YSU to Honor Distinguished Professors Wednesday

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – More than 30 faculty at Youngstown State University will be honored Wednesday at the annual Faculty Recognition Awards Dinner.

Among those being honored at the dinner, which begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Chestnut room, are communications professor Daniel O’Neil with the Faculty Service Award for his 50 years of work at YSU, as well as engineering professor Hojjat Mehri and nursing professor Pamela Schuster for 35 years.

Those receiving Distinguished Professorship Awards are:

For excellence in teaching

• William R. Buckler, department of geography
• Cryshanna A. Jackson Leftwich, department of politics and international relations
• Ken Learman, department of physical therapy
• Peter Norris, department of chemistry
• Karin A. Petruska, department of accounting and finance
• Suzanne M. Smith, health professions
• J. Dana Sperry, department of art

For excellence in scholarship

• Ganesaratnum K. Balendiran, department of chemistry
• Patrick J. Bateman, department of management
• Jennifer Behney, department of foreign languages and literatures
• Dragana Crnjak, department of art
• Douglas T. Genna, department of chemistry
• Priscilla N. Gitimu, department of human ecology
• Helen (Guohong) Han-Haas, department of management
• Michael Jerryson, department of philosophy and religious studies
• Tom Oder, department of physics and astronomy

For excellence in service

• Rebecca L. Badawy, department of management
• Claudia Berlinski, department of art
• Chester R. Cooper, department of biological sciences
• Matthew J. Paylo, department of counseling, school psychology and educational leadership
• Albert J. Sumell, department of economics
• Jamal Tartir, department of mathematics and statistics
• Jeffrey L. Tyus, department of communication
• Daniel J. Van Dussen, department of sociology, anthropology and gerontology

Those receiving Part-Time Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards are:

• Larry M. Bartos, department of communication
• Thomas R. Delvaux, department of sociology, anthropology and gerontology
• Katherine Durrell, departments of physics and astronomy, and kinesiology and sport science
• Teresa Leone, department of english
• Joseph A. Nuzzi, department of criminal justice and forensic sciences
• Sherdene A. Simpson, department of counseling, school psychology and educational leadership

In addition, Patrick J. Bateman, department of management, and Ken Learman, department of physical therapy, were awarded the Distinguished Professor Designation. Other awards include the Excellence Award for department Chairman in scholarship to Joseph J. Mistovich, department of health professions; the Excellence Award for department chairwoman in teaching to Nancy Landgraff, department of physical therapy; and Watson Merit Awards to Bruce Keillor, department of marketing; and W. Gregg Sturrus, department of physics & astronomy.

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