Faculty Achievement Awards
Each year since 1983, Faculty Achievement Awards are presented to individual faculty in each of three categories: teaching, academic accomplishment and University/community service. The awards represent peer recognition of outstanding performance in each of the award categories. The award winners receive individual plaques and cash awards of $1000 provided by the FSU Foundation. The names of the award winners are placed on a plaque in the Hitchins Building.
- Awardees in Teaching
1983
David M. Dean1984
Audry T. Edwards1985
Thomas A. Mappes
Walter L. Lackey1986
Patricia A. Santoro1987
James W. Perry1988
MacGregor O'Brien1989
Karen H. Parks1990
John F. Bowman
Margaret M. Dalton1991
A. Franklin Parks1992
Sara A. Grove1993
Geri A. Dino1994
Connie J. Groer1995
Tracey J. Demars
Kenneth D. Witmer, Jr.1996
Elizabeth R. Morrissey1997
Gersham A. Nelson
Paul R. Lyons1998
Ahmad Tootoonchi1999
Gable E. Smith2000
Randall Rhodes2001
Shawn Johansen
Cindy Ellen Herzog2002
Thomas F. Hawk2003
Ahmad Tootoonchi2004
James C. Saku
Robert M. Moore, III2005
Kathleen H. Powell2006
Diane C. Blankenship2007
Not awarded2008
Not awarded2009
Thomas F. Hawk2010
Not awarded2011
Not awarded2012
Amit J. Shah2013
Yan Bao2014
Steve Hartlaub2015
Brent Kice2016
Xunyu Pan2017
Amy C. Branam Armiento
Justin R. Dunmyre2018
Not awarded2019
Heather Hurst2020
Not awarded2021
Ali Ashraf
Molly Hartzog2022
Not awarded2023
Dr. David Puthoff
Dr. John F. Raucci
- Awardees in Academic Accomplishment
1983
Thomas A. Mappes
Judith N. Thelen1984
Gary A. Schlappal1985
A. Franklin Parks1986
Michael C. LeMay1987
Richard M. Trask1988
David M. Dean1989
Nicholas H. Clulee
John B. Wiseman1990
Michael C. LeMay1991
MacGregor O'Brien1992
Judith N. Thelen1993
Ronald R. Barry, Jr.1994
David M. Dean1995
Paul R. Lyons1996
Not awarded1997
James A. Howard1998
Richard M. Trask
D. Alan Bensley1999
Judith J. Pula2000
George R. Plitnik
George W. White2001
James C. Saku2002
Not awarded2003
Jason H. Edwards2004
Not awarded2005
Fritz C. Kessler2006
Karen Soderberg-Sarnaker2007
Joan DeVee Dixon
George W. White2008
Evan Offstein
Hongqi Li2009
Megan E. Bradley
Amit J. Shah
Richard Raesly2010
Robert B. Kauffman2011
William L. Anderson
Scott P. Johnson2012
Fritz C. Kessler
Gregory J. Wood2013
Andy Duncan2014
Scott P. Johnson2015
Gerry LaFemina2016
Not awarded2017
Gregory J. Wood2018
D. Alan Bensley2019
Andy Duncan2020
Not awarded2021
Evan Offstein
Justin R. Dunmyre2022
Amy C. Branam Armiento2023
Dr. Rebecca M. Chory
Dr. Heather L. Hurst
- Awardees in University and Community Service
1983
Keith W. Schlegel1984
Edward L. Root
Richard M. Trask1985
Alan M. Rose
Kenneth D. Stewart1986
Stephen J. Simpson1987
Harold J. Cordts1988
John B. Wiseman1989
Patricia A. Santoro
Dustin P. Davis1990
Paul R. LaChance1991
Joy Kroeger-Mappes1992
John F. Bowman1993
John N. Bambacus1994
Gersham A. Nelson1995
Ralph L. Brewer1996
Thomas F. Hawk1997
Margaret M. Dalton1998
Ronald P. Kealy1999
Robert B. Kauffman
Bill Southerly2000
Henry W. Bullamore2001
Kathleen Powell2002
MacGregor O'Brien2003
John J. O'Rorke2004
Marthe A. McClive2005
Robert M. Moore, III2006
Randall Rhodes2007
Amit J. Shah2008
Oguz A. Soysal2009
Hongqi Li2010
James C. Saku
Mary W. Mumper2011
Yan Bao2012
Amy C. Branam-Armiento2013
Elesha L. Ruminski
Michael P. Murtagh2014
Julie E. Hartman-Linck2015
Benjamin N. Norris2016
Not awarded2017
Not awarded2018
Karen L. Keller2019
Michael L. Monahan2020
Not awarded2021
Michael Flinn
Lilly Ye2022
Kelly M. Bubp2023
Dr. Kristine McGee
Dr. Kara Rogers Thomas
- Faculty members who have received multiple awards
Thirty-two FSU faculty members have been honored with more than one Faculty Achievement Award, including five faculty members who have been honored in all three categories.
