Faculty Senate Awards 2020-2021
SENATE RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING PARTNERS 2020
Throughout the Spring 2021 semester, the º£½ÇÉçÇøFaculty Senate awarded four outstanding community and business partners in the Mobile area who enhance the university’s mission of teaching, research and service.
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Lori Wichman, DNP, Manager of Clinical Education at Baptist Healthcare in Pensacola, FL, received the Outstanding Research Partner Award for her support of USA’s research mission. She has helped obtain critical data for º£½ÇÉçÇøFaculty members pertaining to burnout during COVID and organizational work-life factors. Dr. David Turnipseed nominated Wichman for the award.
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Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) and Superintendent, Chresal Threadgill received the Outstanding Teaching Partner Award. MCPSS and º£½ÇÉçÇøhave partnered together through a Federal grant to create PASSAGE USA, a transition initiative to help students with intellectual disabilities, their parents, and their teachers learn about new post-secondary education opportunities at USA. Dr. Delwar Hossain nominated MCPSS for the award.
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The City of Mobile and Mayor Sandy Stimpson received the Outstanding Community Partner Award. Mayor Stimpson’s leadership in conjunction with º£½ÇÉçÇøHealth to manage pandemic issues and mitigate COVID impact on our community was integral in keeping the citizens of Mobile healthy during the pandemic. Dr. Robert Ross nominated Mayor Stimpson for the award.
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FeAunté Preyear, Title IX Investigator at USA, received the Semoon and Youngshin Chang Award for Humanitarian Services. Ms. Preyear has served victims of sexual assault on the campus of º£½ÇÉçÇøfor years and until recently her work was done on a purely voluntary basis. She has served as chair of the Violence Prevention Alliance and has helped implement Girls’ Night Out and Bro Code here at USA. Her work as a victim advocate is emotionally difficulty work, but it is critically important for the recovery and well-being of sexual assault victims. Dr. Sarah Koon-Magnin nominated Preyear for this award.
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Left to Right: Dr. David Turnipseed, º£½ÇÉçÇøMitchell College of Business; Dr. Lori Wichman, Baptist Health Care of Pensacola; Dr. Elizabeth VandeWaa, º£½ÇÉçÇøCollege of Nursing. The Research Community Parner Award is for providing direct support to the research mission of º£½ÇÉçÇøfaculty through financial, in-kind, personnel, expertise, office space, consulting, or other means. |
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Left to Right: Dr. John Cleary, º£½ÇÉçÇøFaculty Senate President; Chresal Threadgill, Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) Superintendent; Dr. Delwar Hossain, º£½ÇÉçÇøDepartment of Communication. The Education Community Partner Award is for providing direct support to the teaching mission of º£½ÇÉçÇøfaculty, broadly defined, by providing a setting and/or skilled supervision for º£½ÇÉçÇøstudents. This partner enhances the educational mission of the º£½ÇÉçÇøfaculty by providing internship/externship/field placement to º£½ÇÉçÇøstudents. |
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Left to Right: James Barber, Chief of Staff City of Mobile; Dr. Robert Ross, º£½ÇÉçÇøHealth; Sandy Simpson, Mayor City of Mobile; Beth Rugan Shepard, º£½ÇÉçÇøFaculty Senate Vice President; and Dr. Jason Rinehart, º£½ÇÉçÇøDepartment of Music. The Outstanding Community Partner Award is for an organization/agency that works with º£½ÇÉçÇøfaculty to address needs of the greater Mobile community through collaborative research and/or service delivery. |
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Left to Right: Dr. Jason Rinehart, º£½ÇÉçÇøDepartment of Music and FeAunté Preyear, º£½ÇÉçÇøTitle IX Investigator. |