UPEI faculty members recognized at recent event
UPEI faculty members were honoured at Faculty Recognition Night, May 7, held this year on campus to celebrate and honour faculty achievements. The annual dinner and gala is co-sponsored by the UPEI Faculty Association and the Office of the President.
This event honours the winners of the Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching and the UPEI Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement. It is also an opportunity to honour the service of retiring academic staff, as well as to recognize those who have served UPEI for 25 years or more.
The Hessian Award is given to a faculty member who has shown outstanding competence in teaching; this year's recipients include: Inge Dorsey, University 100; Stacey MacKinnon, Psychology; LeeAnn Pack, Companion Animals; and Jason Pearson, Chemistry.
This year, three faculty members were recognized for their outstanding achievements as researchers. Carla DiGiorgio, Faculty of Education; and from the Faculty of Science, Pedro Quijón, Biology; and Michael P. Shaver, Chemistry. Each received a 2012 UPEI Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement. These awards are intended to honour faculty members in scholarly research and/or artistic creation, and in doing so, inspire others to aspire to such achievement.
Raymond Doiron, Education; Ian Dohoo, Health Management; Susan Dohoo, Biomedical Sciences; Gerald Johnson, Pathology and Microbiology; Mary Jean McCarthy, Nursing; Caroline Runyon, Companion Animals; and Gavin Richardson, Health Management, were recognized for their years of service to the University, as they either have already retired, or will be retiring this year.
David Buck, Classics; Pierre-Yves Daoust, Pathology and Microbiology; Lawrence LeClair, Sociology and Anthropology; Jeanne Lofstedt, Health Management; Robert Lofstedt, Health Management; Arthur Ortenburger, Health Management; David Seeler, Companion Animals; Elizabeth Spangler, Health Management; and Andrew Tasker, Biomedical Sciences, received pins in recognition of 25 years of service to UPEI.
Earlier on the afternoon of May 7, the first annual Presidential Recognition Awards of Merit, were presented to faculty members and librarians. Awards were given to faculty members in the categories of teaching, scholarly endeavours, service, or a combined achievement, while awards for librarians were based on exceptional performance, in one or more areas of professional practice, scholarly endeavours, professional development, and/or service. The following is a list of Presidential Recognition Award winners:
Rabin Bissessur, Chemistry (combined); Ann Braithwaite, Women's Studies (combined); Gary Conboy, Pathology and Microbiology (combined); Jeff Davidson, Health Management (combined); Lori Weeks, Applied Human Sciences (combined); Susan Graham, Business (combined); Jason Pearson, Chemistry (combined); Michael P. Shaver, Chemistry (combined); Richard Raiswell, History (combined); Ian Dowbiggin, History (scholarly endeavours); Greg Keefe, Health Management (scholarly endeavours); Peter Koritansky, Religious Studies (scholarly endeavours); Tarek Saleh, Biomedical Sciences (scholarly endeavours); Nola Etkin, Chemistry (service); Donna Giberson, Biology (teaching); Kathy Gottschall-Pass, Applied Human Sciences (service); Donald Moses, Library (professional practice); Stacey MacKinnon, Psychology; LeeAnn Pack, Companion Animals; Pedro Quijón, Biology; Carla DiGiorgio, Faculty of Education.
