MSU honors outstanding faculty with annual awards

University Relations News Bureau (662) 325-3442 Contact: Allison Matthews June 04, 2013
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MSU's 2013 faculty award winners include (from left) Kimberly Walters, Daniel 'Tim' Fancher, Randall Little, Gary Ervin, Josh Winter, Joel Collier, and Mark Novotny. Jerry Gilbert (fourth from right), provost and executive vice president, is pictured extending congratulations to the recent honorees during the university's annual Faculty Awards and Recognition Program.

MSU's 2013 faculty award winners include (from left) Kimberly Walters, Daniel "Tim" Fancher, Randall Little, Gary Ervin, Josh Winter, Joel Collier, and Mark Novotny. Jerry Gilbert (fourth from right), provost and executive vice president, is pictured extending congratulations to the recent honorees during the university's annual Faculty Awards and Recognition Program.

STARKVILLE, Miss.--Faculty in the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as a member of the campus advising center staff, are 2013 selections for Mississippi State's annual faculty awards.

Mark A. Novotny, head of the physics and astronomy department, was announced as the newest William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, the university's highest academic rank.

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and MSU Alumni Association, the annual spring university-wide awards program also recognized:

--Associate professor Joel E. Collier of the marketing, quantitative analysis and business law department with the Alumni Association Graduate Teaching Excellence Award.

--Professor Gary N. Ervin of the biological sciences department with the Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award.

--Academic coordinator Daniel T. Fancher of the University Academic Advising Center with the Irvin Atly Jefcoat Excellence in Advising Staff Award.

--Professor Randall D. Little of the agricultural economics department with the Irvin Atly Jefcoat Excellence in Advising Faculty Award.

--Instructor Kimberly W. Walters of the mathematics and statistics department with the John Grisham Master Teacher Award.

--Instructor Joshua B. Winter of the physics and astronomy department with the Alumni Association Early Career Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.

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