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Development and Research Leave Awards

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    Awardees

    2023-2024 Awardees for Leave in the 2024-2025 Academic Year     

    Rachelle M. Belanger,  Professor of Biology*

    Shadi Bani Taan, Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering*** ~

    Jeffery J. Boats, Professor of Mathematics***

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2022-2023 Awardees for Leave in the 2023-2024 Academic Year     

    Stephanie Conant, Professor of Biology**

    Megan Conrad, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering***

    Erin Henze, Associate Professor of Psychology**

    Lazaros Kikas, Associate Professor of Mathematics***

    Erika Lindsay, Associate Professor of Architecture***

    Allegra Pitera, Professor of Architecture***

    Sigrid Streit, Associate Professor of English*

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2021-2022 Awardees for Leave in the 2022-2023 Academic Year

    Julia Belian, Associate Professor of Law**

    Cara Cunningham Warren, Associate Professor of Law**

    Klaus Friedrich, Associate Professor of Chemistry*

    Read about Prof. Friedrich's research at 

    Tadd Heidgerken, Associate Professor of Architecture***

    Mostafa Mehrabi, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering***

    Deborah Paruch, Professor of Law*

    Mark Paulik, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering***

    Nicholas Rombes, Professor of English**

    Rombes Abstract

    Mitzi Saunders, Professor of Nursing^

    Mary White, Professor of Nursing***

    Aleksandr Zamalin, Associate Professor of Political Science**

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2020-2021 Awardees for Leave in the 2021-2022 Academic Year

    Juan Carlos Flores, Professor of Philosophy*

    Gail Presbey, Professor of Philosophy**

    Kirstie Plantenberg, Professor of Mechanical Engineering***

    Omid Sabbaghi, Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration**

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2019-2020 Awardees for Leave in the 2020-2021 Academic Year

    Cristina Lockwood, Associate Professor of Law, School of Law**

    Gail Presbey, Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts and Education*

    Heather Hill, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Education***

    Ioannis Souldatos, Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of Engineering and Science~***

    Katherine C. Lanigan, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Engineering and Science**

    Robert Ross, Professor of Physics, College of Engineering and Science*

    Rosemary Weatherston, Associate Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Education**

    Weatherston Abstract

    Victor Carmona, Associate Professor of Biology, College of Engineering and Science**

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2018-2019 Awardees for Leave in the 2019-2020 Academic Year

    Diane Robinson-Dunn, Associate Professor  of History, College of Liberal Arts and Education*

    Shuvra Das, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Science*

    Das Published Article:Reimagining Engineering Education     

    Suk Kim, Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration***

    Rosanne Burson, Professor of Nursing, College of Health Professions and McAuley School of Nursing**

    Burson Fulbright Final Report           

    Burson Published Article

    Jacob Kagey, Associate Professor of Biology, College of Engineering and Science**

    Kagey Abstract

    Kathy (Xiaohui) Zhong, Professor of Mathematics, College of Engineering and Science**

    Zhong Abstract

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2017-2018 Awardees for Leave in the 2018-2019 Academic Year

    Dawn Archey, Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of Engineering and Science***

    John Freeman, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Education***

    Linda Slowik, Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Education*

    James Tubbs, Professor of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Education**

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

     

    2016-2017 Awardees for Leave in the 2017-2018 Academic Year

    David R. Koukal, Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts and Education**

    Elizabeth S. Roberts-Kirchhoff, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Engineering & Science*

    Gregory Sumner, Professor of History, College of Liberal Arts and Education**

    Heather Hill-Vasquez, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Education**

    Hsiao-Lan Hu, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Education***

    Ioannis Souldatos, Associate Professor of Mathematics, College of Engineering & Science***

    Juan Carlos Flores, Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts and Education*

    Nassif Rayess, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering & Science***

    Rachelle Belanger, Associate Professor of Biology, College of Engineering & Science*

    Todd Hibbard, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Education**

    Notes: * Term I, ** Term II, *** Both Terms, ~ Unpaid, ^ Calendar Year

Faculty Recognition Awards

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    Award History

    2024
    Claudia Bernasconi, Architecture
    Faculty Excellence Award
    School of Architecture & Community Development 

