UNG President Michael Shannon presents Dr. Lorraine Ramirez Villarin with the Teaching Excellence Award for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty.
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The University of North Georgia (UNG) honored more than 150 faculty and staff with awards and recognition of promotions and tenure at the Aug. 11 faculty-staff convocation at UNG's Dahlonega Campus.
See a full gallery of photos from the event.
Employees recognized included the following:
Presidential Excellence Award: Kimberly Burnett, Cole Edgar, Tracy Nichols, Taylor Orr, Merci Rivera, Karen Tomlinson.
Staff Member of the Year: Karen Banks.
Eleanor Crawford Award: Beth Collins, Kayla Mehalcik, Clifford Poole.
Annual North Star Award: Chad Galloway.
Monthly Outstanding Staff Member awards: Hannah Laminack, Jessica Brown, Carla Gibbs, Jared Patterson, Carrie Wills, Michael Allan, Melissa Woodall, Laura Russell, Betsy Chaput, Sheri Chapman, Amy Wages, Julie Bianchini, Chris Cooper, Anthony Garmon, Johnny Ledford, Sherman Pass, Karen Tomlinson, Tiffany Brice, Christopher Newkirk, Hannah Colston, Jessica Tatum.
Diversity Champion Awards: Sheila Schulte, Dr. MC Whitlock, Land Acknowledgement Committee (Teresa Nesbitt, Dr. Melissa Schindler).
Scholarship of Engagement Award: Dr. Kendy Altizer.
Teaching Excellence Award for Department or Program: Doctor of Education in higher education leadership and practice.
Teaching Excellence Award for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty: Dr. Irina Avkhimovich, Dr. Lorraine Ramirez Villarin, Dr. Valerie Surrett.
Teaching Excellence Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty: Loretta Delargy, Dr. Kasee Laster.
Excellence in Online Teaching Award: Dr. Jennifer Sears.
Emerging Leader Award: Dr. Raluca Viman-Miller.
Distinguished Teaching Award: Dr. Robin O'Day.
CURCA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award: Dr. Ralph Hale.
Best Practices in Service Learning: Dr. Yi Deng.
Honorable Mention: CURCA Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award: Dr. Nicole Hollabaugh.
Promotion to professor: Dr. Yi Deng, Dr. Leigh Dillard, Dr. Terry Easton, Dr. Michael Gross, Dr. Thinh Kieu, Dr. Emily Lin, Dr. Kashi Neupane, Dr. Carl Ohrenberg, Dr. Carly Redding, Dr. Kurt Schulzke, Dr. Margaret Smith, Dr. George Wrisley.
Tenure and promotion to associate professor: Dr. Katherine Adams, Dr. Jason Casey, Dr. Valerie Cochran, Dr. Rebecca Coleman, Dr. Courtney Ferriter, Dr. Sabrina Fordham, Dr. Thomas Greene, Dr. Rosi Gunasinghe, Dr. Ralph Hale, Dr. Ghulam Hasnain, Allison Hogue, Daniel Johnson, Dr. Alison Kanak, Dr. Tiffany Kearney, James Mackenzie, Dr. Ash Mady, Dr. Scott Meachum, Dr. Levi Miller, Dr. Miriam Moore, Dr. Paula Mullins, Dr. Butch Newkirk, Dr. Toluwani Oloke, Dr. Joseph Pecorelli, Dr. Hoang Pham, Dr. Linda Purvis, Dr. Stephanie Rountree, Dr. Melissa Schindler, Dr. Steven Shields, Dr. Barbora Snuggs, Ms. Linh Uong, Dr. Efren Velazquez, Dr. Jessica Walker, Dr. Laurel Wei, Dr. Sarah Williams, Dr. Lu Xu, Dr. James Zoll.
Promotion to associate professor: Dr. Paul Raptis.
Tenure: Dr. Brandon Haas, Dr. Sushil Nifadkar.
Promotion to senior lecturer: Dr. Dorina Apahidean, Justin Barbaree, Dr. David Bell, Dr. Jon Dawson, Kimberly "Nicki" Driver, Kevin French, Jennifer Herrig, Dr. Jin Im (Sook), Elizabeth Marekia-Cleaveland, Diane McEwan, Rebekah Mildenhall, Jessica "Jessy" Patterson, Dr. Jason Robinson, Dr. Ana Rumbao, Kendra Sanderson, Hugh Scott, Dr. Jim Shimkus, Nathan Steritz.
Successful post-Tenure review: Dr. Shelley Aikman, Dr. Lee Barrow, Casey Bowman, Dr. David Broad, Dr. Jack Broman, Marni Brown, Dr. Maria Calatayud, Warren Caputo, Dr. Tae Choo, Dr. Macklin Cowart, Dr. Donna Danns, Dr. Chris Dockery, Paul Dunlap, Dr. Douglas Ealey, Dr. Gabe Fankhauser, Jerry Graveman, Dr. Phil Guerty, Dr. Yongseung "Stanley" Han, Dr. Timothy Hayes, Matthew Horton, Dr. Paul Johnson, Dr. Sung Shin Kim, Brian Kline, Dr. Jim Konzelman, Dr. Jon Mehlferber, Dr. Ryan Meier, Dr. Jamie Mitchem, Dr. Katayoun Mobasher, Dr. David Morris, Dr. Clay Ouzts, Dr. Sangshin "Sam" Pae, Barbara Petersohn, Tom Preston, Dr. Clay Rowell, Dr. Andrew Thomas, Dr. Cristina Washell, Dr. Shane Webb, Dr. Lori Wilson, Dr. Carly Womack-Wynne, Dr. Kathleen Woodward.
Professor Emerita: Dr. Donna Gessell, Stacy Koffman, Kathleen Simmons.
Professor Emeritus: Michael Marling de Cuellar, Dr. William Warren Rogers.
