Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement

Overview

Campus Awards for Excellence in Public Engagement recognize faculty members, academic professionals, staff employees, and students who fulfill in exemplary ways the University's commitment to public engagement. Awards are available for individuals and teams. Each faculty member, academic professional and staff employee award winner will receive $1,500 cash and a $1,500 salary increase on a recurring basis (up to three awards will be made, with at least one being in the academic professional category). Up to three cash awards of $1,500 each will be given to undergraduate, professional or graduate students to be used for professional development or to support other educational activities.

Recipients

2006 awards presented September 2006 to:

Lydia P. Buki, Educational Psychology
Vernon Burton, History, Sociology and Center for Computing in Humanities
Robert W. Frazee, East Peoria Extension Center Illinois River System Management
Edward A. Kieser, WILL Radio and Television
WILL Youth Media Workshop: Development of Youth Leadership through Media Skills, (Team Award)

2004 - 2005 awards presented September 21, 2005 to:

Cheryl Barber, Program Coordinator, Continuing Education
Carol Diener, Visiting Associate Professor, Psychology
Dipesh Navsaria, MD '05, College of Medicine
Mark F. Testa, Associate Professor, Social Work
Valeri Werpetinski, Graduate Student, Psychology
College of Veterinary Medicine: A Pet's Place, (Team Award)

2003 - 2004 awards presented September 22, 2004 to:

Richard F. Bajner, Jr. , Undergraduate Student, Department of Health Planning and Administration
Ted L. Funk, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering
Gladys D. Hunt, Coordinator of Program Development and Outreach, Psychological Services Center
Adelle Renzaglia, Professor, Department of Special Education
Robert F. Rich, Professor, College of Law and Institute of Government and Public Affairs

2002 - 2003 awards presented September 30, 2003 to:

Michael F. Hutjens, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
James B. Kaler, Professor, Department of Astronomy
Teresa K. Easterly-Adams, Macon County Extension Office, College of ACES
Umesh Thakkar, Senior Research Scientist, NCSA
Allen O. Eghrari, Undergraduate Student, Department of Psychology
Sascha Meinrath, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Janni Sorensen, Graduate Student, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

2001 - 2002 awards presented September 23, 2002 to:

Michael J. Andrejasich; Professor, School of Architecture

Cassiette A. West-Williams; Graduate Student, Department of Curriculum and Instruction

2000 - 2001 awards presented to:

J. Fred Giertz, Professor of Economics, Institute of Government and Public Affairs

Leonard F. Heumann, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Craig A. Miller, Sr., Community Design Specialist, East St. Louis Action Research Project

Suzan Akin, Undergraduate Student, Department of Psychology

Jessica Lynn Philips, Undergraduate Student, Department of Political Science

1999 - 2000 awards presented to:

May R. Berenbaum, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology
Mats A. Selen, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Thomas L. Moore, Director, Psychological Services Center
Amanda Duff Keating, Graduate Student, School of Architecture and Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Timothy A. Shedd, Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Matthew C. Wenger, Undergraduate Student, Department of Physic