Spring Address April 20, 2006. recovering from budget cuts regaining equilibrium returning to full...

Enhancement Award Winners

Ali Riaz (POL)John Sedbrook (BIO)Kam Shapiro (POL)C. Frank Shaw (CHE)T.Y. Wang (POL)

Associate DeanSam Catanzaro

Research Proposal Rev CommitteeSam Catanzaro (Chair)

Epa Rosa (PHY)

Skip Nelson (GEO)

Lee Beier (HIS)

Julie Webber (POL)

Jim Reid (FOR)

Ron Fortune (ENG)

Ann Beck (Asst Dean)

Travel Supplement Grants

grants of up to $500

Travel Supplement Grants

tripled the amt of $

39 proposals

totaling $16,500

Travel Grant Awardees

Fusan Akman (MAT) Bruce Burningham (FOR)

Olcay Akman (MAT) McKenzie Clements (MAT)

John Baldwin (COM) Michaelene Cox (POL)

Gina Bessa (SOA) Lane Crothers (POL)

Joan Brehm (SOA) Kristin Dykstra (ENG)


Nerida Ellerton (MAT) Marjorie Jones (CHE)

Kass Fleisher (ENG) Jim Kalmbach (ENG)

Virginia Gill (SOA) Steven Landau (PSY)

Rajeev Goel (ECO) Cong Liu (PSY)

Alycia Hund (PSY) Dawn McBride (PSY)


Lucinda McCray-Beier (HIS) Epa Rosa (PHY)

Craig McLauchlan (CHE) Scott Sakaluk (BIO)

James Pancrazio (FOR) Rebecca Saunders (ENG)

Aaron Pitluck (SOA) John Sedbrook (BIO)

Paula Ressler (ENG) Kam Shapiro (POL)


Richard Sullivan (SOA) Jim van der Laan (FOR)

Charles Thompson (BIO) Jeffrey Wagman (PSY)

Maura Toro-Morn (SOA) T.Y. Wang (POL)

Mary Trouille (FOR) Julie Webber (POL)

New Faculty Book Support

$500 of books

purchased by library

New Faculty Book Support

9 new faculty

$4,500 available

Research GrantWriting Support

feedback from

experienced grant writers

• streamlined services

• improved recruitment

$100,000 in debt

now debt free

Kasia Stadnik

Janie Leatherman

Expanded Summer

• comprehensive website

• publicity campaign

Informational Flyer

• Every ISU student

• Illinois Wesleyan U

• U of Illinois

• Bradley U

• Heartland CC

• Parkland CC

Ads in Student Papers

• Southern Illinois U

• Illinois Wesleyan U

• U of Illinois

Summer Enrollment

2005: 2,592 students

2006: 3,388 students

Summer Enrollment

2005: 122 Classes

2006: 180 Classes

Sarah Sarah Sally

Walczynski Diel-Hunt Parry

New Initiatives

CAS InternationalGrant Program

CAS and Research and Sponsored Programs

CAS InternationalGrant Program

$20,000 for

international travel

next academic yr

Galen Crow, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs

Gary McGinnis, Associate Vice President for Research

sociologist author literary scholar Neil Smelser Christopher Stanley Fish

Hitchens

Visiting Scholars Colloquium

internationally prominent intellectuals

scholarly lectures

and dialogue

Visiting Scholars Colloquium

annual lecture series

4 speakers each year

ProvostJohn Presley

Regular CAS Forums

• NTT Faculty

• TT Faculty

• AP Staff• Civil Service Staff

CAS AP Teaching Award

annual $3,000 award to recognize and reward

AP teaching efforts

CAS AP Teaching Award

Claire Lamonica

Department of English

Civil Service Advisory Committee

• articulate staff concerns

• elected committee

• 7 civil service members

Staff Representation

• College Council

• Chair Searches

• Chair Evaluation

committees

Staff Representation

Judy BeckerDept of Psychology

Office of the Dean Commitment

• support & reward excellent teaching

• provide highest quality instruction

• support research and scholarship

Office of the Dean Commitment

• support technological needs

• support, recognize, facilitate,

and reward the hard work all

CAS members

Key CAS Values

Inclusiveness

Spirit of openness and

transparency

College of Arts and Sciences

Ever-Greater Levels of Excellence


Awards Ceremony

Program of Excellence Competition

• Undergraduate or grad certificate

• New minor

• New sequence

• Primary research

Program of Excellence

• Clearly interdisciplinary

• Two or more departments

• Innovative collaborations

4 Well‑Crafted Proposals

• Personal Relationships and Social Dynamics

• Photodynamic Therapy Research

• Program in Energy Science and Education

• Quantitative Risk Study Group

Program of Excellence Winner

rigorous academic curriculum

cutting‑edge research agenda

Program in Energy Scienceand Education

• Interdisciplinary M.S. in energy science

• Research program in bioenergy and

biomass fuel

Participating Faculty

Biological Sciences Physics

Chemistry Agriculture (CAST)

