UCF will highlight approximately 280 faculty members for academic excellence and service at Wednesday’s annual Founders’ Day Faculty Honors Celebration in the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom.
Recipients will include this year’s awardees of some of the highest honors the university bestows, including: Pegasus Professor; the Medal of Societal Impact; the Reach for the Stars Award; the Big 12 Faculty Member of the Year Award; and the Champion of Student Success and Well-Being.
Also being honored are university excellence award winners; those who recently reached milestone years of service; Faculty Senate service awardees; faculty granted emeritus or emerita status; and retired or retiring faculty members.
This year’s celebration includes recognition of Chuck Dziuban, one of the longest-serving and most trailblazing faculty members in school history. His remarkable 55-year-career includes being UCF’s inaugural Pegasus Professor and founding director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Starting this year at Founders’ Day, the Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching will be given to underscore the talented faculty behind UCF’s nationally renowned reputation as a leader in in online teaching and learning.
Here are this year’s faculty honorees.
Pegasus Professor Award
Hassan Foroosh, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Carmen Giurgescu, College of Nursing
Annette R. Khaled, College of Medicine
Matthew Marino, College of Community Innovation and Education
Reach for the Stars Award
John Bush, College of Business
Ana Carolina de Souza Feliciano, Office of Research
Shyam Kattel, College of Sciences
Kevin Moran, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Soyoung Park, College of Community Innovation and Education
Hao Zheng, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences
Medal of Societal Impact Award
Zhihua Qu, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Champion of Student Success and Well-Being Award
Suha Saleh, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Big 12 Faculty Member of the Year
Deborah Beidel, College of Sciences
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
College Awardees
Tanvir Ahmed, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Norine Blanch, College of Community Innovation and Education
Matthew Bryan, College of Arts and Humanities
Peter Delfyett, College of Optics and Photonics
Nyla Dil, College of Medicine
Katia Ferdowsi, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Murat Hancer, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Deborah Horzen, College of Arts and Humanities
Richard Jerousek, College of Sciences
Betsy Kalin, College of Sciences
Evelin Pegoraro, College of Arts and Humanities
Richard Plate, College of Community Innovation and Education
Alfons Schulte, College of Sciences
Nicholas Shrubsole, College of Arts and Humanities
Daniel Stephens, College of Community Innovation and Education
Wei Sun, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Danielle Webster, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Sara Willox, College of Business
Xiaohu Xia, College of Sciences
Widaad Zaman, College of Sciences
University Winner
Norine Blanch, College of Community Innovation and Education
Excellence in Graduate Teaching
College Awardees
Shaurya Agarwal, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Kim Anderson, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Christopher Blackwell, College of Nursing
Shannon Carter, College of Sciences
Sasan Fathpour, College of Optics and Photonics
Murat Hancer, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Dana Joseph, College of Business
Magdalena Pasarica, College of Medicine
Mel Stanfill, College of Arts and Humanities
Vassiliki Zygouris-Coe, College of Community Innovation and Education
University Winner
Christopher Blackwell, College of Nursing
Excellence in Research
College Awardees
Sarah Bush, College of Community Innovation and Education
Zixi (Jack) Cheng, College of Medicine
Enrique Del Barco, College of Sciences
Romain Gaume, College of Optics and Photonics
Nan Hua, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Kevin Mullally, College of Business
Matthew Stock, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Ladda Thiamwong, College of Nursing
Subith Vasu, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Cyrus Zargar, College of Arts and Humanities
University Winner
Enrique Del Barco, College of Sciences
Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching
Nicole Lapeyrouse, College of Sciences
Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising
Emily Proulx, College of Arts and Humanities
Excellence in Professional Service
Linda Walters, College of Sciences
Excellence in Librarianship
Katy Miller, UCF Libraries
Excellence in Instructional Design
Amy Sugar, Division of Digital Learning
University Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students
