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Blue Ribbon Performances

Faculty Members are Lauded for Excellence

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Click Photo to Enlarge Dr. Collier with second-year Honors Fellows Amy Raile and Jared Buswell.

Click Photo to Enlarge Brenda Calderon has been a mainstay in the modern languages department for 30 years.

Click Photo to Enlarge Dr. Halsmer, chairman of engineering and physics, is leading the charge as his students build an airplane. (See article in the Spring 2002 issue of Excellence online.)

Seven alumni were among the honorees at the third annual Faculty Recognition Awards luncheon, held Nov. 22 on the Mabee Center Mezzanine.

The awards, including a total of $2,500 in cash prizes, are sponsored by the ORU Alumni Association. President Richard Roberts was on hand to present the awards and congratulate the faculty.

"I am honored to be a co-laborer with you," Roberts said. "I value you. I appreciate you."

Alumni Dr. Dave Eland, Pam Smucker, Dr. Bill Collier, Dr. Sam Thorpe, Terry Unruh, LeighAnne Locke, and Dr. Ken Weed received:

• Deans' Award for Technology in the Curriculum (Eland, CSC/Math)
  
• Deans' Award for Integration of Faith and Learning (Smucker, Education, honorable mention)
  
• Deans' Award for Innovation in Teaching (Collier, Chemistry, and Thorpe, Theology, both honorable mentions)
  
• Chairs' Award for Service (Unruh, Business, honorable mention)
  
• University Faculty Assembly (UFA) Awards, second place (Weed, Chemistry), and third place (Locke, CSC/Math)

Awards also went to:

• Deans' Award, Technology in the Curriculum
  Dr. Mary Lou Miller, Education, honorable mention
  
• Deans' Award, Integration of Faith and Learning
  Dr. Julie Huntley, Business
  
• Deans' Award, Innovation in Teaching
  Nathan Opp, Art
  
• Chairs' Award, "Mentor"
  Vicki Walker, Music
  Dr. Joseph Mukasa, Communication Arts, honorable mention
  
• Chairs' Award, "Scholar"
  Dr. John Matsson, Engineering and Physics
  Dr. Wendy Perryman, Biology, honorable mention
  
• Chairs' Award, "Service"
  Brenda Calderon, Modern Languages (See Calderon's story in the Summer 2000 issue of Excellence online.)
  
• UFA Awards, first place
  Dr. Rob Skinner, Modern Languages
  
• UFA Awards, honorable mention
  Dr. Even Culp, Communication Arts
  Dr. Dominic Halsmer, Engineering and Physics

In addition to these awards, Robert Chapman of the School of Business received the first-ever "Writing Across the Disciplines" Award, which recognizes excellence in the use of writing in the classroom to facilitate student learning. This award was inspired by alumnus Phyllis Shelton. (See the Spring 2000 issue of Excellence online for Shelton's story.)