News Release
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April 25, 2005
Boise State Honors Three Professors As 2005
Foundation Scholars
Three faculty
members have been named by Boise State University as 2005 Foundation
Scholars. The awards have been given annually since 1992 for ongoing
commitment, expertise and accomplishment in teaching, professionally related
service, and research and creative activity. This year’s winners will be
honored at an April 27 luncheon in the Student Union Lookout Room.
Sona Andrews,
provost and vice president for academic affairs, said a strong faculty is
key to the university’s success. “It is our faculty who create a rich
learning environment for our students, advance the boundaries of knowledge
and serve their professions,” she said in a prepared statement.
This year’s
winners are:
Teaching:
Ron Pfeiffer, kinesiology. Pfeiffer was hired in 1979 to develop the state’s
first athletic training education program. In 1983, he initiated the first
human cadaver laboratory in the Treasure Valley. In the classroom, he is
known for his passion for his subject matter, his profound knowledge and his
experience and enthusiasm. Outside the classroom, he is the co-director for
the Center for Orthopedic and Biomechanics Research and serves on 18 thesis
committees.
Finalists for the teaching award were Martin Orr, sociology, and Mary Jarratt Smith, mathematics.
Service:
Cynthia Clark, nursing. Clark’s long record of service — to the university,
the nursing profession, the community and her students — centers primarily
on three areas: suicide prevention, work with impaired nurses and civic
engagement through Service Learning. She played a pivotal role in the
development of the Idaho Suicide Prevention Action Network, served four
terms on the Idaho State Board of Nursing’s advisory board for the Program
for Recovering Nurses and has helped her students institute several Students
Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapters at area high schools.
Finalists for the service award were Carol Martin, English, Linda Petlichkoff, kinesiology, and Suzanne McCorkle, communication.
Research
and Creative Activity: Charles Hanna, physics. An expert on nanoscale
physical systems, both quantum and biophysical, Hanna’s research is known
internationally and has resulted in more than $1.5 million in research
grants. He has published 25 refereed journal articles and given more than 40
professional presentations at conferences and universities such as Harvard,
Princeton, U.C. Berkeley and Purdue. In fall 2005 he will serve as the W.F.
James Professor of Pure and Applied Sciences at Xavier University in Nova
Scotia, Canada.
Finalists for the research and creative activity award were Nick Miller, history, and Nancy Napier, international business programs.
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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Relations, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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