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EMU salutes its finest during Week of Excellence

WITH DISTINCTION: Distinguished Faculty Awards were handed
out at the 29th Annual Faculty Awards Ceremony March 29. (from
left) Peter Bednekoff, associate professor, biology, Scholarly/
Creative Activity; Cara Shillington, associate professor, biology,
Teaching I; Joan Cohen Jones, associate professor, mathematics,
Teaching II; and Karen Menke Paciorek, professor, teacher
education, Service to the University.

Eastern Michigan University rolled out its version of the red carpet, as it honored its best and brightest during its annual Salute to Excellence Week March 27-31.

The awards ceremonies included the Graduate Research Fair Awards; the Human Resources Employee Recognition Awards (for years of service); Student Gold Medallion Awards; the Celebration of Faculty Excellence Awards, which included the Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards; Founders Day/Gold Medallion Awards; the College of Education Salute to Excellence and the Undergraduate Symposium.

Four Distinguished Faculty Awards — the University's most prestigious for faculty, which was renamed three years ago to honor the late, former provost Ron Collins — were handed out.

Cara Shillington, assistant professor of biology, took home the Teaching I honor and Joan Cohen Jones, associate professor of mathematics, won the Teaching II Award. Karen Menke Paciorek, professor of teacher education, garnered the Service to the University Award and Peter Bednekoff, associate professor of biology, earned the Scholarly/Creative Activity Award. Each received a plaque and a $3,500 honorarium.