Athens, Ohio -- The College of Arts & Sciences held its annual Faculty Welcome and Award Ceremony at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 8, 2004 in the Margaret M. Walter Rotunda.  The event was opened to all Arts and Sciences Faculty.

~The Jeannette G. Grasselli Brown Undergraduate Research Awards~

   J. Cameron Hodge, Biological Sciences

   Nominator and Mentor:  Morgan L. Vis

   Scott Beil, Environmental and Plant Biology

   Nominator and Mentor:  Sarah Wyatt

   Jennifer Gentry, Biological Sciences

   Nominator and Mentor:  Susan Evans

~The Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Awards~

   Gregory Van Patten, Chemistry & Biochemistry

   Chair and Nominator:  Kenneth Brown

   Betsy Partyka, Modern Languages

   Chair and Nominator:  Fred Toner

   Nancy Tatarek, Sociology & Anthropology

   Chair and Nominator:  Leon Anderson and Ann Freter

~Dean's Outstanding Teacher Awards~

   Sarah Wyatt, Environmental and Plant Biology

   Chair and Nominator:  Gar Rothwell

   Christopher Coski, Modern Languages

   Chair and Nominator:  Fred Toner

~Group II Outstanding Faculty Award~

   David Young, Chemistry and Biochemistry

   Chair and Nominator:  Kenneth Brown

~Dean's Outstanding Service Award~

  Hugh Bloemer, Geography

   Nominator:  Dorothy Sack

~Introductions of New Department Chairs and Faculty for 2004-05~

   David Kidder, Geological Sciences

   Scott Jarvis , Linguistics       

African American Studies

   Karen Kornweibel, Ph.D. 2000, The University of Texas at Austin

Chemistry-Biochemistry

   Liwei Chen, Ph.D. 2001, Harvard University

  Glen P. Jackson, Ph.D. 2002, West Virginia University, Morgantown

Classics and World Religions

   Neil Bernstein, Ph.D. 2000, Duke University

English

   Sharmila Voorakkara, M.F.A. 2003, University of Virginia

Environmental & Plant Biology

   Ahmed Faik, Ph.D. 1993, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

Geography

   Jeffrey Ueland, Ph.D. candidate, Florida State University

   Risa Whitson, Ph.D. 2004, Pennsylvania State University

Geological Sciences

   Alycia L. Rode, Ph.D. 2004, The University of Kansas

History

   Michele Clouse, Ph.D. 2004, University of California, Davis

   Mariana Dantas, Ph.D. 2004, Johns Hopkins University

Mathematics

   Erick Todd Eisworth, Ph.D. 1994, University of Michigan

Psychology

   Heather Alvarez, Ph.D. 2004, Virginia Polytechnic Institute  and State University

Sociology and Anthropology

   Edward Morris, Ph.D. 2003, University of Texas at Austin

~FACULTY TENURE AND PROMOTION AWARDS~

Department of Biological Sciences

   Soichi Tanda, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

   Peter Harrington, promotion to professor

   Jennifer Hines, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of English

   Andrew Escobedo, promotion to associate professor with tenure

   David Lazar, promotion to professor

   Katarzyna Marciniak, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Geography

   Geoffrey Buckley, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Geological Sciences

   Gregory Nadon, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of History

   Patrick Griffin, promotion to associate professor with tenure

   Walter Hawthorne, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Linguistics

   Liang Tao, promotion to associate professor with tenure

   Christopher Thompson, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Mathematics

   Jeffrey Connor, promotion to professor

   Dinh Van Huyhn, promotion to associate professor with tenure

   Todd Young, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Modern Languages

   Daniel Torres, promotion to professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy

   Daniel Carman, promotion to associate professor with tenure

   David Ingram, promotion to professor

   Daniel Phillips, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Psychology

   Stephen Patterson, promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Social Work

   Susan Sarnoff, promotion to associate professor with tenure