Faculty Honors Convocation, retirement recognition held
University officials formally recognized faculty members and retiring faculty yesterday at ASU's annual Faculty Honors Convocation, held this year in Centennial Hall. A reception for retiring faculty preceded the convocation. The recognition of the emeriti faculty, along with the presentation of the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees Faculty Achievement Awards and the Outstanding Academic Advising Award, then took place.

Dr. G. Daniel Howard, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research, formally recognized the retiring faculty members, Dr. Larry Dale, professor of economics, Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business; Prof. Richard Jorgensen, professor of music, Department of Music, College of Fine Arts; Dr. Whitney Williams, chair and associate professor of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions; and Dr. William Wyatt, professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Physics, College of Sciences and Mathematics. The deans of the retirees’ colleges also made remarks, as did ASU chancellor, Dr. Robert Potts. Dr. Louella Moore, professor of accounting and president of ASU’s Faculty Senate/Faculty Association, presented plaques to the retiring faculty.
  
The Outstanding Academic Advising Award and the ASU Board of Trustees Faculty Achievement Awards for Teaching, Professional Service, and Scholarship, are presented each spring to four faculty members who have demonstrated unusually significant and meritorious achievement in advising, teaching, professional service, and scholarship.

The Outstanding Academic Advising Award recipient was Dr. Richard K. Freer, associate professor of Social Work, College of Nursing and Health Professions. This award was presented by Melissa Jackson, advisor, Office of Advisement Services, and Dr. Lynita Cooksey, associate vice chancellor for Academic Services and dean of University College.

Dr. Christopher Brown, Dr. Gregory Hansen, Dr. Catherine Reese, and Dr. Richard K. Freer with their awards.

Following the presentation of the Outstanding Academic Advisement Award, Dr. G. Daniel Howard presented the Faculty Achievement Awards for teaching, professional service, and scholarship. The Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching recipient was Dr. Catherine Reese, associate professor of Public Administration, Department of Political Science, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Faculty Achievement Award for Professional Service recipient was Dr. Gregory Hansen, associate professor of English and Folklore, Department of English and Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Faculty Achievement Award for Scholarship recipient was Dr. Christopher Brown, professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business.

Faculty nominees in the category of scholarship included Dr. Christopher Brown, Dr. Lance Bryant, Dr. Carol O’Connor and Dr. Clyde Milner, Dr. Thomas Risch, and Dr. Angela Schmidt. Nominees for service included Dr. Joanna Grymes, Dr. Gregory Hansen, Dr. Russell Jones, Dr. Tillman Kennon, Dr. Mike McDaniel, and Dr. Timothy Oliver. Nominees for teaching included Dr. Ellis Benjamin, Dr. Loretta Brewer, Dr. Catherine Reese, and Prof. Molly Simpson. Nominees for academic advising included Dr. Catherine Calloway, Prof. Lori Fenner, Dr. Richard Freer, Dr. Mike Hall, Dr. Hai Jiang, Dr. Andy Mooneyhan, Dr. Amy Pearce and Dr. Susan Roehrig. For more details, see the NewsPage release.

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