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GREENSBORO--Faculty, students and staff members at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro received awards for excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and service during the institution’s Excellence Day on May 8.

Two separate events were held, an afternoon Excellence Awards Convocation for faculty, graduate students and staff, and the evening Undergraduate Honors Convocation. Presented for the first time this year were the Staff Excellence Awards. The award winners were:
Faculty and Staff Honors

• Staff Excellence Awards—Toni Knight, director of the Student Advising and Recruitment Center and  director of the UNCG Teaching Fellows Program, School of Education; and Yvonne Cousino, director of enrolled student services, Graduate School.
• Gladys Strawn Bullard Awards for service—Staff winner, Melvin Ward, senior director of personnel services, Human Resource Services; student winner, senior Ashly Hope Valas of Nakina; and faculty winner, Dr. Anita Tesh, associate professor, School of Nursing.
• Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards—Dr. Susan Buck, associate professor, Department of Political Science; and Dr. Nancy Meyers, Department of English.
• Research Excellence Award—Dr. Loren Schweninger, professor, Department of History.

• Student Excellence Awards— Victoria H. Acosta-Musalem of Chapel Hill, exercise and sport science and nutrition science; Cheryl D. Andrews of Salisbury, sociology; Kimberly N. Barbour of Garner, media studies; Emily F. Brown of Catawba, interior architecture and art; Jerwayne D. Cook of Greensboro, sociology and political science; Rebecca A. Crawford of Graham, anthropology and geography; Nicole S. Dery of Greensboro, anthropology and history, Jeffrey P. Elliott of Pineville, German and philosophy; George N. Ewing of Ramseur, political science; Jeremiah A. Feducia of Greensboro, chemistry; Melissa A. Frazier of Chocowinty, anthropology and archeology; Emily L. Furr of Wilkesboro, interior architecture; M. Patrick Gallagher of Greensboro, media studies and psychology; Sarah C. Gulley of Elkin, Spanish; Stephanie H. Helmer of Siler City, English; Niki G. Hernandez-Adams of Greensboro, theatre design; Krista A. Karbowski of Asheboro, philosophy and classical studies; Ebony S. Lester Fayetteville, nursing; Donald G. Mellen Jr. of Greensboro, computer science and economics; Megan E. Morrissey of Cary, English and communication studies; Stephanie A. Newton of Greensboro, exercise and sport science; Travis M. Newton of Greensboro, music; Elizabeth E. Regulski of Edenton, biology; Sallie L. Styers of Wilkesboro, nutrition science; Natsuko Sugiura of Greensboro, interior architecture; Maria E. Tuazon oCharlotte, nursing; and Virginia L. Woodlief of Henderson, communication sciences and disorders.

• Outstanding Dissertation Award—Dr. Julie King Esther of Greensboro, Department of Psychology.
• George and Beatrice Goldman Fisher Dissertation Prize—Christopher R. Kovacs of Starkville, Miss., Department of Exercise and Sport Science, School of Health and Human Performance.
• Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award—Pamela Ladrow of Charlotte, Department of Psychology.
• Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards—Katerina Antoniadou of Greensboro, Department of Dance, School of Health and Human Performance; Angela T. Cranor of Greensboro, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Environmental Sciences; Dixie Massey of Greensboro, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education; Jackie Grutsch McKinney of Greensboro, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences; and J.W. Turner of Kernersville, School of Music.