Awards for faculty, staff presented at special luncheon

By The Signal Last updated Sep 11, 2014 350 0

UHCL staff members were recognized for their service during the 35th Annual UHCL Faculty and Staff Awards Presentation in April. Pictured are university administrators with the award winners (l to r): Vice President for Administration and Finance Michelle Dotter; Merit Award recipient and School of Human Sciences and Humanities Senior Secretary Terri Culbert; Hugh P. Avery Prize – The President’s Distinguished Staff Service Award recipient and School of Education Director of Student Relations David Benz; Merit Award recipient and Coordinator of Work/Life Services Nichole Eslinger; Merit Award recipient and Director of Technical Services Jerry Jones; and President William Staples. Photo courtesy of Taryn Burnett: UHCL Office of Communications. — UHCL staff members were recognized for their service during the 35th Annual UHCL Faculty and Staff Awards Presentation in April. Pictured are university administrators with the award winners (l to r): Vice President for Administration and Finance Michelle Dotter; Merit Award recipient and School of Human Sciences and Humanities Senior Secretary Terri Culbert; Hugh P. Avery Prize – The President’s Distinguished Staff Service Award recipient and School of Education Director of Student Relations David Benz; Merit Award recipient and Coordinator of Work/Life Services Nichole Eslinger; Merit Award recipient and Director of Technical Services Jerry Jones; and President William Staples. *Photo by Taryn Burnett: UHCL Office of Communications.*

Five UHCL faculty members were honored with awards during the 35th Annual UHCL Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony. Pictured (l to r) are Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Carl Stockton; President’s Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, Faculty Chair and Professor of Management Information Systems Naveed Saleem; Outstanding Lecturer Award recipient and Lecturer in Business Writing Pat Cuchens; President’s Distinguished Service Award recipient and Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural Education Laurie Weaver; and President William Staples. Not pictured are President’s Distinguished Research recipient and Program Chair and Professor of Environmental Science Carl Zhang and Outstanding Adjunct Award winner and adjunct faculty member in the School of Business Paule Anne Lewis. Photo by Taryn Burnett: UHCL Office of Communications. — Five UHCL faculty members were honored with awards during the 35th Annual UHCL Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony. Pictured (l to r) are Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Carl Stockton; President’s Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, Faculty Chair and Professor of Management Information Systems Naveed Saleem; Outstanding Lecturer Award recipient and Lecturer in Business Writing Pat Cuchens; President’s Distinguished Service Award recipient and Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural Education Laurie Weaver; and President William Staples. Not pictured are President’s Distinguished Research recipient and Program Chair and Professor of Environmental Science Carl Zhang and Outstanding Adjunct Award winner and adjunct faculty member in the School of Business Paule Anne Lewis. *Photo by Taryn Burnett: UHCL Office of Communications.*

Karen Barbier
Contributing Writer
UHCL Office of Communications
Honoring the hard work of many employees, University of Houston-Clear Lake recognized the achievements of faculty and staff during the 35th Annual Faculty & Staff Awards Presentation in early April. UHCL President William Staples, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Carl Stockton and Vice President for Administration and Finance Michelle Dotter presented 128 faculty and staff with service awards.

In addition to presenting five-, 10-, 15-, 20-, 25- and 30-year service awards, Staples, with the help of Stockton and Dotter, also honored 18 faculty and staff who are retiring or have retired this year.

“The 18 faculty and staff retirees recognized represent more than 437 years of service to UH-Clear Lake,” noted Staples.

UHCL School of Education Director of Student Relations David Benz received the 2013 Hugh P. Avery Prize – The President’s Distinguished Staff Service Award. Named after a long-time UHCL employee, the award and the Staff Merit Awards are the highest honors that the university can bestow on staff employees. Recipients of the 2013 Staff Merit Awards included School of Human Sciences and Humanities Senior Secretary Terri Culbert, Coordinator of Work/Life Services Nichole Eslinger and Director of Technical Services Jerry Jones.

Staples awarded the President’s Distinguished Service Award to Professor of Bilingual and Multicultural Education Laurie Weaver, while the President’s Distinguished Research Award was presented to Professor of Environmental Science, Environmental Chemistry and Program Chair of Environmental Science Carl Zhang. Professor and Program Coordinator of Management Information Systems Naveed Saleem received the President’s Distinguished Teaching Award. The Outstanding Lecturer Award was presented by Stockton to Senior Lecturer in Writing Pat Cuchens, while the Outstanding Adjunct Award was presented to School of Business Adjunct Paule Anne Lewis.

Faculty, staff and retirees in attendance also welcomed a surprise guest when Staples introduced the UHCL costumed Hawk mascot to employees, just days after its “First Flight” on campus at the 24th annual Chili Cook-Off. The Hawk was named as the official mascot in 2012 after a five-phase mascot search process that began in 2010.

Staples concluded the program by thanking all of those in attendance for the work they do to strengthen UHCL.

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