FACULTY AWARDS

Faculty receive excellence awards

Three faculty members were celebrated for research and teaching excellence at the college’s Honors Day ceremony on April 28.

Marcia Brown, Professor and Chair of the college’s Fine and Performing Arts Department (at left in the photo), received the 2022 Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award.

The award recognizes an exceptional faculty member who demonstrates strong academic skills in the classroom and provides leadership and support in other areas of campus life.

Dr. Christi Hu, Associate Professor of Psychological Science and Director of Undergraduate Research, received the John Hines Jr. Undergraduate Research Faculty Award. It recognizes a professor whose work supports the college’s undergraduate research program.

Dr. Richard Soash, Assistant Professor of History, received the 2022 United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Exemplary Teacher Award. Each year, GBHEM member schools select one faculty member who exemplifies excellence in teaching, civility and concern for students, the institution and the community.