Faculty and Staff Awards

UC Blue Ash College has a strong tradition of recognizing and celebrating faculty excellence. Both full-time and adjunct faculty are recognized for their contributions to student success and over the years new award categories have been added to applaud faculty for their pedagogical innovation, exemplary scholarship and outstanding service. Every year in spring, awardees are honored at the College Distinguished Awards ceremony.

The UC Blue Ash College Teaching Awards honor faculty, both full-time and part-time, who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the College through teaching. Please consider nominating a colleague this year. The criteria for the award are summarized below.

Award Criteria. The award is based on:

• Post-tenure contributions to student learning, care and engagement of students, and service related to perpetuating good teaching
• Candidates will be tenured faculty members

Award Criteria. The award is based on:

• Implementing innovative techniques that positively affect student learning
• Contributing to the scholarship of teaching and learning
• Candidates can be any full-time faculty member, having taught at UCBA for at least two years

Award Criteria. The award is based on:

• Exemplary contributions to the classroom, effective techniques that improve student learning, and engagement in the college and/or their discipline

The UC Blue Ash College Outstanding Faculty Service Awards honors faculty who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the College through service. Please consider nominating a colleague this year. The criteria for the award are summarized below.

Award Criteria. The award is based on:

• Contributions to service that have a significant positive effect on the college and are professionally relevant to the college and/or community. Faculty who contribute their professional talents and expertise to support the college's mission of serving the community and developing active partnerships with community groups should be recognized. Service on department and college committees that improve the internal functioning of the college should also be acknowledged.
• Substantial evidence of a commitment to service as opposed to a onetime event as well as recent and/or current involvement in service activities.
• Candidates can be any full-time faculty member, having taught at UCBA for at least two years.

The UC Blue Ash College Exemplary Scholarship Award honors faculty who have demonstrated via discipline specific research, creative works, and/or the scholarship of teaching and learning. Please consider nominating a colleague this year. The criteria for the award are summarized below. Full details, including the procedure for nomination and submission process, can be found in the 2015-16 Faculty Handbook (on page 55). Nominations are due to the Dean’s office by October 15, 2015. Each award winner will receive $1500, a plaque, and recognition at the College Distinguished Awards Ceremony.

Award Criteria. The award is based on:

• Conducting significant scholarly and/or creative work that informs a specific discipline or the scholarship of teaching and learning.
• Contributing to the public discourse through publication and/or presentation.
• Candidates can be any full-time faculty member, having taught at UCBA for at least two years.

• Faculty Awards:
  • Jennifer Ellis DNP – Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence
  • Mark Tran PhD – Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence
  • Jen Carter PhD – Outstanding Faculty Service Award
  • Ruth Benander PhD – Outstanding Faculty Service Award
  • John McNay PhD – Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award
  • Jen Carter PhD – Inclusive Excellence Award
• Staff Awards:
  • Lacey McCarthy – Distinguished Service Award
  • Robert Runion – Rising Star Award
  • Ranjiv Subramaniam – Student-Centered Service Award

• Faculty Award Winners:
  • J.A. Carter – Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence 
    Heather Vilvens – Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence
  • Jacquelyn Gibbs – Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award
  • Michele Kegley – Outstanding Faculty Service Award
  • Eric Anderson – Innovative Teaching Award
  • Earl Sod – Honored Adjunct Award
  • Lori Wortylko – Inclusive Excellence Award
• Staff Award Winners:
  • Sarah Charles – Distinguished Service Award
  • Jennifer Clements – Student-Centered Service Award
  • Molly Scruta – Rising Star Award
• Alumni Award Winners:
  • Anita A. Ingram – Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Ryan Thomas – Young Alumnus Outstanding Achievement Award

• Faculty Awards
  • Distinguished Teaching: Natalia Darling
  • Faculty Excellence: Elizabeth McClure, Charlotte Skinner
  • Faculty Exemplary Scholarship: Wendy Calaway, J.D.
  • Honored Adjunct: Maureen McDaniel
  • Innovative Teaching: Brian Hunter
  • Outstanding Faculty Service: Mary Kaye Scaramucci

• Staff Awards
  • Distinguished Service: Lou Olenick
  • Rising Star: Josh Monson
  • Student-Centered Service: Amber Hunter

• Distinguished Teaching Award: Brenda Refaei
• Faculty Excellence Award: Julie Gill
• Faculty Excellence Award: Pam Rankey
• Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award: Helene Harte
• Innovative Teaching Award: Angela Miller-Hargis
• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: Angie Woods
• Honored Adjunct Award: Julie Turner

• Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award: Rob Gioielli, PhD
• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: Sarah Cummins-Sebree, PhD
• Distinguished Teaching Award: Ruth Benander, PhD
• Innovative Teaching Award: Maria Ortiz, PhD
• Honored Adjunct Award: Adam Burkey, PhD
• Award for Faculty Excellence: Jennifer Wells, DVM
• Award for Faculty Excellence: Janice Denton, PhD
• Excellence Award, Faculty-to-Faculty Research Mentoring: Keen Wilson, PhD

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: Amy Gultice
• Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award: Timothy Forest
• Innovative Teaching Award: Bradford Mallory
• Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence: Heather Maloney

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: Debra Frame
• Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award: Cyndee Stegeman
• Innovative Teaching Award: Sarah-Cummins Sebree

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: John McNay
• Faculty Exemplary Scholarship Award: Tracy Herrmann
• Innovative Teaching Award: Rita Kumar
• Distinguished Teaching Award: Diana Beckett
• Honored Adjunct Teaching Award: Laurie Bailar

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: Debbie Page
• Exemplary Scholarship Award: Cenalo Vaz
• Innovative Teaching Award: Sonja Andrus, Ruth Benander, Bob Murdock, Kevin Oberlin, Brenda Refaei
• Distinguished Teaching Award: Rhonda Pettit
• Honored Adjunct Teaching Award: Daphne Percy

• Outstanding Faculty Service Award: Rita Taylor
• Innovative Teaching Award: Jody Ballah

• Distinguished Teaching Award: Robin Lightner

• Distinguished Teaching Award: Maria Damen

• Distinguished Teaching Award: Ross Wright, Esq.

• Distinguished Teaching Award: Dave Bauman, DVM

• Distinguished Teaching Award: James Cebula

• Distinguished Teaching Award (Full Time): Mary Jane Bradley
• Distinguished Teaching Award (Part Time): Krista Maria Hodges

• Learning & Teaching Center

Brenda Refaei
Co-Director, UCBA L+TC
513-936-7164
refaeibg@uc.edu

María Ortiz
Co-Director, UCBA L+TC
513-558-7909
maria.ortiz@uc.edu