On Wednesday, the 2008 winners of the Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards were announced at a very nice ceremony in the Student Center. The winners are outstanding representatives of the EMU faculty. The awards were presented by previous award winners for each category, and the comments were touching and indicative of the breadth and depth and strength of the EMU professors….
The award winners this year are (with award category and the winners’ depts) : Deanna Mihaly (Teaching I, FLABS); Megan Endres (Teaching II, Management); Kyung Hee Kim (Research I, Teacher Ed); John Texter (Research II, Engineering Technology); Beili Liu (Creative Activity, Fine Arts); Richard Stahler-Sholk (Service to the University, Political Science); Kathleen Stacey (Service to the University, Communications and Theater Arts).
Many congratulations to each of these outstanding colleagues. I happen to know most of them, and feel honored to do so, just as I feel honored to be on the same faculty with this great and representative group of professors.
Education First, indeed. The faculty understands that value, and have been living it. The whole ceremony was very nicely run, and Associate Provost Neely and Don Loppnow each made lovely comments, which were much appreciated.
