COS Faculty and Students Recognized for Outstanding Achievements at Founders’ Day Convocation

Posted: April 9th, 2019 ˑ Filed under: Anthropology, Arboretum, Biology, Chemistry, COS News, Faculty News, Forensic Science, Global Perspectives, Lou Frey Institute, Mathematics, News, Nicholson School of Communication and Media, Physics, Planetary Sciences, Psychology, School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, Sociology Department, Statistics & Data Science, Top News, UCF Coastal, UCF News

The dedication and high quality of instruction provided daily by College of Sciences (COS) faculty was recognized recently at the 2019 Founders’ Day Convocation. COS students were also praised for their outstanding academic work.

Multiple faculty received awards for their contributions to teaching and research at UCF. They are:

College Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

Michael Callaghan
Jonathan Matusitz
Elena Flitsiyan
Drew Lanier
Alisha Janowsky

College Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Sarah Barber

College Awards for Excellence in Research

Candice Bridge

University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Faculty Academic Advising

Sarah Barber

University Award for Excellence in Professional Service

Shannon Carter

University Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students

Joshua Colwell

20-Year Service Awards

Lori Dunlop-Pyle
Tosha Dupras
Vance Geiger
Shari Hodgson
Jana Jasinski
Jonathan Knuckey
Rani Vajravelu
Karisa Workman
Yue Zhao
Leonid Chernyak

30-Year Service Awards

Terri Fine
Xin Li

50-Year Service Awards

James Brophy-Ellison
Frank Kujawa

Retired and Retiring Faculty

John Lynxwiler
David Gay
James Katt
Charles Hinkle

Emeritus and Emerita Awards

Charles (Ross) Hinkle
John Cannon

Student Awards

Founders’ Award

Adam Searles

Honors in the Major

Sarah Davenport
Bejan Ghomashi

Outstanding Master’s Thesis

Deven Gray