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AASU Presents 2007 Faculty Service Awards(SAVANNAH, GA, July 2, 2007) Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) presented awards to four of its distinguished faculty members in recognition of their outstanding service to the university, the community, their disciplines, and to student life. The ceremony was held as part of AASU's Leadership Awards Ceremony. Armstrong Atlantic Vice President and Dean of Faculty Ellen V. Whitford presented the first three 2006-2007 faculty awards to the following professors: Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the University Marilyn Buck, assistant dean in the College of Health Professions, came to Armstrong State College in 1974. Since then, she has served as an instructor, department head, chair of Armstrong's self-study committee, and as a member of countless college and university committees. Buck has participated in several multidisciplinary projects, each of which has highlighted AASU's mission to improve the level of health care in Georgia. She has worked actively to reduce smoking addiction in youth and to promote cancer prevention and treatment. Every two years, she has directed the Health Careers Information Day that brought hundreds of students to the campus to obtain information about health careers and services. Buck has served 10 years on the Provident Health Services Board of Directors and has been actively involved with the United Way for more than 20 years. Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Community Patricia Coberly, an associate professor of adult education and coordinator of special and adult education, has been a member of the Armstrong Atlantic faculty since 1996. She has played multiple roles as a program director, department head, community leader, and mentor. She has served on more than 40 departmental, college, and university committees. She has played a major leadership role in providing extensive services to the St. Mary's Community Center in the Cuyler-Brownsville district of Savannah, recruiting volunteers, securing grants and donations, and working with adult education students to organize three annual community picnics. For this work, she was nominated for the United Way Volunteer of the Year. Coberly has served as an advisor to the Kenyen Jones Community Center and as a committee member of the Moses Jackson Community Center Literacy Program. In addition, she has been active with the Georgia Professional Standards Committee. She also has served on the board of directors of the Oglethorpe Charter School, Stand Out Youth, and A Working Woman in Need. She has provided extensive services to South Effingham County schools. Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Discipline Richard Wallace, a professor of chemistry, came to Armstrong State College in 1995. During the ensuing years, he has secured numerous large grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agriculture, the Dreyfus Foundation, and other sources to fund his own research and that of his students. He has served as a reviewer for numerous professional journals, as chair of the Coastal Georgia local section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and as organic program chair for the southeastern regional meeting of the ACS. Wallace has had a strong and consistent publication record. During his career, he has produced 18 manuscripts on subjects ranging from the pure physical sciences to educational methods in the discipline. Since 2005 alone, he has delivered 21 professional presentations and served as co-author on another 14 presentations given by undergraduate students. Erik Reid, president of the Student Government Association, presented the H. Dean Propst Award. H. Dean Propst Award James N. Brawner, associate professor of mathematics, has been a member of the Armstrong Atlantic faculty since 1997.Brawner has co-authored one book, written several scholarly papers, and delivered presentations and lectures at numerous professional conferences and meetings. In addition, he has reviewed 18 scholarly articles. He collaborates with teachers in Savannah to improve their professional development. As chair of the Academic Advisory Committee on Mathematical Subjects, he was instrumental in the restructuring of core curriculum area A for the University System of Georgia. Reid said, "He's an individual who sets the bar for students to reach and his colleagues to emulate. Students rave about his personal encouragement and zeal for teaching." |
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