Adjunct faculty earn promotions, service awards at annual ceremony

January 10, 2012

Adjunct faculty of the School of Professional & Continuing Studies earned promotions along with 5-, 10-, 15-, 20- and 35-year service awards during the annual awards ceremony at the Spring faculty meeting on January 5, 2012.

Thirteen adjunct faculty members earned promotions for the 2011-2012 academic year. Twelve adjunct and full-time professors earned five-year and ten-year service awards. Four earned 15-year awards, while Adjunct Professor Thomas Gates earned a 20-year service award and Adjunct Professor James M. Helms III earned a 35-year service award.

Dean James L. Narduzzi, Ph.D., and Senior Associate Dean Patricia J. Brown, Ed.D., presided over the awards ceremony, which is held annually during the School’s Spring faculty meeting.

Promotions are earned through service, scholarship, and instructional excellence. Ranks are Adjunct Instructor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor and Adjunct Professor.

Promotions and service awards are listed below.

Adjunct Faculty Promotions

  • Elizabeth Baker to Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Kevin Bruny to Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Richard Brushwood to Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Kenneth Bunting to Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Deborah Carvelli to Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • S. Dallas Dance to Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Wendy DeGroat to Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Matthew Edinger to Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Jeffrey Geiger to Adjunct Professor
  • George Hiller to Adjunct Professor
  • Bonnie Matthews to Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Xiaobing Shuai to Adjunct Associate Professor
  • C. Everette Vaughan to Adjunct Assistant Professor

Service Award Recipients

  • Five Years
    • Elizabeth Baker
    • Christine Contrada
    • Kimberly Davis
    • Wendy DeGroat
    • Jeanne Face
    • Susan Leahy
    • Christopher Lee
    • Stuart Leinenbach
    • Brenda Mayo
    • Pat Princiotto-Gorrell
    • Patricia Strait
    • Christopher Wieder
  • Ten Years
    • Daniel Geary
    • Linda Gilliam
    • George Hiller
    • Sara Hillgrove
    • Jodi Lemacks
    • Russell Leonard
    • William Lowe
    • Mary Massie
    • Debra O’Brien
    • Samuel Perry, Jr.
    • J. Ron Smith
    • Amy Turner
  • 15 Years
    • William Dalton
    • Richard Leatherman
    • Eugene Maurakis
    • Daniel Roberts
  • 20 Years
    • Thomas Gates
  • 35 Years
    • James M. Helms, III