Honors, Awards, & Grants (Selected)

• 2015

  Achievement and Contribution Award

  This award recognize and honor outstanding achievements and contributions in the areas of teaching/performance of primary duties, research/creative activity, and service. Recipients of Achievement and Contribution Awards are selected based on the following criteria:

  • Extraordinary achievement and effort
  • Impact of the achievement on others: students, profession, University community, beyond the University community
  • Contribution to the success of others: collegiality, generosity of spirit, mentoring
• 2015

  Graduate Dean’s Award of Excellence in Research

  This award is meant to identify faculty who embodies both the letter and spirit of mentored research at undergraduate and graduate levels.
• 2014

  Ringenberg Award

  The Ringenberg Award is the highest faculty honor bestowed by Eastern Illinois University’s College of Sciences. This award recognizes excellence in our academic community. The award is given to tenured faculty members in the College of Sciences for exceptional performance during their academic career at Eastern Illinois University. The award criteria are:

  • A published scholar who has developed a national or international reputation in his or her field.
  • A teacher of the highest caliber, dedicated to helping students achieve their personal and professional goals.
  • A person with a distinguished record of service to his or her Department, the College of Sciences, the University, and/or his or her profession.
• 2004

  Nontraditional Student Faculty Award

   

  Awarded to a faculty or staff for extraordinary service to the continuing (adult) education.

• 2003

  Lida Wall Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

   

  The Lida G. Wall Faculty Research Mentor Award is an annual honor bestowed on a faculty member in the College of Sciences who has served as a research mentor to one or more undergraduate students during the last two years. The ideal candidate:

  • Must be recognized by both colleagues and students as being a dedicated, outstanding undergraduate research mentor and teacher.
  • Must have been engaged in an active mentoring research role resulting in student publications and/or presentations during the last two years.
• 2003

  Outstanding Faculty Award

   

  The College of Sciences Student Advisory Board recognizes an outstanding faculty member from the College of Sciences each year. The nominating student or advisory board member honors the award recipient at the annual ScienceFest.

• 2002

  Teacher-Scholar Award

   

  The Teacher-Scholar Award is designed to celebrate and honor consistent excellence in teaching. The ideal candidate for the award shall be:

  • A faculty member who is recognized by both colleagues and students as a teacher of the highest caliber, dedicated to the learning enterprise.
  • A teacher who is involved in creative teaching and learning activities outside the boundaries of traditional course work.
  • A teacher who challenges students to fulfill their potential as learners.
  • A teacher who demonstrates teaching excellence across all courses offered.
• 1999

  Certificate of Recognition, Alzheimer’s Association

   

  Service to Alzheimer’s Association