{"id":153758,"date":"2024-09-23T09:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=153758"},"modified":"2024-09-23T09:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:58:03","slug":"2023-24-presidential-award-for-outstanding-nte-faculty-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-presidential-award-for-outstanding-nte-faculty-service\/","title":{"rendered":"2023\u201324 Presidential Award for Outstanding NTE Faculty: Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kayleigh Duncan, instructor of computer science<\/p><\/div>\n

Kayleigh Duncan, an instructor of computer science at Wright State University, is the 2023\u201324 recipient of the President\u2019s Award for Outstanding Non-Tenure Eligible Faculty: Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cKayleigh Duncan is passionate about all aspects of student success and education and provides an excellent example of what student-focused service should be,\u201d said Darryl Ahner, Ph.D., professor and dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Duncan engages students in and out of the classroom and provides them with unique opportunities to engage in innovative ways with course material and computer engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents are first in everything she does,\u201d Ahner said.<\/p>\n

In addition to her classes, Duncan is the undergraduate program coordinator and chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She also serves on the College of Engineering and Computer Science\u2019s Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, the IT Committee and the Reynolds and Reynolds Leadership Scholarship Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe goes way beyond what can be expected of a lecturer,\u201d said Thomas Wischgoll, Ph.D., professor and interim chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering<\/a>, \u201cand is a vital contributor to the department\u2019s information technologies and cyber security program, where she covers a significant portion of the classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the faculty advisor for the Association of Computing Machinery Wright State Student Chapter, Duncan works with students to organize the department\u2019s annual programming contest and coordinates student participation at the National Cyber League each semester.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a volunteer for outreach activities is needed, Kayleigh is always ready to support the university,\u201d Ahner said.<\/p>\n

In the spring of 2023, Duncan took a prime role in helping with the department\u2019s Make-It-Wright Hackathon, in which students quickly collaborated to design software or hardware to solve a supply-chain problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe event was such a success,\u201d Wischgoll said, \u201cthat the industry partners are hoping to perform another Hackathon with our department and are replicating our event\u2019s layout for other Hackathons across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duncan supports efforts to increase diversity among computer science and computer engineering students. She took a group of female undergraduate and graduate students to the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing to explore careers in IT, network with their peers and meet mentors from other universities and industry.<\/p>\n

In another initiative, she received support from the Wright State University Foundation Student First Fund to reinvigorate the laboratory and collaborative space for students to work on projects outside the classroom.<\/p>\n

Her roots at Wright State are as a student: Duncan earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in computer engineering<\/a> and her master\u2019s degree in computer engineering<\/a> from Wright State.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all regards,\u201d Ahner said, \u201cKayleigh is a great asset for our students and the College of Engineering and Computer Science.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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