Faculty, Lecturer and Staff Awards at EMU

 

• Faculty Awards
• Lecturer Awards
• Staff Awards
• Winners By Year
• Office of Research Development

Winners By Year:

 

Presented in 2023

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Michael Foster (Teaching I), Devika Dibya Choudhuri (Teaching II), Beth Hanschen (Teaching II), Adam Briggs (Research I), Herman Tang (Research II), Imandeep Grewal (Service)

Lecturer's Distinguished Part-Time Teaching Award: Krithika Prakash, Rotesa Baker, Patricia Henry

 

Presented in 2022

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Amanda Stype (Teaching I), Muhammad Ahmed (Teaching II), Annemarie Kelly (Research I), James Saunoris (Research II), 

Lecturer's Distinguished Full-Time Teaching Award: James Krolik

Lecturer's Distinguished Part-Time Teaching Award: Andrew Antis, Andreia de Carvalho Gendera, Linda Foran, Ashley Wilson

Excellent Teachers Engaging Alumni Award: Harriet Lindsay

 

Presented in 2021

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Matthew Cook (Teaching I),  Ross Nord (Teaching II), Deborah Pae (Creative Activity) , Alexandros Maragakis (Research I) , Stephanie Wladkowski (Research II), Barbara Patrick (Service)

Lecturer's Distinguished Full-Time Teaching Award: Theresa CrnKovich

Lecturer's Distinguished Part-Time Teaching Award: Amanda Ellis, Sarah DeWard, Susan Yarrington-Young, and Mansi Rajpurohit

Excellent Teachers Engaging Alumni Award: Mary Schneider

Presented in 2020

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Jamie Ward (Teaching I),  Jeffrey Bernstein (Teaching II), Howard Cass (Creative Activity), MeeAe Nam (Creative Activity) , Carmen McCallum (Research I) , Hedeel Evans (Research II) , Michael McVey (Service)

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Lecturer's Distinguished Full-Time Teaching Award: Dr. Brian Coffey and Dr. Kimberley Barker

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Lecturer's Distinguished Part-Time Teaching Award: Bryan Alfaro, Monica Desana, Emily Levickas, and Dr. Judith Shazer

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Excellent Teachers Engaging Alumni Award: Ann Blakeslee

Presented in 2019

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Joseph Breza (Research I), Tana Bridge (Service), John Carbone (Research II), Karen Ann Craig (Teaching I), Carla Harryman (Creative Activity), Megan Moore (Teaching II), Tsu-Yin Wu (Research II)

Lecturer's Distinguished Part-Time Teaching Award: Nozomi Craft, Evan Dority, Janet Hinz, Aunmar Mohammad

Distinguished Achievement Recognition Awards:

• Student Engagement and Success Award: Dar Mayweather, Shayna White
• Leadership Award: Kyle Martin, Wanda Monks, Jennifer Tremewan
• Innovation Award: Wanda Monks (repeat winner), The Enterprise Application Services (EAS) Programmers and Business Analysts:
  • Russ Blanton, Andrew Daniels, Ron Elam, Debbie Foss, Zhen Fu, Nathan Jackson, Subbu Kilangodi, Janet Lyle, Sapna Maheshwari-Bajaj, Janet Min, Kathy Robertson, Paul Welke
• Community Engagement & Service Award: Susan Campbell, The Office of Research Development & Administration (ORDA):
  • Phyllis Britton, Caryn Charter, Sonia Chawla, Jennifer Glass, Cynthia Monzon, Brian Moynihan, Tracy Pytlak
• Excellent Teachers Engaging Alumni Award: Barry Pyle

Presented in 2018

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Eric Acton (Teaching 1), Anne Casper (Research II), Perry Francis (Service), Brandon Johnson (Creative Activity), Ethan Lowenstein (Teaching II), Sarah Shea (Research I)

Lecturer's Distinguished Full-Time Teaching Award: Alissa DeLong

Lecturer's Distinguished Part-Time Teaching Award: Sharon Nelson, Susan Schanne, Sharon Vance, Andrea Workman

