FULL STORY:

UW Business School recognizes top faculty and staff

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: June 14, 2007

As another class of UW Business School graduates received their degrees last week, the School also handed out its annual awards honoring exemplary faculty and staff achievement for academic year 2006-07:

The PACCAR Award for Excellence in Teaching went to Mark Hillier.

The William A. & Helen I. Fowler Endowment for Special Achievement, recognizing outstanding achievement by a member of faculty, staff or the student body, went to Shiva Rajgopal.

The Dan Siegel Award for Service went to Jennifer Koski.

The Andrew V. Smith Faculty Development Award, recognizing significant and meritorious service to the Business School, went to Pete Dukes and Gary Sundem.

The Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award, honoring a professor who exhibits wisdom, constructive criticism, high standards and personal integrity, went to Jennifer Koski.

The Faculty Research Award went to Frank Hodge and Yong-Pin Zhou.

The Junior Faculty Research Award went to Scott Reynolds.

The Wells Fargo Faculty Award for undergraduate teaching went to Leta Beard.

Faculty Case Awards:

Bob Bowen and Jane Kennedy (“Exxon Mobile Corporation: the Politics of Profit”)
Dick Nolan and Subodha Kumar (“Information Technology Based Innovation at Alaska Airlines”)
Vandra Huber (“Costco Pharmacy Services: Case of the Missing Drugs”)

Graduate Programs Professors of the Year (chosen by students):

MBA Core Professor of the Year: Jennifer Koski
MBA Elective Professor of the Year: Mark Hillier
Evening MBA Professor of the Year (Class of 2007): Lance Young
Evening MBA Professor of the Year (Class of 2008): Ed Rice
Evening MBA Professor of the Year (Class of 2009): Ed Rice
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (Regional): Bob Bowen and Charles Hill
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award (North America): Bob Bowen and Karma Hadjimichalakis
Global EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award: Pat Bettin and Debra Glassman
The Management Program Excellence in Teaching Award: Pat Bettin
TMMBA Excellence in Teaching Award: Dan Turner, Charles Hill and Pat Bettin
PhD Outstanding Mentor Award: Terry Shevlin and Yong Tan

Undergraduate Program Instructors of the Year (chosen by students):

Marketing & International Business: Jack Rhodes
Finance & Business Economics: William Bradford
Information Systems & Operations Management: Izic Chon
Human Resources Management/Leadership: David Buckner
Accounting: Frank Hodge

New Faculty Appointments & Promotions

Pete Dukes – stepping down as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs (1999-2007)
Gary Sundem –stepping down as Associate Dean for Masters Programs (2005-2007)

Steve Sefcik - –promoted to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Dan Turner –- promoted to Associate Dean for Masters Programs

Frank Hodge –- promoted to full Professor (with tenure), Accounting
Yong-Pin Zhou –- promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure), Information Systems & Operations Management

Jarrad Harford –- Marion Ingersoll Professorship
Alan Hess –- Robert L. Stephenson Term Professorship
Douglas MacLachlan –- Marion Ingersoll Professorship
Dawn Matsumoto –- Emmett Harrington Professorship
Jefferson Duarte –- Evert McCabe Fellowship
Larry Schall –- Evert McCabe Fellowship
Ann Schlosser –- Evert McCabe Fellowship
Yong Tan –- Evert McCabe Fellowship
Ronnie Sadka –- Evert McCabe Fellowship
Corey Phelps –- Neal and Jan Dempsey Fellowship

Staff Recognition

Undergraduate Staff Member of the Year: Jennifer Kitchen

Staff Excellence Awards: Bronica Sam, Andy Keehn, Undergraduate Program Office (Pam McGrath, Gary Miller, Elaine Solomon, Jai Anana Elliot, Nancy Clarke, Karen Wagner, Deanna Fryle, Jacque Hoekstra, Adam Shinn, Jennifer Kitchen, Dorothy McKee, Cody Tuthill, Sharmon Kollet, Robin Boddie).