillip Guerty, Dr. Yong Seung Han, Dennis Handy, Colly Holmes, Rosemary Johnson, Dr. Sung Shin Kim, Michael LaMar, William Lathem, Dr. Kate Maine, Chuck Mason, Crystal Matthews, Dr. Jon Mehlferber, Kimberly Miller, Dr. Jamie Mitchem, Dr. Katayoun Mobasher, Dr. Merrill Morris, Jennifer Mulkey, Marsha Norris, Dr. Joel Potter, Dr. Michael Proulx, Dr. Linda Reece, Dr. Josette Ricker, Michael Roth, Kristy Saucier, Aireyll Simmons, Kathleen Snow, Karen Tomlinson, Dwayne Whitehead, Dr. Kathleen Woodard.
10 years: Jenica Alvarez, Karen Armstrong, Dr. Irfan Bagci, Terry Baumann, Leslie Beaman, Matthew Bergeron, Dr. Ellen Best, Elizabeth Boatright, Joy Bolt, Kathrine Brown, Angela Carlin, Benson Clark, Sarah Dean, Dr. Yi Deng, Andrew Eade, Cole Edgar, Dr. Lori Furbush, Nancy Hardin, Allison Galloup, Lee Glenn, Jessica Grant, Melissa Grizzle, Kasi Ives, Andrew Jakiel, Dr. Berhanu Kidane, Alexandra Kraft, Dr. Mina Kwon, Christy Marr, Jonathan Martin, Dr. Nicole Maxwell, Dr. SueAnn McCall, Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis, Dr. Butch Newkirk, Dr. Jon Pearson, Johnny Price, Brandi Procter, Dr. Michael Rifenburg, Dr. James Shimkus, Kathryn Smith, Patrick Smith, Mery Varmaxidis, Dr. Raluca Viman-Miller.
5 years: Dr. Katherine Adams, Garrett Arnold, Shawn Athanasios, Dr. Irina Avkhimovich, Jeffrey Balch, Dr. Mary Barnes, Elisha Blackford, Christopher Blair, Vicky Blair, Phyllis Brannon, Katherine Brennecke, Tiffany Brice, Carlton Brown, Ronald Brown, Kimberly Bruner, Cody Buffington, Mary Beth Byerly, Melanie Cantrell, Dr. Yolanda Carr, Dr. Jason Casey, Brian Chambers, Dr. Siew Chan, Sheri Chapman, Dr. Catherine Chastain, Ran Chen, Dr. David Chirinos, Brad Coker, Dr. James Conneely, David Connor, Anna Cook, Rebeca Cruz Alcazar, Dr. Luis Cueva Parra, Robin Dauler, Dr. John Delaney, Dr. Joshua Driver, Thomas Embry, Grant Felty, Dr. Courtney Ferriter, Dr. Sabrina Fordham, Patricia Godsave, Dr. Ralph Hale, Dr. Amanda Halliburton, Rachel Hastreiter, Dr. Marguerite Hernandez, Alfonso Hernandez Linos, Jennifer Herring, Tara Hester, Haley Hodges, Angela Holbert, James Howard, Joseph Hughart, Michael Ivy, Jeremiah Johnson, Larry Jarrard, Amanda Johns, Darryl Jordan, Ohki Komoto, Daniel Kornrumpf, Dr. Mike Lavender, Rebecca Leidy, Clark Leonard, Dr. Neal Lin, Dr. Zuoming Liu, April Mangum, Gregory Mattox, Morgan May, William McBrayer, Zebulon McConnell, Donna McGrath, Ian McIntosh, Denise McWilliams, Stephen Michaels, Dr. Jennifer Miller, Dr. Miriam Moore, Janicia Morris, Jamilla Morrow, Dr. Kathryn Narciso, Catthuan Nguyen, Tracy Nichols, Melissa Odom, Dr. Joseph Pecorelli, Rachel Pinder, Dr. Alfredo Poggi, Dr. Jason Porter, Dr. Kendra Ramey, Dr. Tad Ransopher, Michael Rodgers, Audrey Rose, Dr. Stephanie Rountree, Melinda Rubke, Sheila Schulte, Dr. Kurt Schulzke, Meri Leigh Smith, Dr. Barbora Snuggs, Karina Snyder, Dr. Emilia Sola Gracia, Alyssa Stamps, Dr. James Stewart, Dr. Ryan Thames, Linh Uong, Daniel Vaccaro, Dr. Mariangela Vecchiarini-Piazza, Dr. Efren Velazquez, Dr. Holly Verhasselt, Cleon Walden, Sheila Waldrep, Dr. Jessica Walker, Steven Walker, Betty Wallace, Yandan Wang, Dr. Wei Wei, Brian Wesnofske, Crystal West, David Whirrell, Nicola Whitley, Dr. Sarah Williams, Dr. Lori Wilson, Dr. Juanita Woods, Bryson Worley, Dr. Ruohan Wu, Dr. Lu Xu, Dr. James Zoll.
Retirees
John Amoss, 2006-2023
Dr. Dlynn Armstrong Williams, 1997-2023
Leslie Beaman, 2013-2023
Gloria Bennett, 2007-2023
Dr. Michael Bodri, 2005-2023
Christopher Boring, 2009-2023
Joseph David, 2003-2023
Randy Davidson, 2006-2023
Deidre DeLaughter, 2002-2023
Lisa Diehl, 2012-2023
Sandra Garner, 1985-2023
Mike Grizzle, 2008-2023
Daniel Jackson, 2012-2023
Dr. Bonita Jacobs, 2011-2023
Rosemary Johnson, 2008-2023
Rosann Kent, 2011-2023
Thomas Livingston, 2007-2023
Dr. Kimberly Massey, 2010-2023
Dr. Frank "Mac" McConnell, 1987-2023
Thomas McCoy, 2010-2023
Dr. Merrill Morris, 2008-2023
Tim Moss, 1995-2023
Albert Nowak, 2003-2023
Phillip Patterson, 2012-2023
Barbara Petersohn, 1995-2023
Dr. Paula Seffens, 2014-2023
Susan Smith, 1990-2023
Dana Turner, 1994-2023
James Wilkison, 2012-2023
Jill Wilson, 2013-2023
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