Jack Wessel Excellence Awards
Thanks to the generosity of a friend of the university, Mr. Jack Wessel, the Provost's Office is pleased to announce the availabiity of the Jack Wessel Excellence Awards. The awards were focused on junior faculty and recognized excellence in research. Each award is a one-time allocation of $5,000 in support of research that can be used to fund travel, equipment, books, graduate students, and other research-related expenses.
The 2009 Jack Wessel Excellence Award winners are:
- Cory Armstrong, Journalism and Communications
- Gail Fanucci, Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Steven George, Public Health and Health Professions
- Mitchell D. Knutson, IFAS
- Hordur G. Kristinsson, IFAS
- Guolong Lai, Fine Arts
- Hendrik Luesch, Pharmacy
- Elizabeth Rowe, Law
- Jennifer Tucker, Warrington College of Business Administration
- Keith Willmott, Florda Museum of Natural History
- Liuqing Yang, Engineering
| Name | College | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Robert D. Holt | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Professor and Arthur R. Marshall, Jr. Chair in Ecology |
| Marjorie Hoy | IFAS | Eminent Scholar and Davies, Fischer and Eckes Professor of Biological Control Department of Entomology and Nematology |
| Bill Link | Liberal Arts and Sciences | Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History |
| David Sappington | Warrington College of Business Administration | Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar Chair of Business Administration |
| John Wingard | Medicine | Professor and Price Chair of Medicine |
