Seven Recognized for Excellence

WIU Provost and Academic Vice President Joe Rallo presented seven excellence winners at the Provost's Awards for Academic Excellence Reception in October.

The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research (CITR), under the direction of Mandeep Singh '86 '87, organized colleagues who made up the six-member committees charged with determining excellence in the following areas: teaching; teaching with technology; scholarly/professional activities; University/community service; internalizing the campus; and multicultural teaching. A committee of faculty, students and academic advisers selected the outstanding academic adviser.

The Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to School of Music Professor James Caldwell. His nomination attested to his enthusiasm for teaching, as well as to his ability to inspire students, to present information in an organized fashion and to help students achieve success in their classes and their careers.

The Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching in Technology was presented to Christopher Sutton '88 '91, chair and associate professor of geography, who has extensively incorporated emerging technologies into all of the courses he teaches.

The Provost's Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Professional Activities was presented to Don T. Johnson, finance professor. Over the past three years, Johnson published multiple articles in prestigious finance, marketing and library science journals; one article won national recognition.

The Provost's Award for Excellence in University/Community Service was presented to Carolyn Tripp, marketing professor. Tripp was recognized for her civic engagement, which "literally consumes hundreds of hours of her time" and ranges from leading local efforts to raise funds for cancer research to assisting and leading the evaluation and development of marketing plans for U.S. governmental agencies and non-profits organizations.

The Provost's Award for Excellence in Internationalizing the Campus was presented to John Carlson, agriculture professor, whose academic emphasis is international agriculture. Carlson has secured various external grants, including a $300,000 Global Business and Learning Partnership Grant through the U.S. Department of State, to establish a partnership program with Ryazan State Agricultural Academy in Russia.

The Provost's Award for Excellence in Multicultural Teaching was presented to Polly Radosh, Women's Studies chair and professor, for her longstanding commitment to the infusion of multicultural perspectives into the Women's Studies curriculum. She was cited as a tireless advocate in promoting diversity and multiculturalism throughout the curriculum and promoting multicultural teaching through the development of the Women's Studies major.

The Outstanding Academic Adviser Award was presented to Sharon Butcher '88, academic adviser in Western's College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) Advising Center, where she has served since 1990.

 

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