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As an institution dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, Rowan joins with the Office of the Provost and the Lindback Foundation, funded through a gift from the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, to honor one tenured faculty member with an outstanding record of teaching and a sustained record of commitment to student learning.
This Faculty Research Achievement Award honors full-time faculty members for their outstanding achievements in research activity, either for a specific project or for a body of work accumulated over multiple years.
The Gary J. Hunter Excellence in Mentoring Award, sponsored by AFT Local 2373 and Rowan University, acknowledges those faculty, professional staff, coaches, and librarians who go to extraordinary lengths to mentor students in the spirit of Gary Hunter, a professor of history at Rowan for 29 years. Honorees demonstrate exceptional abilities in supporting, encouraging and promoting the development of students’ academic, personal and professional growth.
The Frances S. Johnson Junior Faculty Innovative Teaching Award honors the memory of the late Frances S. Johnson, a writing arts professor and former director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The award was established by Writing Arts Professor Sanford Tweedie to recognize junior faculty members who challenge their students in unique, important and interesting ways.
Joseph A. Barnes Award for Outstanding Service Joseph Barnes served the University for 23 years as a professional staff member and a tenured librarian, and he regularly taught courses in the College of Communication. The University Senate, AFT, and Campbell Library established and fund this annual award to recognize the outstanding contributions of a current member of the faculty or professional staff who has provided consistent, extraordinary, and longstanding contributions to Rowan University.
Recipient Name
Zeynep Isik-Ercan
The Engagement recipient is committed to the University’s mission and contributes to its success. The recipient’s contributions may include designing a workplace where employees feel inspired by their work, attracting talented employees, fostering collegiality, responsiveness and trust, establishing avenues and dialogue that help employees, students and alumni feel valued and appreciated, and reflecting Rowan’s pillars, vision and values through action..
Raquel Wright-Mair
The Student-Centeredness honoree is focused on students’ interests, abilities, and learning styles. The recipient promotes a culture that engenders a caring and supportive environment that helps each individual student feel valued, demonstrates commitment to a safe environment where students feel comfortable to learn and grow, and empowers students to take responsibility for their academic work, social life and career development.
Gokhan Alkanat
IThe Entrepreneurship Award honors a recipient who initiates new ideas and practices to benefit the University. The honoree collaborates to solve problems, embraces change as an opportunity for growth and innovation, is proactive in finding sustainable solutions to University challenges, demonstrates a high degree of financial responsibility, and improves work flow.
