Faculty Recognized by Provost and Chancellor at Reception

Whit Pruitt

Min Zou receiving the SEC Faculty Achievement Award. Pictured from left: Chancellor Charles Robinson, College of Engineering Dean Kim Needy, Distinguished Professor Min Zou and Provost Terry Martin.

Provost Terry Martin and Chancellor Charles Robinson recently recognized U of A faculty at a special reception held in their honor on April 12.

"I'd like to congratulate all faculty who received awards and were recognized at the Provost's Faculty Recognition Reception," Martin said. "These awards are well-deserved and showcase our faculty's successes in scholarship, mentorship and teaching. I'm honored to commend these faculty members for achieving excellence and thank them for the contributions they make daily to the campus community."

Awards include the SEC Faculty Achievement Award, five Outstanding Mentor Awards and 10 Faculty Applause Awards.

SEC Faculty Achievement Award
The SEC Faculty Achievement Award is given to faculty with outstanding records in research and scholarship at each of the Southeastern Conference's member universities. This year, Min Zou, Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering, received the SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the U of A. Read more on Zou and this award.

Outstanding Mentor Award
The Outstanding Mentor Award is sponsored by the Provost's Office and given to faculty who were nominated by their peers and colleagues for serving as an outstanding mentor to other U of A faculty. The following faculty received the 2023 Outstanding Mentor Award:

• Lindsay Aloia
• Andrew Dowdle
• Claretha Hughes
• Suzanne Kucharczyk
• Jacquelyn Mosley

Faculty Applause Award
The Faculty Applause Award is co-sponsored by the Associated Student Government and the Office for Faculty Affairs. This award gives students the opportunity to recognize a professor who has made a lasting impact on them during their time at the U of A.

Faculty who received this award include:

• Najja Baptist
• Karmen Bell
• Lance Cheramie
• Lisa Corrigan
• Page Dobbs
• Matt Judah
• Jacquelyn Mosley
• Jeffrey Murdock
• Alejandro Rojas
• Alexandra Vasile.

Certificates of Completion and Badges
During the reception, faculty were also recognized for completing and participating in mentoring programs and workshops offered by the Office for Faculty Affairs, in collaboration with the U of A Advance ENGAGE team.

Nineteen faculty members were recognized for completing the Mentoring Graduate Students and Postdocs Workshop during the 2022-23 academic year. Faculty who completed this workshop include:

• Adrienne Callander
• Will Doss
• Chris Estepp
• Samuel Fernandes
• Dylan Girodat
• Molly Harry
• Joanna Kud
• Tomi Obe
• Moon-Sook Park
• Sean Plummer
• Aurelie Poncet
• Kandy Salter
• Abigail Schmitt
• Karl Schubert
• Derico Setyabrata
• Christy Smith
• Claire Terhune
• Yong Wang
• Shawna Weimer

Fifteen faculty members received a badge for completing the 2022 Bridge Program workshops. This program introduces new faculty to campus resources and policies. The Bridge Program also connects new faculty with one another and with mentors to welcome them to campus and support their success. Faculty who received the program completion badge include:

• Md Amzad
• Alexia Angton
• Lei Guo
• Shang Jia
• Rebecca Leach
• Tomi Obe
• Katherine Raoux
• Alexis Salas
• Jean Schmitt
• Derico Setyabrata
• Xiaoqing Song
• Alan Vazquez
• Emily Woodruff
• Shawna Weimer
• Zhe (Meredith) Zhang

The next Provost's Faculty Recognition Reception will be held in April 2024 to coincide with Faculty Appreciation Week, which occurs the second week of April every year. The Provost's Faculty Recognition Reception is sponsored by the Provost Office, the Office for Faculty Affairs, the Office of the Executive Vice-Chancellor for Finance and Administration, and the U of A Advance ENGAGE grant.

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