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FAU Hosts 41st Annual Honors Convocation
BOCA RATON, FL (April 14, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University Interim President John F. Pritchett and Interim Provost Diane E. Alperin will host the University’s 41 st annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 14 at 4 p.m. at the University Theater, in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.
The annual ceremony recognizes the university’s most outstanding students and faculty. (A full list of honorees is attached.) Students to be honored include eight university scholars; a distinguished student; the Phi Kappa Phi scholars; the Stan and Renee Wimberly Scholar; the Student Academic Athletes of the Year; and the Outstanding Student Affairs Greek Academics of the Year.
The volunteer service award, named the FAU Board of Trustees Service Award, will be awarded to an individual who has a record of rendering volunteer service to the university.
Faculty honors include the presentation of the FAU National Alumni Association’s Degree of Difference Award, University Researchers of the Year awards, University Teaching and Advising awards, and the Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, which is determined by FAU students. The recipient of this year’s award, Dr. Sameer Hinduja of the College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs, will present the keynote address.
“Honors Convocation is a long-standing tradition at FAU,” said Pritchett. “This gives the university a chance to recognize our outstanding faculty, students and others who have contributed to our success.”
2010 Florida Atlantic University Honors Convocation Awardees
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS
College of Architecture, Urban and Public
Affairs-
Tung Chui
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters-
Ashley Charles
College of Business-
Andrea Reino
College of Education-
Nicole Rickard
College of Engineering and Computer Science-
Lea Miller
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors
College-
Ryan Grubich
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing-
Maria Espinel
Charles E. Schmidt College of
Science-
Aruna Khan
DISTINGUISHED STUDENT AWARD
College of Business-
Rodrigo Diaz
PHI KAPPA PHI SCHOLAR
Charles E. Schmidt College of
Science-
Yandi Lu
STUDENT ACADEMIC ATHLETES OF THE
YEAR
Softball-
Blair Bodenmiller
Football-
Alfred Morris
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AFFAIRS GREEK ACADEMICS OF THE
YEAR
Theta Phi
Alpha-
Amy Cartwright
Delta Tau
Delta-
Gary Richardson
THE STAN AND RENEE WIMBERLY SCHOLAR
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors
College-
Valerie Cannon
ALUMNI “DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE” AWARD
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters-
Barclay Barrios
FAU BOARD OF TRUSTEES SERVICE AWARD
Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical
Science-
Ira Gelb
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Sponsored/Project–Oriented Category
Robert Stackman-
Associate Professor of the Year, Charles E. Schmidt College
of Science
Francisco Presuel-Moreno-
Assistant Professor of the Year, College of Engineering and
Computer Science
Stephen
Kajiura-
Assistant Professor of the Year, Charles E. Schmidt
College of Science
Creative and Scholarly Category
Mark Rose-
Professor of the Year, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts
and Letters
Diane Green-
Associate Professor of the Year, College of Architecture,
Urban and Public Affairs
Raphael
Dalleo-
Assistant Professor of the Year, Dorothy F. Schmidt
College of Arts and Letters
UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND ADVISING AWARDS
Undergraduate Teaching Awards
College of Architecture, Urban & Public
Affairs-
Sameer Hinduja
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and
Letters-
Douglas McGetchin
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and
Letters-
Jeffrey Morton
College of Engineering & Computer
Science-
Chaouki Ghenai
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors
College-
Keith
Jakee
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors
College-
Julie Earles
Christine E. Lynn College of
Nursing-
Cynthia Blum
Undergraduate Advising Awards
College of Engineering & Computer
Science-
Maria Larrondo Petrie
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors
College-
Timothy Steigenga
Christine E. Lynn College of
Nursing-
Mary
Curran
THE DISTINGUISHED TEACHER OF THE YEAR
College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs-
Sameer Hinduja
Dr. Sameer Hinduja
Dr. Sameer Hinduja is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, located in Florida Atlantic University’s Collge of Archicture, Urban and Public Affairs, and co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center. He is a member of the research advisory board for Harvard University's Internet Safety Task Force, and works nationally and internationally with schools, law enforcement, businesses, parents, and adolescents to reduce online victimization and its real-world consequences. Hinduja’s most recent book is titled “Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying” with Sage Publications (Corwin Press).
Hinduja's interdisciplinary research is widely published in a number of peer-reviewed academic journals, including Journal of Adolescence, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice; Journal of School Violence, Ethics and Information Technology; CyberPsychology and Behavior; and Security Journal, and has been featured in hundreds of print and online articles around the world, as well as on radio and TV.
Hinduja
received his Ph.D. and M.S. in criminal justice from Michigan State
University and his B.S. in criminal justice from the University of
Central Florida Honors College. He has been with FAU since 2004 and
has also won the Researcher of the Year award in 2008.
For more information on the Honors Convocation, call 561-297-0884.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the
fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves
more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven
campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching
university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges:
College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs,
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E.
Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business,
the College of Education, the College of Engineering
& Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the
Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and
the
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information,
visit
www.fau.edu.
