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Faculty and Staff Awards

SLIS and Other Annual Awards 2008 through 2011
Award Category	2008 Awardee	2009 Awardee	2010 Awardee	2011 Awardee
Outstanding Professor	Debbie Hansen	James Schmidt	Ken Haycock	Anthony Bernier
Distinguished Scholar	Joe Matthews		Mary Somerville
Distinguished Service (Faculty)	Anthony Bernier	Jane Fisher	Debbie Faires	Judy Weedman
Distinguished Service (Staff)	Dale David & Suzanne Harris	Gina Lee	Rhonda Dahlgren	Dale David & Lisa Valdez
Outstanding Lecturer	Brooke Sheldon	Robert Boyd	Ann Riedling	Virginia Tucker
Outstanding Teacher	Wayne Disher	Arglenda Friday	Lili Luo	Michelle Holschuh Simmons
Distinguished Service (Other)				Heather Ebey
Special Recognition Award	Laurie Morgan	Randy Anderson		Brenda Lamb and Ruth Huard & James Anderson
SLIS Outreach and Collaboration				Debbie Faires
College of Applied Sciences & Arts (CASA) Outstanding Faculty	Debbie Faires	Debbie Hansen	Ken Haycock
College of Applied Sciences & Arts (CASA) Distinguished Alumni		Lisa Rosenblum	Liano Juliano	Jean Deken

SLIS Outstanding Professor

Recipient 2011: Dr. Anthony Bernier, Assistant Professor
Recipient 2010: Dr. Ken Haycock, Professor
Recipient 2009: Dr. James Schmidt, Professor
Recipient 2008: Dr. Debbie Hansen, Professor
Recipient 2007: Dr. Judy Weedman, Professor
Recipient 2006: Dr. Linda Main, Professor
The purpose of this award is to recognize a faculty member for overall excellence in her or his academic assignment. Consideration is given to teaching excellence as demonstrated through SOTE scores, other student evaluations, peer evaluations, teaching a variety of courses, participating in professional and scholarly activities and currency in the discipline and serving as a mentor to colleagues, and commitment to students as demonstrated by advising students through student organizations, theses and other projects, participating in student orientation and advisement activities, mentoring students and engaging in service to the campus and profession.

SLIS Distinguished Scholar

Recipient 2010: Dr. Mary Somerville, Lecturer
Recipient 2008: Joe Matthews
Recipient 2006: Dr. Ziming Liu, Associate Professor
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Scholar Award is to recognize a faculty member who has achieved widespread recognition based on the quality of scholarship or creative activities. Consideration is given to the nominee’s history of scholarship and creative activities, recognition of outstanding achievements by peers, and importance of the work to the discipline and beyond.

SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Faculty)

Recipient 2011: Dr. Judy Weedman, Professor
Recipient 2010: Debbie Faires, Lecturer
Recipient 2009: Jane Fisher, Lecturer
Recipient 2008: Dr. Anthony Bernier, Professor
Recipient 2007: Dr. Linda Main, Professor
Recipient 2006: Dr. Jim Schmidt, Professor
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Faculty) is to recognize a faculty member for exemplary service in a leadership capacity to the University or the community or profession, that brings credit to the School and San José State University or to recognize a faculty member for extraordinary dedication to achieving the aims of the School and to enriching the lives of those associated with the School. The faculty member must have a consistent record of service and have had a significant effect on the campus, professional or broader communities. The faculty member's service demonstrates leadership and initiative.

SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Staff)

Recipient 2011: (2 awards) Lisa Valdez, Communication and Grant Development Coordinator and Dale David, Instructional Media Developer
Recipient 2010: Rhonda Dahlgren, Recruitment and Events Coordinator
Recipient 2009: Gina Lee, Lecturer, Programmer/Analyst
Recipient 2008: Dale David, Instructional/Multimedia Developer
Recipient 2008: Suzanne Harris, Administrative Coordinator
Recipient 2007: Scharlee Phillips, Coordinator of Student Services
Recipient 2006: Stan Laufer, Network Administrator
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Staff) is to recognize a staff member for exemplary service in a leadership capacity that brings credit to the School and San José State University or to recognize a staff member for extraordinary dedication to achieving the aims of the School and to enriching the lives of those associated with the School. The staff member must have a consistent record of service and have had a significant effect on the School or broader communities. The staff member's service demonstrates leadership and initiative.

SLIS Outstanding Lecturer Award

Recipient 2011: Virginia Tucker, Lecturer
Recipient 2010: Dr. Ann Riedling, Lecturer
Recipient 2009: Robert Boyd, Lecturer
Recipient 2008: Brooke Sheldon, Lecturer
Recipient 2007: Debbie Faires, Lecturer
Recipient 2006: Lori Lindberg, Lecturer
The purpose of the SLIS Outstanding Lecturer Award is to recognize a lecturer a (part-time or full-time) faculty member who has achieved widespread recognition based on the quality of excellence in teaching, scholarship or creative activities and/or service to the School. The recipient will have accomplishments in more than one of these four categories Teaching Excellence, Commitment to Students, Scholarship, Contribution to the SLIS Mission.

SLIS Outstanding Teacher Award

Recipient 2011: Dr. Michelle Holschuh Simmons, Lecturer
Recipient 2010: Dr. Lili Luo, Assistant Professor
Recipient 2009: Dr. Arglenda Friday, Lecturer
Recipient 2008: Wayne Disher, Lecturer
Recipient 2007: Dr. Charlotte Ford, Assistant Professor
Recipient 2006: Robin Dale, Lecturer
The purpose of the SLIS Outstanding Teacher Award is to recognize a full-time or part-time faculty member who consistently receives high recognition from students based on the quality of excellence in teaching. Consideration is given to excellent teaching as demonstrated through Student Opinion of Teaching Effectiveness (SOTE) scores, other student evaluations, peer evaluations and external reviews over time, and mentoring students regarding career and academic pursuits.

SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Other)

Recipient 2011: Heather Ebey, Lecturer and Web Technologist
Recipient 2007: Jane Fisher, Lecturer, SLIS Coordinator of Accreditation Reports
Recipient 2006: Lorene Sisson, University Library SLIS Liaison
The purpose of the SLIS Distinguished Service Award (Other) is to recognize individuals for exemplary service to the School or to recognize an individual for extraordinary dedication to achieving the aims of the School and to enriching the lives of those associated with the School. The individual must have a consistent record of service and have had a significant effect beyond his or her normal responsibilities.

SLIS Special Recognition Award

Recipient 2011: (2 awards) Brenda Lamb (posthumously) and Dr. Ruth Huard & James Anderson (D2L eCampus team)
Recipient 2009: Randy Anderson, SJSU Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Recipient 2008: Laurie Morgan, SJSU Career Center

SLIS Outreach and Collaboration

Recipient 2011: Debbie Faires, Lecturer

College of Applied Sciences & Arts (CASA) Outstanding Faculty

Recipient 2010: Dr. Ken Haycock, Professor
Recipient 2009: Dr. Debra Hansen, Professor
Recipient 2008: Debbie Faires, Lecturer

College of Applied Sciences & Arts (CASA) Distinguished Alumni

Recipient 2011: Jean Deken
Recipient 2010: Liano Juliano
Recipient 2009: Lisa Rosenblum

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