Faculty and Staff Recognized March 31
At The Nittany Lion Inn Awards Ceremony
Faculty and Staff Awards
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University Park, Pa. --- Dr. Ralph O. Mumma, distinguished professor
of environmental quality in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences,
is the 1996 recipient of the Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award. He
will receive it at the Faculty/Staff Awards ceremony at 2 p.m. March 31,
at the Nittany Lion Inn.
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University Park, Pa. -- Harry H. West, professor of civil engineering
at Penn State's University Park Campus, will receive Penn State's Alumni
Teaching Fellow Award this year.
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University Park, Pa. -- Four University faculty members will receive
the 1996 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are:
Douglas N. Arnold, professor of mathematics, University Park campus; Richard
J. Cyr, associate professor of biology, University Park campus; Mary Gergen,
associate professor of psychology, Delaware County Campus; and Norbert Mayr,
associate professor of history, Worthington Scranton Campus.
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The Excellence in Advising Awards will be presented in 1996 to Dr. William
L. Henson, assistant to the dean, minority affairs, College of Agricultural
Sciences, and Dr. Deborah L. Clarke, associate professor of English and
women's studies.
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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Dr. Barton W. Browning, associate professor of
German at Penn State, is the winner of the McKay Donkin Award. The award
was established in 1969 in honor of the late McKay Donkin who served as
Vice President for Finance and was Treasurer of the University from 1957
to 1968. It is presented to the full-time member of the faculty or staff
or the retiree who has contributed most to the "economic, physical,
mental, or social welfare of the faculty" of the University.
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Judith A. Pressler, administrative assistant II with the department of accounting
in the Smeal College of Business Administration, has won the University's
1996 Staff Excellence Award.
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University Park, Pa. --- Dr. Robert Ricketts, an instructor in exercise
and sports science at Penn State, has been selected to receive the University's
1996 Barash Award for Human Service.
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Kathleen Barry, professor of human development in the College of Health
and Human Development, has won the University's 1996 International Achievement
Award. She will receive the award at the Faculty/Staff Achievement Awards
ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 31 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
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University Park, Pa. --- Jack C. Hayya, professor of management science,
and Marie Secor, associate professor of English, are the 1996 winners of
Penn State's Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards.
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UNIVERSITY PARK -- Robert C. Finley, assistant to the senior associate
vice president for finance and business at Penn State, has been named the
winner of the Award for Administrative Excellence.
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Five Penn State professors will receive 1995 Faculty Scholar Medals for
Outstanding Achievement during the Faculty/Staff Awards ceremony on Sunday,
March 31, at 2 p.m. at the Nittany Lion Inn.
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University Park -- The 1996 winners of a Milton S. Eisenhower Award
for Distinguished Teaching are Elizabeth Buckmaster, assistant professor
of English, and Madhu S. Prakash, associate professor of education.
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"Professor Eastridge has demonstrated the highest commitment to those
criteria which the Equal Opportunity Award recognizes," says a colleague.
Mumma Receives Faculty Mentoring Award