EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AWARD
About the Exceptional Service Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize a faculty member for exceptional, sustained, and impactful accomplishments in service. This award competition is open to all GSU full-time faculty members who have at least 4 years of faculty employment at GSU.
Eligibility and Criteria
Criteria for evaluation include:
- A record of sustained and high-impact service to the University, the profession, and/or the wider community that go above and beyond service activities considered to be part of the faculty member’s normal workload. Examples include exemplary service on GSU committees, leadership in professional organizations, service on nationally prominent panels and taskforces, and community service related to the faculty member’s academic field and position at the University:
- Exceptional service as evidenced by activities which extend beyond normal expectations for the faculty member’s rank, by unique contributions, and/or by longstanding leadership and impact on the University and beyond.
- Evidence of outstanding service contributions paralleled by excellence in other faculty responsibilities.
In the evaluation process, “service” will be understood to exclude research and/or creative activity, activities that are normally considered directly related to a faculty member’s teaching role (e.g., advising, mentoring), and activities that are normally required by a faculty member’s administrative assignments.
Previous Winners
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Erica Tracey | 2024 |
| Lara Dahl | 2024 |
| Shelby Frost | 2023 |
| Regena Spratling | 2023 |
| Jonathan Gayles | 2022 |
| Katherine Masyn | 2022 |
| Anne Murphy | 2021 |
| Kim Ramsey-White | 2021 |
| Brian Thoms | 2021 |
| Rose Sevcik | 2020 |
| Sara Cushing | 2017 |
| Lisa Bliss | 2016 |
| Kyle Frantz | 2016 |
| David Washburn | 2016 |
| W. Crawford Elliott | 2015 |
| Kristine Jolivette | 2014 |
| Laura May | 2013 |
| Walter Thompson | 2012 |
| Susan Easterbrooks | 2010 |
| H. Elliott Albers | 2009 |
| Robert Friedmann | 2008 |
| Leonard Teel | 2008 |
| Myra Carmon | 2007 |
| Dona Stewart | 2006 |
| Charity Scott | 2004 |
| Jennifer McCoy | 2003 |
| Harvey Newman | 2002 |
| Ronald Cummings | 2001 |
| Julia Perilla | 2000 |
| Edward Rigdon | 1999 |
| Diane Fowlkes | 1998 |
| Timothy Crimmins | 1997 |
| Kathryn Heller | 1996 |
| Kenneth Bernhardt | 1995 |