Distinguished Achievement Recognition Awards: 

• Student Engagement and Success Award: Esther Gunel, Caroline Horste, Dawn Leighton, Michele Rich
• Leadership Award: Lisa Lautherbach, Matthew Mortier
• Innovation Award: Noel Dockett, Bin Ning
• Community Engagement & Service Award: Lolita Cummings-Carson, Kim Rankins, Norbert Vance

Presented in 2017

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Kristine Ajrouch (research II),  Jill Dieterle (Service), Michael Reedy (Creative Activity), Kennedy Saldanha (Research I), John Staunton (Teaching II), Zuzana Tomas (Teaching I)

Lecturer's Outstanding Full-Time Teaching Award: Dyann Logwood

Lecturer's Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award: Roberta Justice, Malgorzata Mroz, Russell Rhoton, Susan Santone, Jane Stephenson, Joy Versluis

Distinguished Achievement Recognition Awards: 

• Student Engagement & Success Award: Christine Deacons, Melissa Rosenblum
• Leadership Award: Amy Barnhart, Tracey Cade, Ellen Gold
• Innovation Award: Julia Heck
• Community Engagement & Service Award: Jack Bidlack, Bonnie Taylor

Presented in 2016

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Jamil Baghdachi, Engineering Technology (Research II), Ramona Caponegro, English Language & Literature (Teaching I), Theresa Heck-Seibert, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Creative Activity), Jesse Kauffman, History & Philosophy (Research I), Jacqueline LaRose, Teacher Education (Teaching II), Raul Leon, Leadership & Counseling (Research I)

Lecturer's Outstanding Full-Time Teaching Award: Sharon Holt, Health Sciences

Lecturer's Outstanding Part-Time Teaching Award: Joseph Eastman, Technology and Professional Services Management; Cindy Guillean, Social Work; Darlene Leifson, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts; Geoffrey Stanton, Music & Dance; Robert Twells, Marketing

Presented in 2015

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Marilyn Corsianos, Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology (Research II), Steven Francoeur, Biology (Research II), Linda Burilovich, Accounting & Finance (Teacher II), James Vanderosch, Biology (Service to the University)

Presented in 2014

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Steven J. Ramold, History & Philosophy (Teaching II), Heather C. Janisse, Psychology (Research I), Phillip C. Schmitz, History & Philosophy (Research II), Joan Cowdery, Health Promotion & Human Performance (Research II), Pirooz Aghssa, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Creative Activity)

Presented in 2013

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Doris Fields, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Teaching II), Vijaykumar Mannari, Engineering Technology (Research II), Joel Schoenhals, Music & Dance (Creative Activity)

Lecturer's Outstanding Teaching Award: Kelly Victor-Burke, Geography & Geology

Presented in 2012

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: William John Koolage, History & Philosophy (Teaching I), Paul Ramsey, Teacher Education (Research I), Weidian Shen, Physics & Astronomy (Research II), Melanie Shuessler, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Creative Activity), Amy Sacksteder, Art (Creative Activity), Kay Woodiel, Health Promotion & Human Performance (Service to the University)

Lecturer's Outstanding Teaching Award: Anthony Kurek, Accounting & Finance

Presented in 2011

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Stephen Blair, Mathematics (Teaching I), Amy Flanagan Johnson, Chemistry (Teaching I), Daniel Brickner, Accounting & Finance (Teaching II), Christopher Robbins, Teacher Education (Research I), Ruth Ann Armitage, Chemistry (Research II), Lee Stille, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Creative Activity)

Lecturer's Outstanding Teaching Award: Mark Whitters, History & Philosophy

Presented in 2010

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Andrew Ross, Mathematics (Teaching I), Robert Winning, Political Science (Teaching II), Aaron Liepman, Biology (Research I), Deborah Heyl-Clegg, Chemistry (Research II)

