Faculty, staff recognized during annual Ļć½¶Ö±²„awards program
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.āMississippi State is a place where faculty and staff are driven to excel in teaching, research and service while inspiring younger generations of Bulldog students to do the same. During the April 27 Faculty Awards and Recognition Reception, the university recognized individuals who have made such commitments over the course of the 2016-17 academic year.
Joanne E. Beriswill officially was designated a John Grisham Master Teacher, the tribute to classroom instruction excellence named for the Ļć½¶Ö±²„alumnus and internationally recognized author. An assistant professor in the Department of Instructional Systems and Workforce Development, Beriswill joins the highly select group serving as role models and mentors for campus colleagues.
Representatives of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Forest Resources and Veterinary Medicine also were honored at the annual spring-semester program. They include (alphabetically):
āCollege of Arts and Sciences Academic Coordinator Tracy M. Britt, staff recipient of the Irvin Atly Jefcoat Excellence in Advising Award;
āAssistant Extension Professor Leslie Burger of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, faculty recipient of the Irvin Atly Jefcoat Excellence in Advising Award;
āAssociate Professor of History James C. āJimā Giesen, the Ļć½¶Ö±²„Alumni Associationās Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award;
āProfessor Robert L. āBobā Linford of the College of Veterinary Medicineās Department of Clinical Sciences, the Ļć½¶Ö±²„Alumni Associationās Graduate Teaching Excellence Award; and
āAssociate Professor Molly K. Zuckerman of the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, the Ļć½¶Ö±²„Alumni Associationās Early Career Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.
Additionally, leaders from the Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College, Ļć½¶Ö±²„Libraries and all eight of the universityās academic colleges offered words of praise for exceptional work and achievements of faculty during the 2016-17 academic year.
Among those recognized was Janice E. Chambers, Mississippi Stateās recipient of the 2017 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. A William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Veterinary Medicine, she is a longtime member of the College of Veterinary Medicine faculty who already holds major international commendations as a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.
During the afternoon ceremony, Ļć½¶Ö±²„Provost and Executive Vice President Judy Bonner praised Mississippi State as āa very special place for students to come and learn, for faculty and staff to enjoy working, and for alumni to come back and cherish the wonderful times that they had while they were students.ā
Bonner said, āOne of the most exciting parts of the academic year is that as it comes to a close, weāre able to host ceremonies like this where we can recognize those who have excelled and done extraordinary things.ā
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