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  2017 Program

  Office of Academic Affairs

  Scholarship, creativity, innovation, and the many forms of collaborative engagement that shape faculty life and student learning are central to the mission of Eastern Illinois University. For that reason, our faculty, department chairs, college deans, the Provost, and the entire campus community celebrate the achievements and outstanding contributions of our colleagues and students to their disciplines and professions every year. And, as the following pages illustrate, faculty engaged in continuing scholarly and creative activities that have provided outstanding mentoring experiences for our undergraduate and graduate students.

  In addition to recognizing faculty performances, shows, publications, grants and other professional efforts, the University will recognize the recipients of the Edwin L. “Bud” May award and Dean’s Award for Excellence in Summer Research & Creative Activity, Cynthia W. Rich and Anna L. Cromwell, respectively. We congratulate Drs. Rich and Cromwell, as well as each and every member of EIU’s community who has contributed to our shared mission and sustained commitment to academic excellence.

  Doug Bower, College of Education & Professional Studies

  Jeff Cross, School of Continuing Education

  Richard England, Sandra & Jack Pine Honors College

  Jay Gatrell, Office of Academic Affairs

  Ryan Hendrickson, The Graduate School

  Mahyar Izadi, Lumpkin College of Business & Applied Sciences

  Doug Klarup, College of Sciences

  Anita Shelton, College of Arts & Humanities

  Brad Tolppanen, Booth Library

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  2016 Program

  Office of Academic Affairs

  Eastern Illinois University is a community enthusiastically engaged in intellectual exploration. This includes faculty testing the boundaries of knowledge within their disciplines and the boundaries of how to convey that knowledge to their students. It also includes students, both graduate students joining with their faculty mentors in pressing the disciplinary boundaries, and undergraduate students discovering the front edges of the disciplines under the guidance of their instructors. Today we celebrate the full range of such faculty contributions: journal articles, book chapters, monographs, art works, music compositions, performances in all forms, and a host of others. Funded research contributions also are included and span similarly the full range just listed above. New this year is recognition of special contributions to pedagogy using technology – the Hoadley award for innovative and cutting edge contributions in this form.

  As always, I invite each participant at today’s event to browse the contributions of your colleagues, ask questions, and celebrate the intellectual vitality of this wonderful university. We have had plenty to lament during the past year, but today is a day to recognize and appreciate the vibrancy of our university and community of scholars. This is tangible evidence of why we went into this career.

  Provost Dr. Blair Lord

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  2015 Program

  Office of Academic Affairs

  A university is more than an amalgamation of several colleges. It also is an organization which celebrates the full richness of faculty contributions including those vital and exciting contributions in research, scholarship and creative activity within their disciplines. These contributions come in many forms: journal articles, book chapters, monographs, art works, music compositions, performances of many varieties and a host of others. Funded research contributions are similarly varied. Through such activities, faculty members stay at the growing edges of their fields, and in so doing, they enrich their intellectual lives as well as those of their students.

  Once again, I invite each participant at this event today to browse the contributions of your colleagues, ask questions, and celebrate the intellectual vitality of our university community. Each year as this event grows and widens its reach and audience, it continues to inspire and impress me. I am sure it will do the same for you.

  Provost Dr. Blair Lord

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  2014 Program

  Office of Academic Affairs

  At its best, a university is a collection of individuals ‐‐ students and faculty ‐‐ focused on learning and discovering new knowledge. For this goal to be realized, a critical element is having faculty members deeply engaged in such discovery within their disciplines. Scholarship, in the form of journal articles, book chapters, monographs and similar endeavors, creative activity which can take an even wider range of forms, and funded research which explores the boundaries of disciplines all contribute to such engagement. Through such participation, faculty members stay at the growing edges of their fields, and in so doing, they enrich their intellectual lives as well as those of their students.

  Once again, I invite each participant at this event today to browse the contributions of your colleagues, ask questions, and celebrate the intellectual vitality of our university community. Each year as this event grows and widens its reach and audience, it continues to inspire and impress me. I am sure it will do the same for you.

  Provost Dr. Blair Lord

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  2013 Program

  Office of Academic Affairs

  At its best, a university is a collection of individuals ‐‐ students and faculty ‐‐ focused on learning and discovering new knowledge. For this goal to be realized, a critical element is having faculty members deeply engaged with their disciplines. Scholarship, in the form of journal articles, book chapters, monographs and similar endeavors, creative activity which can take an even wider range of forms, and funded research which explores the boundaries of their disciplines all contribute to such engagement. Through such participation, faculty members stay at the growing edges of their fields, and in so doing, they enrich their intellectual lives as well as those of their undergraduate and graduate students.

  As in previous years, I invite each participant at this event, which showcases intellectual engagement in all the forms listed above, to browse the contributions of your colleagues, ask questions, and celebrate the intellectual vitality of our university community. Each year as this event grows and widens its reach and audience, it continues to inspire me and impress me. I am sure it will do the same for you.

  Provost Dr. Blair Lord