Presented in 2009

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Brigid Beaubein, Teacher Education (Teaching I), Barry Pyle, Political Science (Teaching II), Shelia Sasser, Marketing (Research I), David Krass, Biology (Research II), Christine Hume, English Language & Literature (Creative Activity), Linda Adler-Kassner, English Language & Literature (Service to the University)

Presented in 2008

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Deanna Mihaly, Foreign Languages & Bilingual Studies (Teaching I), Megan Endres, Management (Teaching II), Kyung Hee Kim, Teacher Education (Research I), John Texter, Engineering Technology (Research II), Beili Liu, Fine Arts (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Richard Stahler-Sholk, Political Science (Service to the University), Kathleen Stacey, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Service to the University)

Presented in 2007

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Ann Orr, Special Education (Teaching I), Linda Lewis-White, Teacher Education (Teaching II), Gregg Barak, Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Jessica Alexander, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Service to the University)

Presented in 2006

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Cara Shillington, Biology (Teaching I), Joan Cohen Jones, Mathematics (Teaching II), Peter Bednekoff, Biology (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Karen Menke Paciorek, Teacher Education (Service to the University)

Presented in 2005

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Carla Damiano, Foreign Languages & Bilingual Studies (Teaching I), David Geherin, English Language & Literature (Teaching II), Allen Kurta, Biology (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Chris Wood Foreman, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Service to the University)

Presented in 2004

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Barbara Leapard, Mathematics (Teaching I), T. Daniel Seely, English Language & Literature (Teaching II), Mary Ann Watson, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Daryl Lee Barton, Marketing (Service to the University)

Presented in 2003

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Joseph Csicsila, English Language & Literature (Teaching I), Jamin Eisenbach, Biology (Teaching II), Catherine Bach, Biology (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Mildred Lintner, Computer Science (Service to the University)

Presented in 2002

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Howard Bunsis, Accounting & Finance (Teaching I), Jeffrey L. Duncan, English Language & Literature (Teaching II), Valerie Polakow, Teacher Education (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Ronald C. Woods, African American Studies (Service to the University)

Presented in 2001

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Rebecca Bowers Sipe, English Language & Literature (Teaching I), David Folk, Mathematics (Teaching II), Heather Neff, English Language & Literature (Teaching II), Cathy Fleischer, English Language & Literature (Scholarly/Creative Activity)

Presented in 2000

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Dennis P. Grady, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Teaching I), Kathleen J. Beauvais, Teacher Education (Teaching II), Yichun Xie, Geography & Geology (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Michael J. Paciorek, HPERD (Service to the University)

Presented in 1999

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Gian Mario Besana, Mathematics (Teaching I), Gary L. Evans, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Teaching II), Daryl M. Hafter, History & Philosophy (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Sally R. McCracken, Communication, Media, & Theatre Arts (Service to the University)

Presented in 1998

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Michael Harris, Political Science (Teaching I), JoEllen Vinyard, History & Philosophy (Teaching II), Annette Martin, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Dale L. Rice, Special Education (Service to the University)

Presented in 1997

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Joanne Canigila, Mathematics (Teaching I), Patricia Ann Pokay, Teacher Education (Teaching II), Frank N. Jones, IDT/CRI (Scholarly/Creative Activity), P. George Bird, Communication, Media & Theatre Arts (Service to the University)

Presented in 1996

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Elizabeth K. Johnson, Teacher Education (Teaching I), Donald A. Buckeye, Mathematics (Teaching II), Martin B. Shichtman, English Language & Literature (Teaching II) K. G. Janardan, Mathematics (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Bette L. Warren, Mathematics (Service to the University)

Presented in 1995

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Lynne A. Rocklage, Special Education (Teaching I), Margaret A. Crouch, History & Philosophy (Teaching II), Stuart D. Henry, SAC (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Marylyn E. Lake, Special Education (Service to the University)

Presented in 1994

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Robert M. Citino, History & Philosophy (Teaching I), Geraldine M. Kruse, Accounting (Teaching II), Walter R. Parry, Mathematics (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Ruth A. Hansen, Associate Health Professions (Service to the University)

