WKU President Gary Ransdell presented the annual Spirit of WKU, diversity, service and sustainability awards Friday morning (Aug. 24) at the 2012 opening convocation at Van Meter Hall.
(Media-Newswire.com) - WKU President Gary Ransdell presented the annual Spirit of WKU, diversity, service and sustainability awards Friday morning ( Aug. 24 ) at the 2012 opening convocation at Van Meter Hall.
11th annual Spirit of WKU Award
Dr. Julia Link Roberts, Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies and Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies, received the 11th Spirit of WKU Award.
The award recognizes an individual who represents enthusiasm for WKU, loyalty to the institution and principles of the WKU experience and its motto “The Spirit Makes the Master.”
12th annual President’s Award for Diversity
Community: Eric Logan, founder and executive director of Light of Chance.
Employee: Dr. Aaron Hughey, professor in the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs.
Student: Thomas Harris, former president of Black Student Alliance and co-founder of Black Graduate Student Association.
The award recognizes recipients who represent a clear demonstration of exemplary leadership and achievement in promoting diversity at WKU and the communities it serves.
2nd annual President’s Award for Service
Student: Sarah Hagan, a December 2011 graduate who co-founded the Senase Project to improve the education system in the village of Akatim in Ghana.
Faculty: Paul Markham, co-director of the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility and assistant professor in the Honors College, who is leading civic engagement and service-learning efforts at WKU and across the nation.
2nd annual President’s Award for SustainabilityProvost Gordon Emslie formally recognized the following faculty award recipients, who were announced during May commencement ceremonies: Susann Davis, Department of Modern Languages, excellence in teaching; Keith Philips, Department of Biology, excellence in research/creativity; Saundra Starks, Department of Social Work, excellence in public service; Virginia “Ginny” Pfohl, Department of Psychology, excellence in student advisement.
Dr. David Keeling, professor and head of the Department of Geography and Geology, also was recognized as WKU’s newest University Distinguished Professor.
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