College of Education and Behavioral Sciences News
2018 Faculty Awards Reception April 10
- Academic Affairs
- Monday, March 26th, 2018

The 2018 Faculty Awards Reception will be held at 3 p.m. April 10 at the Faculty House. WKU annually recognizes outstanding contributions by faculty members in the areas of Teaching, Research/Creativity, Public Service, Student Advisement and Part-Time Teaching. The following faculty members have been selected by each of the colleges for awards this year. They are also the finalists for the university-wide awards.
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
- Kimberlee Everson (Educational Administration, Leadership and Research) – Teaching Award
- Xiaoxia S. Huang (School of Teacher Education) – Research/Creativity Award
- Rebecca Stobaugh (School of Teacher Education) – Public Service Award
- Monica Burke (Counseling and Student Affairs) – Student Advisement Award
College of Health and Human Services
- Darbi Haynes-Lawrence (Applied Human Sciences) – Teaching Award
- Jason Crandall (School of Kinesiology, Recreation, & Sport) – Research/Creativity Award
- Brad Stinnett (School of Kinesiology, Recreation, & Sport) – Public Service Award
- Larry Owens (Social Work) – Student Advisement Award
Gordon Ford College of Business
- Stephen Locke (Economics) – Teaching Award
- Leyla Zhuhadar (Information Systems) – Research/Creativity Award
- Shane Spiller (Management) – Public Service Award
- Kirk Atkinson (Information Systems) – Student Advisement Award
Ogden College of Science and Engineering
- Reagan Brown (Psychological Sciences) – Teaching Award
- Noah Ashley (Biology) – Research/Creativity Award
- Josh Durkee (Geography & Geology) – Public Service Award
- Thomas Kingery (Agriculture) – Student Advisement Award
- Kyle Moss (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) – Part-Time Teaching Award
Potter College of Arts & Letters
- Ching-Yi Lin (Music) – Teaching Award
- Joon Sung (Art) – Research/Creativity Award
- Tim Straubel (Modern Languages) – Public Service Award
- Ke Peng (Modern Languages) – Student Advisement Award
- Jessica Furgerson (Communication) – Part-Time Teaching Award
- Leila Watkins (Honors Academy) – Teaching Award
- Cheryl Hopson (Diversity & Community Studies) – Research/Creativity Award
- Lee Emanuel (School of University Studies) – Student Advisement Award
- Carlous Yates (School of University Studies) – Part-Time Teaching Award
- Larry Sean Kinder (Library Public Services) – Research/Creativity Award
- Carol Watwood (Library Public Services) – Public Service Award
Contact: Academic Affairs, (270) 745-2296
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College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
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Bowling Green, KY 42101-1030
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