Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award
The Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship recognizes outstanding graduate level teaching at North Carolina State University. The award is for one year at $4,000.
All members of the graduate faculty are eligible for nomination. Nominations are submitted through the College, and interdisciplinary nominations are submitted through Dr. Duane Larick, Sr. Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives. The Dean of each college will appoint a screening committee to select up to two nominees for submission to the Graduate Professorship Selection Committee.
The Selection Committee, consisting of the Acting Dean of the Graduate School, President of the University Graduate Student Association, last year's award recipients and one member of the Graduate Administrative Board, will recommend award recipients to the NCSU Alumni Association.
Nominations should contain the following:
- Letter of recommendation supporting the College selection (maximum of 3 pages)
- Current vita
- Letters of reference (may be from colleagues, former students, current students) (maximum of 5 letters)
And may include:
- Significant scholarly contributions in the area of graduate teaching effort (books, articles, works co-authored with students) (maximum of 5)
- Direct evidence of significant contributions of nominee's students
(maximum of 5 pages) - Curricular contributions (development of courses and curricula, courses taught, significant participation in courses at other universities, significant contributions to interdisciplinary efforts, etc.) (maximum of 5 pages)
Nominations for these awards must be endorsed and submitted electronically in PDF format by the College Dean/ Associate Dean to: Acting Dean of the Graduate School, Chair of the Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Committee, (rcrufty@ncsu.edu). For units that do not report to a College/School Dean, your nominations may be directly submitted to Dr. Duane Larick, Sr. Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives in the Provost's Office, on or before Thursday, February 26, 2014. Our office will establish a committee that will select no more than three nominees to be considered along with nominees from the colleges.
The deadline for sending College nominations to the Graduate Dean is Friday, February 28, 2014.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE PROFESSORSHIPS ARE PROFESSORS:
| Name | School and Department |
| Richard D. Gilbert (1983) | Textiles - Textile Chemistry |
| William A. Jackson (1984) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Soil Science |
| John B. O'Neal, Jr. (1985) | Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Bibhuti B. Bhattacharyya (1986) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Statistics |
| Ernest Hodgson (1987) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Toxicology |
| Josef S. Gratzl (1988) | Forest Resources - Wood and Paper Sciences |
| Mehmet N. Ozisik (1989) | Engineering - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Charles B. Davey (1989) | Forest Resources - Forestry |
| Fred R. DeJarnette (1990) | Engineering - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Stanley W. Buol (1990) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Soil Science |
| Hassan A. Hassan (1991) | Engineering - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| W. Wayne Skaggs (1991) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Bio. & Ag. Engineering |
| John David Smith (1992) | Humanities and Social Sciences - History |
| Paul Z. Zia (1992) | Engineering - Civil Engineering |
| Todd R. Klaenhammer (1993) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Food Science |
| Hou-Min Chang (1993) | Forest Resources - Wood and Paper Science |
| Ruben Carbonell (1994) | Engineering - Chemical Engineering |
| Gary Mitchell (1994) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Physics |
| Robert Davis (1995) | Engineering - Material Sciences and Engineering |
| Henry Sanoff (1995) | Design - Architecture |
| Robin Gardner (1996) | Engineering - Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering |
| Mason Pharr (1996) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Horticultural Science |
| David F. Ollis (1997) | Engineering - Chemical Engineering |
| Harold E. Swaisgood (1997) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Food Science |
| Kenneth B. Adler (1998) | Veterinary Medicine - Anatomy, Physiological Sci. Radiology |
| Salah M. Bedair (1998) | Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Carol K. Hall (1998) | Engineering - Chemical Engineering |
| Carolyn R. Miller (1999) | Humanities and Social Sciences - English |
| Salah E. Elmaghraby (1999) | Engineering - Industrial Engineering |
| Wayne A. Thompkins (1999) | Veterinary Medicine - Immunology |
| H. Thomas Banks (2000) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Mathematics |
| Michael D. Schulman (2000) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Sociology and Anthropology |
| Walter A. Wolfram (2000) | Humanities and Social Sciences - English |
| Thom J. Hodgson (2001) | Engineering - Industrial Engineering |
| Robert J. Nemanich (2001) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Physics |
| Roger H. Clark (2002) | Design - Architecture |
| Harry G. Perros (2002) | Engineering - Computer Science |
| Marie Davidian (2003) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Statistics |
| Don C. Locke (2003) | Education - Adult Community College Education |
| Mohamed Bourham (2004) | Engineering - Nuclear Engineering |
| Meredith Davis (2004) | Design - Graphic Design |
| David E. Aspnes (2005) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Physics |
| Shu-Cherng Fang (2005) | Engineering - Industrial Engineering |
| Frank A. Blazich (2006) | Agriculture and Life Sciences - Horticultural Science |
| Saad A. Khan (2006) | Engineering - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Susan Brandeis (2007) | Design - Art and Design |
| Denis O. Gray (2007) | Humanities and Social Sciences - Psychology |
| Robert M. Kelly (2007) | Engineering - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Russell King (2008) | Engineering - Industrial and Systems Engineering |
| Barbara Sherry (2008) | Veterinary Medicine - Molecular Biomedical Sciences |
| Frederick W. Cubbage (2009) | Natural Resources - Forestry & Environmental Resources |
| Peter S. Fedkiw (2009) | Engineering - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Gerald Lucovsky (2010) | Physical and Mathematical Sciences - Physics |
| Jim Edmond Riviere (2010) | Veterinary Medicine - Population Health and Pathobiology |
| Hugh A. Devine (2011) | Natural Resources - Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management |
| John J. Seater (2011) | Management - Economics |
| Y. Richard Kim (2012) | Engineering - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering |
| Hiller Spires (2012) | Education - Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education |
| Christopher M. Anson (2013) | Humanities and Social Sciences - English |
| Samuel L. Jones (2013) | Veterinary Medicine - Clinical Sciences |