Economics Technology (CAST)

Geography/Geology

John Sedbrook

Biological Sciences

Dean’s Awards

Outstanding Civil Service

Outstanding Administrative Professional

Last Year’s Winners

Outstanding Civil Service


Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member

dedicated CAS

member for 15 years


“Perfect blend of skills, experience, intelligence, and temperament”

“Would gladly give up evening and weekend hours”


James Dunham

Dept of Physics

CAS Outstanding Administrative Professional


dedicated citizen for over 16 years


Bruce Bergethon

WGLT

Thanks to2005-06 CFSC

2005-06 CFSC

Brian Clark

Matthew Hesson-McInnis

Mary Anne Moffitt

Jan Neuleib

Lisa Szczepura

Kathryn Wehrmann

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching

extraordinary record of teaching in preceding three years


11 nominations:

6 in tenured category

5 in pretenured category


1 honorable mention (plaque)

1 winner (plaque and $3,000)

Honorable Mention

• Teaching Initiative winner

• 1 article

• book in press

• 12 presentations

• 6 graduate students

• 5 undergraduates

Honorable Mention

“constantly challenging and expecting the best of students”

“very energetic about teaching”

“a tough teacher who expects a lot of students”

Honorable MentionDean’s Award—Teaching

John McHaleSchool of Communication


Pretenured Category

Dean’s Award Winner

• Teaching Initiative winner

• SEA Outstanding Professor

• 1 article

• several grants




“is committed to educating all students, meeting the needs of all of the different majors in the class, and providing every opportunity for all students to learn and be successful.”


“definitely one of the best teachers I have ever had”

“an excellent role model”


Jon Friesen

Dept of Chemistry


Tenured Category

Honorable Mention—Tenured

• 9 national teaching awards

• 2 books

• 6 papers


• countless undergraduates


“hard but fair”

“an asset to ISU”

“the most organized professor of any class that I have taken at ISU”


“knowledge and determination are second to none”


“It was refreshing to know

exactly what was required

and what we needed to learn”

Honorable MentionDean’s Award—Teaching

Nancy Lind

Politics & Government


Tenured Category

Dean’s Award—Teaching



• 13 peer reviewed pubs

Dean’s Award—Teaching

• 43 papers

• 22 papers/workshops

• 2 external grants• 3 instructional videos

“a true leader in topics related to pedagogy”

“by far one of the most skilled teachers in the department and also the most caring”

“knows how to help & understands where a person is coming from”

“is a truly great teacher”

Inaugural Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching

Stephen Hunt

School of Communication

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement

extraordinary scholarly achievement in calendar year


2 awards of $3,000

1 to tenured faculty member

1 to pretenured faculty member

Dean’s Award

• publications

• grants/contracts

• papers/major speeches

• honors and awards

Dean’s Award

• theses/dissertations

• undergraduate research

• service to the discipline

Dean’s Award

9 nominations:

5 in tenured category

4 in pretenured


Honorable Mention

Pretenured Category

Research—Pretenured

• 4 peer-reviewed articles

• 6 accepted

• 7 papers

• 4 grants


“innovative and solid contributions” to the discipline

“an innovator, discoverer, producer and reporter.”

Honorable MentionDean’s Award—Scholarship

Rita Bailey

Dept of Speech

Pathology and Audiology

Dean’s AwardResearch

Pretenured Category

Dean’s Award


• 7 scholarly papers

• 4 peer-reviewed articles

• 1 book chapter

• 1 scholarly monograph (major UP)


• innovative contributions to discipline

• remarkable record of achievements

• a rising star

• an outstanding young scholar

Dean’s Award—Pretenured

Christopher Breu

Department of English


Honorable Mention

Tenured Category

Honorable MentionDean’s Award—Tenured

• 4 international lectures

• 1 book chapter

• 6 scholarly articles

• 7 accepted or in press

Honorable Mention

“extraordinary levels of dedication, energy, and accomplishment”

“sustained record of excellence” is “not

only outstanding” but “truly amazing”

Honorable MentionDean’s Award—Tenured

Distinguished Professor

Willard Bohn

Dept of Foreign Languages


Tenured Category


one of ISU’s most distinguished and

celebrated scholars


• 10 articles in prestigious journals

• 4 in press

• 4 international speeches

• $290,000 in research grants


• won major national award

• supervised 9 student projects• student won national award


“one of the leading theorists in this field”

“publishes only innovative work and only in the most prestigious journals”


Distinguished Professor

Rainer Grobe

Department of Physics


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refreshments and conversation

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