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AASU Presents 2003 Faculty Service Awards SAVANNAH,
GA––December 30, 2003—Armstrong Atlantic State University
presented awards to four of its distinguished faculty during the fall
commencement ceremony. The awards were presented to the faculty members
in recognition of their outstanding service to the university, the community,
and their disciplines. The ceremony was held in AASU's Alumni Arena. |
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The Award for
Distinguished Faculty Service to the Academic Discipline was awarded to
Will Lynch, associate professor of chemistry. A member of the Armstrong
faculty since 1993, Lynch was the co-principal investigator on three major
grants from the National Science Foundation. He also was the principal investigator
on several AASU research and scholarship grants. He has served in a variety
of leadership roles with the American Chemical Society at both the local
and national levels. He and his students have delivered more than 30 presentations
of their research at state, regional, and national meetings. |
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The recipient of the Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the University is Charles Shipley, department head of Computer Science. A member of the Armstrong faculty since 1972, Shipley helped shape the computer science department into one of the strongest programs in the nation. It is the second in the state to be accredited by the Board for Engineering and Technology. Shipley currently serves on the executive committee for the University System of Georgia's academic advisory board for the computing disciplines. For the past 10 years, Shipley has coached Armstrong's programming team in regional competitions. The teams have twice finished in the top ten. |
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The Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Community was awarded to Ross Lee Bowers III, an assistant professor of respiratory therapy and member of the Armstrong faculty since 1979. Bowers has served on the advisory board of the Georgia Lung Association's southeast branch for 15 years. Additionally, he sponsored Lungs for Life educational programs for the regional public and private schools. Bowers has served as president of the Savannah chapter of AMBUCS, an organization that advocates for the independence of disabled citizens. He is very active in AMBUCs efforts to donate rehabilitative tricycles for children with cerebral palsy and Spina Bifida. Bowers also works to protect air-quality laws at the state and national levels. |
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The recipient of the H. Dean Propst Award is Judy Awong-Taylor, an associate professor of biology. A member of the Armstrong Atlantic faculty since 1993, she has secured numerous grants to equip the laboratories and to incorporate computer software into the curriculum. Since 1995, she has directed 30 students in 15 research projects. Twenty-eight of these students have presented their research findings in presentations at regional and national scientific meetings. Awong-Taylor is a coordinator of the annual statewide biology conference and an advisor to the Biology Club. |