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Nominees announced for teaching awards

Faculty and students nominated 43 faculty members to be considered for this year’s Health Sciences Foundation Teaching Excellence Awards. 

The awards will be presented at the Fall Faculty Convocation in August, but MUSC Provost John Raymond, M.D., will announce the winners in The Catalyst the week before commencement for the benefit of graduating students.

A review committee composed of faculty representatives from each college and the Student Government Association will select the recipients.

Up to three awards will be presented from the following categories:  Educator-Mentor, for excellence in mentoring and serving as a role model for students in clinical or research activities; Educator-Lecturer, for excellence in traditional didactic or classroom teaching; and Developing Teacher, for excellence in teaching by a junior faculty member.

Each recipient will be presented a $3,000 cash award, a certificate, and a pewter medallion to be worn with academic regalia. 

Nominees are as follows:
Educator-Mentor
Jeffrey Acsell, Health Professions; David Adams, Medicine; Kathleen Brady, Medicine; Ben Clyburn, Medicine; Hannah DeToma, Nursing; David Garr, Medicine; Gary Gilkeson, Medicine; Paul Gross, Medicine; Michael Horner, Medicine; Janice Key, Medicine; Frank Kozel, Medicine; Kathryn Magruder, Medicine; Maralynne Mitcham, Health Professions; Eni Okonofua, Medicine; Kevin Schey, Medicine; Rodney Schlosser, Medicine; Darlene Shaw, Medicine; Liless Shilling, Health Professions; Gigi Smith, Nursing; Robert Stuart, Medicine; Frederick Tecklenberg, Medicine; and Karen Wager, Health Professions; and Andrea White, Health Professions.

Educator-Lecturer
Craig Beeson, Pharmacy; Barbara Edlund, Nursing; Yi-Te Hsu, Medicine; Peng Huang, Medicine; Michael Kern, Medicine; Kristi Lenz, Pharmacy; David Lewin, Medicine; Erin Presnell, Medicine; Sally Self, Medicine;
Edward Soltis, Medicine; Bill Stillway, Medicine; Gabriel Virella, Medicine; and John Welton, Nursing

Developing Teacher
Teresa Kelechi, Nursing; Sergey Krupenko, Medicine; Kenneth Ruggiero, Medicine; and Danielle Scheurer, Medicine

Educator-Mentor and Educator-Lecturer 
(Nominees are eligible to submit portfolios in only one category). 
Steven Brown, Pharmacy; Deborah Holly, Pharmacy; and David Morissette, Health Professions.
 

Friday, March 18, 2005
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