Faculty and staff earn honors from newest college

PULLMAN, Wash. – The College of Arts and Sciences held its inaugural Appreciation and Recognition Social this week to honor faculty and staff for their service to the educational, scholarly and outreach mission of the college and university.

 

Fourteen individuals received awards and certificates. Four graduate students also were recognized for their achievements. Outstanding undergraduate seniors will be honored at a separate event on May 3.

 

The 2013 award recipients are:

 

Gupta	Dickinson	Xian	Bawa	Clark	Lugo-Lugo

Distinguished Faculty Award
Yogendra Gupta, Regents professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and director, Institute for Shock Physics

Outstanding Career Achievement in Scholarship/Creative Activities
J. Thomas Dickinson, Regents professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Mid-Career Achievement in Scholarship/Creative Activities
Ming Xian, associate professor, Department of Chemistry

Early Career Achievement in Scholarship/Creative Activities
Avantika Bawa, assistant professor of fine arts, WSU Vancouver

Excellence in Professional Service
Sue Clark, Regents professor, Department of Chemistry

Excellence in Institutional Service
Carmen Lugo-Lugo, associate professor, Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies

 

McDonald	Leonard	Nash	Converse	Martin	Chow

Thomas E. Lutz Teaching Excellence Award
Judith McDonald, professor, Department of Mathematics

William F. Mullen Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
David Leonard, associate professor and chair, Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies

Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring
Ken Nash, professor, Department of Chemistry

Excellence in Teaching by a Clinical Faculty Member
Sheila Converse, clinical assistant professor, School of Music

Excellence in Teaching by an Instructor
Jeanette Martin, senior instructor, Department of Mathematics

Advising Excellence
Yung-Hwa Anna Chow, academic advisor, General Studies Program and CAS Advising Center

Rupp	Johnson	Trabun Johnson	Moe	Behmer	Aurentz

Administrative Professional Excellence Award
Justine Rupp, senior academic coordinator, School of Biological Sciences

Civil Service Staff Excellence Award
Kristine Johnson, lead secretary, Department of Mathematics

Graduate Student Achievement Awards
Arts: Kayla Trabun Johnson, School of Music

Humanities: Aaron M. Moe, Department of English

Social Sciences: Lawrence Behmer, Jr., Department of Psychology

Sciences: Jared L. Aurentz, Department of Mathematics

The Washington State University College of Arts and Sciences was formed in July 2012 by bringing together the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences. It is the largest academic unit in the WSU system and offers degree programs from art history to zoology. The college provides nearly 60 percent of all undergraduate student credit hours and approximately 80 percent of all freshman student credit hours.