OSU recognizes administrators, faculty and staff during Fall Convocation
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Recipients of the Loyal and True Award, the highest recognition given to any OSU employee, were Vice President of Administration and Finance David Bosserman, Dean of the Center of Veterinary Health Sciences Michael Lorenz and Dean of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Karl Reid.
“This award is given infrequently and only to individuals who personify the spirit of OSU through unwavering devotion, personal sacrifice and commitment of time and talents well above and beyond the call of duty,” said Provost and Senior Vice President Robert Sternberg.
In addition to the Loyal and True Award, the Eminent Faculty award was given to Don Lucca, Regents Professor, who holds the Tom J. Cunningham Endowed Chair in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Also announced were recipients of the University Service Awards. These awards are given to one member of the faculty, staff and administration each year to recognized them for their work to advance the overall betterment of the university. This year’s winners were: Andrew Arena, professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering; Kent Bunker, director of the Colvin Center, and Kendria Cost, marketing coordinator at the Seretean Wellness Center.
The Staff Advisory Distinguished Service Awards are normally recognized during the Fall Convocation but will be announced this year during the Staff Advisory Awards and Recognition Ceremony being held at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, November 11 at 10 a.m.
Here is a complete list of this year Fall Convocation award recipients:
Loyal and True Award
- David Bosserman, Vice President, Administration and Finance
- Michael Lorenz, Dean, Center of Veterinary Health Sciences
- Karl Reid, Dean, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Eminent Faculty Award
- Don Lucca, Regents Professor in the Department of
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering holds the Tom J. Cunningham Endowed Chair
- Eminent Faculty Award Finalists
- Ziad El Rassi, Professor of Chemistry
- Ramesh Sharda, Regents Professor in Management Science and Information Systems
University Service Awards
- Faculty: Andrew Arena, Jr.
- Administrator: Kent Bunker, Coordinator
- Staff: Kendria Cost, Marketing Coordinator Seretean Wellness Center
Phoenix Award for Graduate Faculty
- Diane Montgomery, Regents Professor in the School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, College of Education
Regents Distinguished Teaching Award
- Leon Spicer, Professor, Animal Science, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
- John Gelder, Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
- Patricia Hipsher, Associate Professor in Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
- Kevin Voss, Associate Professor in Marketing, Spears School of Business
- Mary Jo Self, Associate Professor in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership, College of Education
- Sohum Sohoni, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Architecture & Technology
- Lenka Shriver, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Environmental Sciences
- Sandra Morgan, Associate Professor, Department of Physiological Sciences, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences
- Greg Sawyer, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Center for Health Sciences
- Robin Dyer, Center for Health Sciences
Regents Distinguished Research Awards
- Jayson Lusk, Professor of Agricultural Economics, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
- James Huston, Regents Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences
- John Mintmire, Regents Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Betty Simkins, Professor of Finance, Spears School of Business
- Lynna Ausburn, Associate Professor in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership, College of Education
- Khaled Gasem, Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
- Carolyn Henry, Professor of Human Development and Family Science, College of Human Environmental Sciences
- Robert Fulton, Regents Professor of Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences
- Greg Sawyer, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Center for Health Sciences
Merrick Foundation Teaching Award
- Daniel Tilley, Professor of Agricultural Economics, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
- Paul Weckler, Associate Professor, Biosystems and Ag Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
- Cindy Blackwell, Associate Professor of Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
- Rodney Holcomb, Professor of Agricultural Economics, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
- Shelly Sitton, Professor of Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
- Ronald Delahoussaye, Lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Also recognized during the awards ceremony were newly appointed Regents Professors:
- Janet Cole, Horticultural and Landscape Architecture, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
- Subhash Kak, Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences
- Ibrahim “Abe” Ahmad, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
- Loren Smith, Zoology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Lowell Caneday, Applied Health and Educational Psychology, College of Education
- Laura Hubbs-Tait, Human Development and Family Science, College of Human Environmental Sciences
- Robert Fulton, Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences
Sigma Xi Lectureship Award
- Gary Thompson, Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
- Kristen Baum, Assistant Professor in Zoology
Outreach Faculty Excellence Award
- Debra Nelson, Professor of Management in the Spears School of Business
International Education Faculty Excellence Award
- Michael Dicks, Professor in Agricultural Economics in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Excellence in Advising Award
- Judith Picard Cronk, Associate Professor of Theatre, College of Arts and Sciences
- Michelle Peterson, Academic Counselor, Spears School of Business
- Leslie Evans, Senior Academic Counselor, College of Education
- Heather Yates, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
- William Beitz, Clinical Instructor, Design, Housing and Merchandising, College of Human Environmental Sciences
- Sarah Lancaster, Assistant Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Keely James Assistant Director of Student Academic Services in the College of Arts and Sciences