Faculty honored at All University Honors Convocation April 26

Outstanding students and faculty will be recognized at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual All University Honors Convocation April 26.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside over the event that begins at 2 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. The convocation is free and open to the public and no tickets are required.

Among the students to be recognized include 23 Chancellor's Scholars who will receive their degrees in May and August who have maintained 4.0 GPA on all collegiate work.

The following faculty will receive Distinguished Teaching awards from their colleges:

* Scott L. Anderson, Associate Professor, School of Music, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts

* Shannon L. Bartelt-Hunt, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering

* James R. Brandle, Professor, School of Natural Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

* Martin Despang, Associate Professor, Architecture, College of Architecture

* Carol Easley, Senior Lecturer, Textiles, Clothing and Design; College of Education and Human Sciences

* Mikil Foss, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

* Mustafa Gursoy, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering

* Karen Hux, Associate Professor, Special Education and Communications Disorders, College of Education and Human Sciences

* Srikanth B. Iyengar, Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

* Jason A. Kautz, Associate Professor of Practice and General Chemistry Coordinator, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

* Jody Koenig Kellas, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

* Deborah W. Minter, Associate Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences

* Michelle L. Rupiper, Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of Child Development Laboratory; Child, Youth and Family Studies; College of Education and Human Sciences

* Ravipreet S. Sohi, Professor, Marketing, College of Business Administration

* Simon A. Wood, Assistant Professor, Classics and Religious Studies; College of Arts and Sciences

Other faculty to be honored and their awards:

* Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professorship; Biological Systems Engineering; College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

* Andrew K. Benson, W.W. Marshall Family University Professorship in Biotechnology, Professor, Food Science and Technology, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

* Patrick Dussault, Charles Bessey Professor, Professor, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

* Karen J. Fulton, Student Foundation/Builders Award for Outstanding Advising; Administrative Coordinator; School of Criminology and Criminal Justice; College of Public Affairs and Community Services, University of Nebraska at Omaha (Lincoln Campus)

* Melissa J. Homestead, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professorship; English and Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

* Michael F. James, University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, Ardis James Professor and Department Chair; Textiles, Clothing and Design, College of Education and Human Sciences

* Calvin P. Garbin, University of Nebraska Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

* Marilyn Grady, Donald R. and Mary Lee Swanson Award for Teaching Excellence, Professor, Educational Administration, College of Education and Human Sciences

* Donald Lee, University of Nebraska Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, Professor, Agronomy and Horticulture; College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

* James Lewis, George Howard-Louise Pound Award and Aaron Douglas Professor, Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences

* Deborah W. Minter, Annis Chaikin Sorensen Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities, Associate Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences

* Marie S. Mitchell, Harold and Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award; Assistant Professor, Management; College of Business Administration

* Helen A. Moore, Aaron Douglas Professor and Professor; Sociology and Women' Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

* Charles Riedesel, James V. Griesen Award for Exemplary Service to Students, Assistant Professor of Practice, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences

* Sharon O. Skipton, Distinguished Educational Service Award; Extension Educator, Southeast Research and Extension Center; UNL Extension

* Evgeny Tsymbal, Charles Bessey Professor and Professor, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

* Donald P. Weeks, University of Nebraska Innovation, Development and Engagement Award; Maxcy Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biochemistry; College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

* Sidnie White Crawford, Willa Cather Professor, Professor and Chair, Classics and Religious Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

This year's awards include two new professorships, the Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professorship, and the Aaron Douglas or John E. Weaver Professorship for Teaching Excellence.

The Rosowski professorship recognizes faculty at the associate professor level who have achieved distinguished records of scholarship or creative activity and who show exceptional promise for future excellence. The professorship is named for the long-time professor of English at UNL who died of cancer in 2004.

The Douglas or Weaver professorship is awarded to faculty holding the full professor rank who demonstrate sustained and extraordinary levels of teaching excellence and national visibility for instructional activities and/or practice. Honored faculty choose their designation and either Douglas or Weaver professors.

Douglas (1899-1979) was the first African American to earn a degree in art from NU and is considered a pre-eminent artist of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Weaver (1884-1956) was a leading expert on grasses, both as natural populations and as crops. He was an NU faculty member from 1915 to 1952.