{"id":154081,"date":"2024-09-23T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=154081"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:36:46","slug":"wright-state-university-honors-staff-and-faculty-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/wright-state-university-honors-staff-and-faculty-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State University honors staff and faculty for excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/wright-state-university-honors-staff-and-faculty-for-excellence\/50012_002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-154160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-154160\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2024\/09\/50012_002-508x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a>Wright State University recognized select staff and faculty members for their vital contributions to the university with the President&#8217;s Awards for Excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients were honored during the Faculty and Staff President\u2019s Awards for Excellence ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in the Student Union Apollo Room.<\/p>\n<p>The Staff President\u2019s Awards for Excellence honor classified and unclassified staff for exemplary performance in the areas of human relations, leadership, service and innovation. The outstanding campus unit and a group of units that collaborate on a significant project or initiative will also be recognized.<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty President\u2019s Awards for Excellence recognize select faculty members for their outstanding work in the areas of teaching, research, community engagement, professional service and mentoring.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the recipients of the 2024 Faculty and Staff President\u2019s Awards of Excellence. Follow the links to read each of their stories.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Staff Recipients:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Human Relations<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-presidents-award-for-excellence-in-human-relations-classified\/\">Susan Brixey, administrative specialist, College of Science and Mathematics Advising Office (classified)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-presidents-award-for-excellence-in-human-relations-unclassified\/\">Heath Marker, assistant director of new student orientation (unclassified)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Leadership<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-presidents-award-for-excellence-in-leadership-classified\/\">Tracey Hill, administrative support coordinator, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies (classified)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-presidents-award-for-excellence-in-leadership-unclassified\/\">Erika Gilles, associate director of academic affairs, College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies (unclassified)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Service<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-presidents-award-for-excellence-in-service-classified\/\">Jennifer Limoli, office assistant, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (classified)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-excellence-in-service-unclassified\/\">Christopher Hogan, director of community standards and student conduct (unclassified)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Unit<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-outstanding-unit\/\">Latino Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Collaborative Unit<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-outstanding-collaborative-unit\/\">Eclipse Planning Committee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirit Of Innovation<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2024-spirit-of-innovation\/\">Nichole Chmidling, assistant director of budget planning and resource analysis, Office of the Controller<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Faculty Recipients:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Trustees\u2019 Award for Faculty Excellence<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-trustees-award-for-faculty-excellence\/\">Henry Chen, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distinguished Professor Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-brage-golding-distinguished-professor-of-research\/\">Anand Jeyaraj, Ph.D., professor of information systems<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-frederick-a-white-distinguished-professor-of-professional-service\/\">Mindy McNutt, Ph.D., associate professor of leadership studies in education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-robert-j-kegerreis-distinguished-professor-of-teaching\/\">Junjie Zhang, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Career Achievement Award<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-presidential-award-for-faculty-excellence-early-career-achievement-award\/\">Fathi Amsaad<strong>, <\/strong>Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidential Award for Outstanding NTE Faculty: Service<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-presidential-award-for-outstanding-nte-faculty-service\/\">Kayleigh Duncan, instructor of computer science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidential Award For Outstanding NTE Faculty: Teaching<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-presidential-award-for-outstanding-nte-faculty-teaching\/\">Lynn Franck, clinical instructor of nursing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidential Award for Faculty Mentoring<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/2023-24-presidential-award-for-faculty-mentoring\/\">Jeffrey Peters, Ph.D., professor and associate chair of biological sciences<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University honored recipients of the Faculty and Staff President\u2019s Awards for Excellence on Wednesday, Sept. 25. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/09\/23\/wright-state-university-honors-staff-and-faculty-for-excellence\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":154160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,733,724,2064,748,4267,2104,4268,743,2048,711,4906,2060,744,725,4863,731,4896,747,715,2796,2402,746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-alumni","category-awards","category-biology","category-business","category-computer-science-and-engineering","category-teacher-education","category-electrical-engineering","category-engineering-computer-science","category-enrollment-management","category-faculty-staff","category-finance-accountancy-management-information-systems-and-economics","category-graduate","category-education-human-services","category-home-news-sidebar","category-humanities-and-cultural-studies","category-lake-campus","category-leadership-studies-in-education-organizations","category-liberal-arts","category-news","category-nursing","category-presidents-awards-for-excellence","category-science-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154081"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154268,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154081\/revisions\/154268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}