HSS Faculty and Staff Receive Top Honors at KSU Foundation Awards Ceremony

KENNESAW, Ga. (Aug 20, 2013) — During KSU’s recent Awards Ceremony, Provost Harmon announced the many outstanding faculty and staff who were finalists and winners of awards for service, teaching and mentoring, and scholarship and creative activity. Along with all of the nominees for these awards, this array of commitment and talent epitomizes all the very best of KSU and represents the many accomplishments of all who work here. Many faculty and staff were nominated and recognized at the department and college levels as well as at the university level. With great pride, we acknowledge and congratulate all within KSU who were finalists and award recipients at these different levels.

Within CHSS, our faculty and staff received numerous accolades during the Awards Ceremony. We gratefully and enthusiastically acknowledge the accomplishments of our colleagues. When you see these people in the offices and hallways of the college over the next few weeks, please take a moment to congratulate them on their achievements.

Here are CHSS’s finalists and winners:

STAFF SENATE SCHOLARSHIP
Winner: Ms. Janet McGovern, Master of Science in Conflict Management Program

STAFF EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
Finalists: Ms. Jennifer Boynton, Psychology Department Ms. Elizabeth Davis Tanner, CHSS Dean’s Office Ms. Marsha Powell, Department of Foreign Languages Winner: Ms. Nicole Densmore, Ph.D. in International Conflict Management (INCM) Program

KSU FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR PUBLICATION OR CREATIVE ACTIVITY (ONE WINNER PER COLLEGE)
Winners: Dr. Albert Way, Department of History and Philosophy Dr. Linda Treiber, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, co-author of an article with a faculty member from WellStar College of Health and Human Services

KSU FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD
Finalist: Dr. Tom Pusateri, Department of Psychology and Assoc. Director, CETL Winner: Dr. David Johnson, Department of English and Director, IEP

KSU FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY AWARD
Winner: Dr. David Jones, Department of History and Philosophy

KSU FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD (KSU’s highest award for teaching)
Finalist: Dr. Lauren Taglialetela, Department of Psychology Winner: Dr. Pam Marek, Department of Psychology

KSU FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AWARD (KSU’s highest award)
Winner: Dr. Martha Bowden, Department of English