UC salutes faculty award winners
Sixteen UC faculty members recognized at online event
The University of Cincinnati’s Faculty Awards honor UC educators, scholars, creators, researchers, innovators and public servants that are exemplars of excellence, dedication and passion. The university recognized 16 members of its faculty Thursday, April 23, in a virtual gathering.
Faculty award winners were recognized in a virtual gathering.
President Neville Pinto, Provost Kristi Nelson, Vice President for Research Patrick Limbach and Faculty Chair Cynthia Ris celebrated the work of the awardees via WebEx.
“You represent what is really exceptional about UC,” Pinto told the honorees, “through your knowledge, teaching, research and scholarship, skills and expertise — and also your care and compassion. You make students excited to learn; care about them as individuals; push them to reach their goals; and engage them in the community to make learning relevant and active.
“Thank you for preparing our students to become the citizen leaders of the future and educating and mentoring them so that they will be ready for any future challenge that may face us next.”
This year’s slate of honorees includes:
David Askew, Mrs. A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching
Littisha Bates, Faculty Senate Award for Exemplary Service to the University
Colin Bischoff, Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching Award
Maria Espinola, Faculty Senate Award for Exemplary Service to the University
Chia-Ying "James" Lin, Emerging Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
Maria I. Ortiz, Mrs. A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching
Alvaro Puga, George Rieveschl Award for Distinguished Scientific Research
David Rapien, George Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations
Willard Sunderland, George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Creative and/or Scholarly Works
Find more information on the UC Faculty Awards.
Featured image at top: UC's campus/Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative + Brand
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