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Faculty Senate Awards 2020-2021

SENATE RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING PARTNERS 2020

Throughout the Spring 2021 semester, the ÓûÂþɬ Faculty Senate awarded four outstanding community and business partners in the Mobile area who enhance the university’s mission of teaching, research and service.

• Lori Wichman, DNP, Manager of Clinical Education at Baptist Healthcare in Pensacola, FL, received the Outstanding Research Partner Award for her support of ÓûÂþɬ’s research mission.  She has helped obtain critical data for ÓûÂþɬ Faculty members pertaining to burnout during COVID and organizational work-life factors.  Dr. David Turnipseed nominated Wichman for the award. 

• Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) and Superintendent, Chresal Threadgill received the Outstanding Teaching Partner Award.  MCPSS and ÓûÂþɬ have partnered together through a Federal grant to create PASSAGE ÓûÂþɬ, a transition initiative to help students with intellectual disabilities, their parents, and their teachers learn about new post-secondary education opportunities at ÓûÂþɬ. Dr. Delwar Hossain nominated MCPSS for the award. 

• The City of Mobile and Mayor Sandy Stimpson received the Outstanding Community Partner Award.  Mayor Stimpson’s leadership in conjunction with ÓûÂþɬ Health 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.

• FeAunté Preyear, Title IX Investigator at ÓûÂþɬ, received the Semoon and Youngshin Chang Award for Humanitarian Services.  Ms. Preyear has served victims of sexual assault on the campus of ÓûÂþɬ for 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 ÓûÂþɬ. 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.  

â–¼   Research Community Partner

Left to Right: Dr. David Turnipseed, ÓûÂþɬ Mitchell College of Business; Dr. Lori Wichman, Baptist Health Care of Pensacola; Dr. Elizabeth VandeWaa, ÓûÂþɬ College of Nursing. The Research Community Parner Award is for providing direct support to the research mission of ÓûÂþɬ faculty through financial, in-kind, personnel, expertise, office space, consulting, or other means.

â–¼   Education Community Partner

Left to Right: Dr. John Cleary, ÓûÂþɬ Faculty Senate President; Chresal Threadgill, Mobile County Public School System (MCPSS) Superintendent; Dr. Delwar Hossain, ÓûÂþɬ Department of Communication. The Education Community Partner Award is for providing direct support to the teaching mission of ÓûÂþɬ faculty, broadly defined, by providing a setting and/or skilled supervision for ÓûÂþɬ students. This partner enhances the educational mission of the ÓûÂþɬ faculty by providing internship/externship/field placement to ÓûÂþɬ students.

 

â–¼   Outstanding Community Partner Award

 

Left to Right: James Barber, Chief of Staff City of Mobile; Dr. Robert Ross, ÓûÂþɬ Health; Sandy Simpson, Mayor City of Mobile; Beth Rugan Shepard, ÓûÂþɬ Faculty Senate Vice President; and Dr. Jason Rinehart, ÓûÂþɬ Department of Music. The Outstanding Community Partner Award is for an organization/agency that works with ÓûÂþɬ faculty to address needs of the greater Mobile community through collaborative research and/or service delivery.

 

â–¼   Semoon & Youngshin Chang Award

Left to Right: Dr. Jason Rinehart, ÓûÂþɬ Department of Music and FeAunté Preyear, ÓûÂþɬ Title IX Investigator.