Engineering, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences
Subith Vasu, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Social Science, Humanities, Education, Business, Art and Health
David Boote, College of Community Innovation and Education
University Award for Excellence in Mentoring Postdoctoral Scholars
Kausik Mukhopadhyay, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thomas Wahl, College of Engineering and Computer Science
20 Years of Service
Haiyan Bai, College of Community Innovation and Education
Brian Barone, College of Arts and Humanities
Aman Behal, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Corinne Bishop, UCF Libraries
Joseph Brennan, College of Sciences
Mark Calabrese, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Li-Mei Chen, College of Medicine
Baiyun Chen, Division of Digital Learning
Joshua Colwell, College of Sciences
William Crampton, College of Sciences
Richard Curcio, College of Business
Donovan Dixon, College of Sciences
Martin Dupuis, Burnett Honors College
Michelle Dusseau, College of Sciences
Dorin Dutkay, College of Sciences
Kirk Gay, College of Arts and Humanities
Deborah German, College of Medicine
William Hagedorn, College of Community Innovation and Education
Joseph Harrington, College of Sciences
Fayeza Hasanat, College of Arts and Humanities
Bobby Hoffman, College of Community Innovation and Education
Elizabeth Hoffman, College of Community Innovation and Education
Alisha Janowsky, College of Sciences
Abdelkader Kara, College of Sciences
David Kwun, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Stephen Lambert, College of Medicine
Peter Larson, College of Arts and Humanities
Joseph LaViola Jr., College of Engineering and Computer Science
Edgard Maboudou, College of Sciences
Kevin Mackie, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Iryna Malendevych, College of Community Innovation and Education
Jonathan Matusitz, College of Sciences
Holly McDonald, College of Arts and Humanities
Florin Mihai, College of Arts and Humanities
Olga Molina, College of Health Professions and Sciences
George Musambira, College of Sciences
Nina Orlovskaya, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Talat Rahman, College of Sciences
25 Years of Service
Laura Albers-Biddle, College of Community Innovation and Education
Steven Berman, College of Sciences
Tarek Buhagiar, College of Business
Melissa Dagley, College of Sciences
Sabatino DiBernardo, College of Arts and Humanities
Mark Dickie, College of Business
Ivan Garibay, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Anthony Grajeda, College of Arts and Humanities
Bari Hoffman, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Steven Hornik, College of Business
Anna Jones, College of Arts and Humanities
Mikhail Klimov, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Stefanie Mayfield Garcia, College of Business
Rudy McDaniel, College of Arts and Humanities
Rachel Mulvihill, UCF Libraries
Christopher Niess, College of Arts and Humanities
Eugene Paoline, College of Community Innovation and Education
Sumanta Pattanaik, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Tison Pugh, College of Arts and Humanities
Walter Sotero, College of Sciences
Suren Tatulian, College of Sciences
Nizam Uddin, College of Sciences
Lei Wei, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Graham Worthy, College of Sciences
Shin-Tson Wu, College of Optics and Photonics
30 Years of Service
Charlie Abraham, College of Arts and Humanities
Helen Becker, College of Business
James Campbell, College of Arts and Humanities
Karl X. Chai, College of Medicine
Ratna Chakrabarti, College of Medicine
Jill Fjelstul, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Barbara Fritzsche, College of Sciences
Nora Lee García, College of Arts and Humanities
Linwood Jones, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Alexander Katsevich, College of Sciences
Kuotsai Tom Liou, College of Community Innovation and Education
Lisa Logan, College of Arts and Humanities
Humberto López Cruz, College of Arts and Humanities
Eric Martin, Office of Research
Kevin Meehan, College of Arts and Humanities
Charles H. Reilly, Office of the Provost
Timothy Rotarius, College of Community Innovation and Education
Peter Spyers-Duran, UCF Libraries
Alexander Tovbis, College of Sciences
Laurence von Kalm, College of Sciences
Linda Walters, College of Sciences
Bruce Wilson, College of Sciences
Hong Zhang, College of Arts and Humanities
Ying Zhang, UCF Libraries
35 Years of Service
Issa Batarseh, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Alain Kassab, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Robert Peale, College of Sciences
Chung-Ching Wang, College of Sciences
40 Years of Service
Ahmad Elshennawy, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Michael Georgiopoulos, College of Engineering and Computer Science
David Hagan, College of Optics and Photonics
Anna Lillios, College of Arts and Humanities
