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HSF teaching award nominations announced Faculty and students nominated 46 faculty members to be considered for this year’s Health Sciences Foundation Teaching Excellence Awards.   The award 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 the graduating students.   A review committee composed of faculty representatives from each college and the Student Government Association will select the representatives.   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 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: Elaine Amella, Nursing; Nannette Berensen, Pharmacy; Michael Bowman, Medicine; Kathleen Brady, Medicine; Clive Brock, Medicine; Barbara Edlund, Nursing; M. Boyd Gillespie, Medicine; Lotta Granholm-Bentley, Medicine; Rochelle Hanson, Medicine; Ann Hollerbach, Nursing; Carolyn Jenkins, Nursing; Sam Kini, Medicine; Steven Kubalak, Medicine; Lucille London, Medicine; Maralynne Mitcham, Health Professions; Adrian Reuben, Medicine; Julius Sagel, Medicine; Lilless Shilling, Health Professions; Richard Silver, Medicine; Michael Southgate, Medicine; Fred Tecklenburg, Medicine; Jack Thomas, Health Professions; William Tyor, Medicine; Gregory Warr, Medicine Educator-Lecturer: Steve Brown, Pharmacy; Jerry Burik, Health Professions; Claire DeCristofaro, Health Professions; James Hardin, Medicine; Michael Kern, Medicine; David Kurtz, Medicine; David Lewin, Medicine; Richard Lindrooth, Health Professions; Paul McDermott, Medicine; Christopher Pelic, Medicine; Frank Spinale, Medicine; Bill Stillway, Medicine; George Taylor, Medicine; Roger White, Pharmacy; Holly Wise, Health Professions Developing Teacher: Patty Coker, Health Professions; Jeffrey Hansen, Medicine; Betsy Hill, Medicine; Gigi Smith; Nursing Educator-Mentor and Educator-Lecturer: Kristi Lenz, College of Pharmacy; Henry Martin, College of Medicine; Gabriel Virella, College of Medicine     Friday, April 7, 2006 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island papers at 849-1778, ext. 201.