Faculty members who have been honored in all three categories
Amy C. Branam Armiento
2012 University and Community Service
2017 Teaching
2022 Academic AccomplishmentMacGregor O'Brien
1988 Teaching
1991 Academic Accomplishment
2002 University and Community ServiceA. Franklin Parks
1985 Academic Accomplishment
1988 University and Community Service
1991 TeachingJames C. Saku
2001 Academic Accomplishment
2004 Teaching
2010 University and Community ServiceAmit J. Shah
2007 University and Community Service
2009 Academic Accomplishment
2012 TeachingOther faculty members who have been honored more than once
David M. Dean
(3 awards)
1983 Teaching
1988 Academic Accomplishment
1994 Academic AccomplishmentThomas F. Hawk
(3 awards)
1996 University and Community Service
2002 Teaching
2009 TeachingRichard M. Trask
(3 awards)
1984 University and Community Service
1987 Academic Accomplishment
1998 Academic AccomplishmentYan Bao
(2 awards)
2011 University and Community Service
2013 TeachingD. Alan Bensley
(2 awards)
1998 Academic Accomplishment
2018 Academic AccomplishmentJohn F. Bowman
(2 awards)
1990 Teaching
1992 University and Community ServiceMargaret M. Dalton
(2 awards)
1990 Teaching
1997 University and Community ServiceAndy Duncan
(2 awards)
2013 Academic Accomplishment
2019 Academic AccomplishmentJustin R. Dunmyre
(2 awards)
2017 Teaching
2021 Academic AccomplishmentScott P. Johnson
(2 awards)
2011 Academic Accomplishment
2014 Academic AccomplishmentRobert B. Kauffman
(2 awards)
1999 University and COmmunity Service
2010 Academic AccomplishmentFritz C. Kessler
(2 awards)
2005 Academic Accomplishment
2012 Academic AccomplishmentMichael C. LeMay
(2 awards)
1986 Academic Accomplishment
1990 Academic AccomplishmentHongqi Li
(2 awards)
2008 Academic Accomplishment
2009 University and Community ServicePaul R. Lyons
(2 awards)
1995 Academic Accomplishment
1997 TeachingThomas A. Mappes
(2 awards)
1983 Academic Accomplishment
1985 TeachingRobert M. Moore, III
(2 awards)
2004 Teaching
2005 University and Community ServiceGersham A. Nelson
(2 awards)
1994 University and Community Service
1997 TeachingEvan Offstein
(2 awards)
2008 Academic Accomplishment
2021 Academic AccomplishmentKathleen Powell
(2 awards)
2001 University and Community Service
2005 TeachingRandall Rhodes
(2 awards)
2000 Teaching
2006 University and Community ServicePatricia A. Santoro
(2 awards)
1986 Teaching
1989 University and Community ServicesJudith Thelen
(2 awards)
1983 Academic Accomplishment
1992 Academic AccomplishmentAhmad Tootoonchi
(2 awards)
1998 Teaching
2003 TeachingGeorge W. White
(2 awards)
2000 Academic Accomplishment
2007 Academic AccomplishmentJohn B. Wiseman
(2 awards)
1987 University and Community Service
1989 Academic AccomplishmentGregory J. Wood
(2 awards)
2012 Academic Accomplishment
2017 Academic Accomplishment - FSU faculty who have received USM faculty awards
Board of Regents Faculty Awards
The Board of Regents Faculty Awards are the highest honor presented by the Board of Regents to exemplary faculty members within the University System of Maryland. These awards publicly recognize distinguished performance in 1) Teaching, 2) Scholarship, Research, or Creative Activity, 3) Public Service, 4) Mentoring, and 5) Innovation on the part of faculty members.
Read more about the Regents Faculty Awards at the USM Website
The following FSU Faculty have been recent recipients of a Regents Faculty Award
Amit J. Shah
2009 Public ServiceMegan E. Bradley
2010 TeachingGerry LaFemina
2011 Pubic ServiceKara Rogers-Thomas
2013 Public ServiceRobert B. Kauffman
2014 Public ServiceYan Bao
2015 TeachingHeather Gable
2016 TeachingJason Speights
2018 MentoringElkins Professorships
The Wilson H. Elkins Endowment funds are intended to support compelling projects with focus on research, scholarship, or community engagement that will allow the Elkins Professor to make an important contribution to the teaching, research, or public service mission of the institution and the entire USM.
Read more about Wilson H. Elkins and the Elkins Professorship on the USM website.
The following FSU faculty members have been recipients of an Elkins Professorship.
Justin R. Dunmyre
Expanding FSU's learning assistant program
Academic Year 2018-2019Thomas Serfass
River otter reintroduction in Kenya and Tanzania
Academic Years 2006-2007, 2007-2008, and 2008-2009Barbara Hurd
Book of creative nonfiction essays
Academic Years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005Frostburg State University was also the lead institution in an award made to faculty members at multiple institutions in Western Maryland in 2021 to develop and implement open educational resources.