Mubarak Shah, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Kalpathy Sundaram, College of Engineering and Computer Science
45 Years of Service
Robert Rivers, College of Arts and Humanities
55 Years of Service
Chuck Dziuban, Division of Digital Learning
Faculty Emeritus and Emerita
Lynn Casmier-Paz, College of Arts and Humanities
James Clark, College of Arts and Humanities
Teresa Dorman, College of Sciences
Chuck Dziuban, Division of Digital Learning
Amy Giroux, College of Arts and Humanities
Glenda Gunter, College of Community Innovation and Education
Michael Hampton, College of Sciences
Richard Hofler, College of Business
Robin Kohn, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Piotr Mikusinski, College of Sciences
Ram Mohapatra, College of Sciences
Donna Neff, College of Nursing
Alice Noblin, College of Community Innovation and Education
Robert Peale, College of Sciences
Trey Philpotts, College of Arts and Humanities
Robin Roberts, College of Business
Sherron Killingsworth Roberts, College of Community Innovation and Education
Lisa Roney, College of Arts and Humanities
Sybil St. Claire, College of Arts and Humanities
Terry Ann Thaxton, College of Arts and Humanities
Deborah Weaver, College of Arts and Humanities
Retired Faculty
Ahlam Al-Rawi, College of Sciences
Donna Breit, College of Nursing
Martha Brenckle, College of Arts and Humanities
Chinyen Chuo, Student Success and Well-Being
Therese Coleman, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Robertico Croes, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Juli Dixon, College of Community Innovation and Education
Teresa Dorman, College of Sciences
Chuck Dziuban, Division of Digital Learning
Philip Fairey, Office of Research
John Fauth, College of Sciences
Amy Giroux, College of Arts and Humanities
Glenda Gunter, College of Community Innovation and Education
Michael Hampton, College of Sciences
Roger Handberg, College of Sciences
C. Keith Harrison, College of Business
Randall Hewitt, College of Community Innovation and Education
Rebecca Hines, College of Community Innovation and Education
Richard Hofler, College of Business
Charlie Hughes, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Alvaro Islas, College of Sciences
Mourad Ismail, College of Sciences
David Jenkins, College of Sciences
Michael Johnson, Office of the Provost
Dayle Jones, College of Community Innovation and Education
Denise Kay, College of Medicine
Gary Leavens, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Mary Little, College of Community Innovation and Education
Humberto López Cruz, College of Arts and Humanities
Michael Macedonia, Office of Research
Wasfy Mikhael, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Piotr Mikusinski, College of Sciences
Roslyn Miller, Division of Digital Learning
Ram Mohapatra, College of Sciences
Vicki Montoya, College of Nursing
Brian Moore, College of Sciences
Donna Felber Neff, College of Nursing
Alice Noblin, College of Community Innovation and Education
Peggy Nuhn, UCF Libraries
Joyce Nutta, College of Community Innovation and Education
Jeffrey O’Brien, College of Business
Bendegul Okumus, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Fevzi Okumus, Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Robert Peale, College of Sciences
Trey Philpotts, College of Arts and Humanities
Brian Plamondon, Office of Research
Michael Proctor, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Enrique Puig, College of Community Innovation and Education
Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, College of Sciences
Mark Rapport, College of Sciences
Sherron Roberts, College of Community Innovation and Education
Kelly Schaffer, College of Community Innovation and Education
Elzbieta Sikorska, College of Sciences
Jo Smith, Division of Digital Learning
Sybil St. Claire, College of Arts and Humanities
Mark Steiner, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Raymond Surette, College of Community Innovation and Education
Terry Ann Thaxton, College of Arts and Humanities
Patti Thielemann, College of Nursing
Cheryl Van De Mark, College of Community Innovation and Education
Martine Vanryckeghem, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Jane Vaughan, College of Arts and Humanities
Scott Warfield, College of Arts and Humanities
Debbie Weaver, College of Arts and Humanities
Philip Wessel, College of Community Innovation and Education
James Whitworth, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Boguslawa Anna Wolford, College of Community Innovation and Education
Laine Wyatt, College of Arts and Humanities
Cherie Yestrebsky, College of Sciences
Martin Klapheke, College of Medicine
Stephen Lambert, College of Medicine
Olga Molina, College of Health Professions and Sciences
Euripides Montagne, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Darlin’ Neal, College of Arts and Humanities
Michael Pape, College of Business
Tison Pugh, College of Arts and Humanities
David Young, College of Sciences