    Nadine Wodwaski, McAuley School of Nursing
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Health Professions

    2023
    Cara Cunningham Warren, Law
    Faculty Excellence Award
    School of Law 

    Megan Conrad, Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2022
    Andrea Kwasky, McAuley School of Nursing
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Health Professions 

    Mara Livezey, Chemistry
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2021
    Mary White, McAuley School of Nursing
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Health Professions 

    Sigrid Streit, English
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    2020
    Erin Archerd, Law
    Faculty Achievement Award
    School of Law

    Evan Peterson, Business Administration
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Business Administration

    Rosanne Burson, McAuley School of Nursing
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Health Professions

    2019
    Terry Howard, Decision and Information Sciences
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Business Administration

    Nancy Calleja, Counseling and Addiction Studies
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    2018
    Wissam Aoun, Law
    Faculty Achievement Award
    School of Law

    Karen Henning, Law
    Faculty Excellence Award
    School of Law

    2017
    Kristen Abraham, Psychology
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Mary Tracy-Bee, Biology
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2016
    J. Richard Broughton, Law
    Faculty Achievement Award
    School of Law

    Mark A. Benvenuto, Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2015
    Kendra Evans, Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Libby Balter Blume, Psychology
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    2014
    Jacob D. Kagey, Biology
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Gregory W. Ulferts, Decision Sciences
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Business Administration

    2013
    Mary-Catherine Harrison, English
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Kevin Daimi, Mathematics, Computer Science & Software Engineering
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2012
    Molly McClelland, McAuley School of Nursing
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Health Professions

    Carla Groh, McAuley School of Nursing
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Health Professions

    Richard Kulbersh, Orthodontics
    Faculty Excellence Award
    School of Dentistry

    2011
    Nihad Dukhan, Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Jonathan Weaver, Mechanical Engineering
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2010
    Abhijit Dasgupta, Mathematics & Computer Science
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Elizabeth Hill, Psychology
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    2009
    Linda Slowik, Psychology
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Nicholas Rombes, English
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    2008
    Barry Dauphin, Psychology
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Oswald Mascarenhas, S.J.
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Business Administration

    2007
    Heather Hill-Vasquez, English
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Matthew Mio, Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Shulamith Schlick, Chemistry & Biochemistry
    Faculty Excellence Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2006
    Martin Leever, Philosophy
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Jane Schaberg, Religious Studies
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education
             

    2005
    Rosemary Weatherston, English
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Virginia Merchant, Biomedical Sciences
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    School of Dentistry

    2004
    David Koukal, Philosophy
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Carol Weisfeld, Psychology
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    2003
    Gail Presbey, Philosophy
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Suk Kim, Business Administration
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Business Administration

    2002
    David Brook, Chemistry
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Elizabeth Roberts- Kirchhoff, Chemistry
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    John Franklin, Addiction Studies
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Education & Human Services

    2001
    Shuvra Das, Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    Mary Lou Caspers, Chemistry
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Engineering & Science

    2000
    Roy E. Finkenbine, History
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Joan C. Urbancic, Nursing
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Health Professions and McAuley School of Nursing

    1999
    Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, Diagnostic Sciences
    Faculty Achievement Award
    School of Dentistry

    1998
    Steven C. Abell, Psychology
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Liberal Arts & Education

    Gerald F. Cavanagh, S.J., Business Administration
    Distinguished Faculty Award
    College of Business Administration

    1997
    Mark R. Schumack, Mechanical Engineering
    Faculty Achievement Award
    College of Engineering & Science

Mission Leadership Awards

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    Agere ex Missione Awards

    The Mission Effectiveness team sponsors two awards:

    • the Vivere ex Missione Award, presented at Commencement to a student graduating from an undergraduate program or a professional program that includes an undergraduate course of studies; and
    • the Agere ex Missione Awards, presented at the President's Convocation to one faculty member and to one staff/administrator.

    Find more information, nomination forms, and past winners.