UPEI faculty members recognized at recent event
On Monday, May 6, UPEI faculty members were honoured at Faculty Recognition Night held in the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. The evening was a time to celebrate and honour faculty achievements. Opening remarks were delivered by Betty Jeffery, President of the Faculty Association, while closing remarks were delivered by UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz.
The annual event, co-sponsored by the UPEI Faculty Association and the Office of the President, honours the winners of the Hessian Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement. Retiring faculty members and those who have served UPEI for 25 years or more were also recognized.
The Hessian Award is granted to faculty members who have shown outstanding competence in teaching; this year's recipients were Janet Bryanton, Nursing; and Edward Gamble, Business. The Merit Award is intended to honour faculty members in scholarly research/and or artistic creation, and in doing so, inspire others to aspire to such achievement. This year's recipients were Robert Hurta, Biology; Carlo Lavoie, Modern Languages; and Henrik Stryhn, Health Management.
John Burka, Biomedical Sciences; Rick Cawthorn, Pathology and Microbiology; Wayne Cutcliffe, Computer Science and Information Technology; June Countryman, Music; and Sharon Neill, Robertson Library were all honoured and recognized for their years of service to the University as retiring faculty members.
25-Year Anniversary Faculty awards were presented to faculty members at the second annual Presidential Awards of Merit ceremony earlier that day. The following is a list of faculty members who were honoured: Jeffery Davidson, Health Management; Janos Fedak, Fine Arts; Paul Hanna, Pathology and Microbiology; Barbara Horney, Pathology and Microbiology; Stephen Howard, Computer Science and Information Technology; Vickie Johnston, Psychology; Alfonso Lopez, Pathology and Microbiology; Richard Lemm, English; Philip Smith, Psychology; Annie Spears, Economics; and Glenda Wright, Biomedical Sciences.
UPEI congratulates all award winners!
