Faculty honored for excellence
Faculty members in disciplines ranging from Music, Humanities and Counseling to Chemistry, Engineering and Accounting are among those receiving Distinguished Professor Awards at the annual Faculty and Staff Showcase Monday, May 2, in Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown.
The event starts with dinner at 6 p.m. with award presentations to follow. Tickets are $30. To register by credit card, visit ysu.edu/employeeshowcase. To pay by check, payable to Youngstown State University (write Showcase in the memo line) and mail to YSU, Office of University Events, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555.
The recipients:
Excellence in Teaching
David Asch, Chemical and Biological Sciences
Christopher Bellas, Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences
Ewelina Boczkowska, Dana School of Music
Dragana Crnjak, Visual and Dramatic Arts
Kendra Fowler, Management and Marketing
Lori Fusco, Centofanti School of Nursing
Monica Merrill, Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences
Richard VanVoorhis, Psychological Sciences and Counseling
Excellence in Scholarship
Thomas Diggins, Chemical and Biological Sciences
Amy Fluker, Humanities and Social Sciences
Omer Genc, Management and Marketing
Alina Lazar, School of Computer Science, Information and Engineering Technology
Tomi Ovaska, Lariccia School of Accounting and Finance
Christina Saenger, Management and Marketing
Ying (Joy) Tang, Psychological Sciences and Counseling
Excellence in Service
Abdu Arslanyilmaz, School of Computer Science, Information and Engineering Technology
Morgan Bagley, Graduate Studies in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Amanda Fehlbaum, Humanities and Social Sciences
Victoria Kress, Psychological Sciences and Counseling
Jacob Labendz, Humanities and Social Sciences
Valerie O’Dell, Centofanti School of Nursing
Doori Song, Management and Marketing
Dana Sperry, Visual and Dramatic Arts
Albert Sumell, Lariccia School of Accounting and Finance
Distinguished Professorship Designation
Ewelina Boczkowska
Part-time Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards
Ashley Duritza, School of Computer Science, Information and Engineering Technology
Jennifer Frank, Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences
Michael Kopczyk, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, and Environmental Science
Susan Laird, Humanities and Social Sciences
Paulina Montaldo, English and World Languages
Yukitada Onitsuka, Dana School of Music
Li Sui, Chemical and Biological Sciences
Excellence Award for Department Chairperson in Teaching
Jeffrey Coldren, Psychological Sciences and Counseling
Watson Merit Awards
Dana Davis, Social Work
Alan Tomhave, Humanities and Social Sciences