Memorial recognizes outstanding faculty and staff

Nov. 1, 2004

Memorial University recognized the efforts of its best teachers, researchers and staff members at a special ceremony held Oct. 29 at the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre.

Thirteen Memorial faculty and staff members were honoured at the reception, six for outstanding research, two for distinguished teaching and five for exemplary service. Dr. Andrea Rose was also recognized for receiving the 3M Teaching Fellowship, a national honour awarded by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Recipients of the President's Award for Outstanding Research were: Dr. Joan Crane, Faculty of Medicine, Barbara Hunt, Visual Arts; and Dr. Brian Veitch, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Recipients of the designation University Research Professor were: Dr. James Hiller, History; and Dr. Brajendra C. Sutradhar, Mathematics and Statistics. President's Award for Distinguished Teaching went to Peggy Ann Coady, Faculty of Business Administration; and Kjellrun Hestekin, School of Music.

And receiving the President's Award for Exemplary Service were: Gary Clarke, Student Affairs and Services; Dorothy Joy, Faculty of Education; Kim Kelly, Student Affairs and Services; Ivan Muzychka, University Relations; and Robert Nichols, Human Resources.

Memorial began its annual presentation of the University Research Professor designations and the Awards for Outstanding Research in 1984, and the Distinguished Teaching Awards in 1988, as ways of singling out particularly distinguished contributions within its academic community.

 President's Awards for Distinguished Teaching recognize the teaching excellence in the university community. Each winner of the teaching award receives a $5,000 grant contributed by the Memorial University Alumni Association. The President's Award for Outstanding Research recognizes researchers who have made outstanding contributions to their scholarly disciplines. Each award includes a $5,000 research grant. University Research Professors have acquired a designation above the rank of professor. The title is the most prestigious award the university gives for research, and goes to faculty who have demonstrated a consistently high level of scholarship and whose research is of a truly international stature. The designation carries with it a $4,000 research grant (each year for five years) and a reduced teaching schedule.

For more on each of the award recipients, see www.mun.ca/univrel/news/.


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