Reminder: Faculty Awards Celebration Today; Webcast available

The 2018 All-University Faculty Awards Celebration at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, will recognize more than 16 faculty earning the university’s top honors in teaching, research, entrepreneurship, service and more. 

Among the honorees will also be the 2018 inductees of the Fellows of the Graduate School and the Academy of Fellows for Teaching and Learning.

The annual awards ceremony, co-sponsored by the Office of the President, Faculty Senate and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost,  will be held in Great Hall at Tangeman University Center and will be followed by a reception with refreshments and appetizers. It is open to all. It will also be webcast at www.uc.edu/facultyawards/ceremony.

Below are the 2018 honorees: 

Trefor W. Bazett, PhD

Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching Award

McMicken College of Arts & Sciences

Marc M. Cahay, PhD

Provost Faculty Career Award

College of Engineering & Applied Science

Craig M. Froehle, PhD

George Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations

Carl H. Lindner College of Business

Daniel J. Hassett, PhD

Established Entrepreneurial Achievement Award

College of Medicine

Emily M. S. Houh, JD

Distinguished Teaching Professor

College of Law

David Y. Hui, PhD

Distinguished Research Professor

College of Medicine

i-Pad Adoption & Implementation Team

E-Learning Program of the Year

Student-Athlete Support Services

Gary R. Kelm, PhD

Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award

James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy

Gregory D. Loving, PhD

Faculty Award for Exemplary Service to the University

UC Clermont College

Francis X. McCormack, MD

George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Distinguished Scientific Research

College of Medicine

Deborah T. Meem, PhD

Mrs. A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching

McMicken College of Arts & Sciences

Richard A. Miller, PhD

Faculty Award for Exemplary Service to the University

College of Engineering & Applied Science

Janet Moore, JD

Mrs. A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching

College of Law

Christopher Phillips, PhD

Distinguished Research Professor & George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Creative and/or Scholarly Works

McMicken College of Arts & Sciences

Andrew C. Villemez, DMA

Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award

College-Conservatory of Music

Inductees – Academy of Fellows for Teaching & Learning  — Shauna Acquavita, Pam Rankey and Teresa Roig-Torres.

Inductees – Fellows of the Graduate School — Chong Ahn, Steven Cahn, Aimin Chen, Ashley Currier, John Drury, Gail Fairhurst, Emily Houh, Nancy Jennings, Catherine Losada, James Mack, Paula Shear, Michael Solimine and Vijay Vasudevan.

More information about the all-university faculty awards can be found on the Faculty Awards website.

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