Presented in 1993

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Kate Mehuron, History & Philosophy (Teaching I), James S. Magee, Political Science (Teaching II), Richard H. Abbott, History & Philosophy (Scholarly/Creative Activity)

Presented in 1992

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Carla Tayeh, Mathematics (Teaching I), Jerald A. Griess, Industrial Technology (Teaching II), Richard L Douglass, Associate Health Professions (Scholarly/Creative Activity), James H. Conley, Management (Service to the University)

Presented in 1991

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: D. Robert Okopny, Accounting (Teaching I), Nora Martin, Special Education (Teaching II), Michael J. Brabec, Chemistry (Scholarly/Creative Activity), William A. Miller, History & Philosophy (Service to the University)

Presented in 1990

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Anne Nerenz, FLABS (Teaching I), Lester B. Scherer, History & Philosophy (Teaching II), Clayton Eshleman, English Language & Literature (Scholarly/Creative Activity), Leroy W. Watts, Social Work (Service to the University)

Presented in 1989

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Carl F. Ojala, Geography & Geology (Senior Teaching), Eleanor S. Wright, English Language & Literature (University Service)

Presented in 1988

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: Georgea Langer, Teacher Education (Junior Teaching), David W. Hortin, Political Science (Senior Teaching), Krishnaswamy Rengan, Chemistry (Research & Publication), William Donald Briggs, History & Philosophy (University Service)

Presented in 1987

Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Awards: John Jan Jellema, Industrial Technology (Junior Teaching), Janice J. Terry, History & Philosophy (Senior Teaching), Paul E. Howard, Mathematics (Research & Publication), Elton A. (Dan) Devine, Accounting (University Service)

Presented in 1986

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Mary A. Bigler, Teacher Education (Senior Teaching), George H. Cassar, History & Philosophy (Research & Publication), Thomas M. Gwaltney Jr., Teacher Education (University Service)

Presented in 1985

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Marjorie Y. Lipson, Teacher Education (Junior Teaching), Ronald M. Scott, Chemistry (Senior Teaching), Alethea K. Helbig, English Language & Literature (Research & Publication), Richard W. Marshall, Mathematics (University Service)

Presented in 1984

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Gwendolyn M. Reichbach, HECR (Junior Teaching), Martha E. Irwin, Teacher Education (Senior Teaching), Giles F. Carter, Chemistry (Research & Publication), Nesa L. Wu, FCIS (Research & Publication), Richard D. Goff, History & Philosophy (University Service)

Presented in 1983

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Robert G. Kraft, English Language & Literature (Senior Teaching), Marshall B. Tymn, English Language & Literature (Research & Publication), Maurice L. Laney, Music (University Service)

Presented in 1982

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Lewis G. Bender, Political Science (Junior Teaching), Bert M. Johnson, Biology (Senior Teaching), Reinhard Wittke, History & Philosophy (Senior Teaching) Gilbert B. Cross, English Language & Literature (Research & Publication), Stewart Work, Chemistry (University Service)

Presented in 1981

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: James P. Holoka, FLABS (Junior Teaching), William E. Fennel, Biology (Senior Teaching), Monroe Friedman, Psychology (Service, Research & Publication)

Presented in 1980

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Ellene (Nina) T. Contis, Chemistry (Junior Teaching), Brigitte D. Muller, FLABS (Senior Teaching), Leland S. Brown, Management (Senior Teaching), George S. May, History & Philosophy (Service, Research & Publication)

Presented in 1979

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Anthony J. Iannaccone, Music (Junior Teaching), Stephen W. Brewer, Chrmistry (Senior Teaching), George B. Perkins, English Language & Literature (Service, Research & Publication)

Presented in 1978

Ronald W. Collins, Distinguished Faculty Awards: Alida S Westman, Psychology (Junior Teaching), Ronald W. Collins, Chemistry (Senior Teaching), John W. Moore, Chemistry (Service, Research & Publication)