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Recipients of the 2003 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation Excellence Award are:
Administrative Excellence Award: Mary Fetherston鈥檚 official title is supervisor of the Language Laboratory. Unofficially, that means the Wakefield resident helps students, faculty, and staff navigate the world of technology that is sometimes Greek to them.
Let鈥檚 face it, technological support can be unsupportive at the most inopportune times: when the sound on a projector doesn鈥檛 work, when a student鈥檚 final draft disappears on the screen, or when the satellite transmission gets interrupted during an exam.
And then along comes Mary. Calm, competent and cheery, she quickly finds the solution and it鈥檚 smooth sailing once again.
It鈥檚 not just what Fetherston does inside her job description, but what she does outside of it鈥攎anaging the multimedia assets and the Classroom Media Assistance Center–that brings accolades from Independence Hall residents. And if it鈥檚 past working hours, she encourages faculty to call her at home if they need help.
For being equally adept at dealing with complex machines as she is with people Mary Fetherston was awarded the 2003 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation Administrative Excellence Award.
o Scholarly Excellence Award: Although Joe Rossi burns with intellectual enthusiasm, the Wakefield resident always lathers up with sunscreen before going outdoors. A consummate researcher since his arrival at 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1980 as a doctoral candidate, Rossi has shed more than a little light on the damaging effects of sun exposure and other risk behaviors.
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Rossi has been the principal or co-principal investigator on more than $50-million in externally funded research and is one of the top 12 most cited authors in psychology. And he stills find time to sleep!
For helping his alma mater become an international leader in health promotion and disease prevention, Joe Rossi was presented with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation 2003 Scholarly Excellence Award.
oStaff Excellence Award: Saying Mary Pinch is a clerk typist is like saying Mother Theresa was a nun. It鈥檚 a gross understatement.
The Exeter resident is not only the calm, cool head of the Charles Schmidt Labor Research Center, she is its heart. When the center鈥檚 former director lost his battle with cancer, Pinch consoled the faculty and encouraged the students while also attending to the everyday needs of the center.
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Faculty in the multi-disciplinary program praise Pinch鈥檚 efficiency, professionalism, and her remarkable ability to monitor research budgets, run conference registration and order books simultaneously.
For making her work a true labor of love, Mary Pinch was awarded the Staff Excellence Award.
o Teaching Excellence Award: Musa Jouaneh knows a lot about robots and students. But the Wakefield resident never confuses the two. His classroom discussions are both lively and challenging. With the goal of preparing students for the “real world” of industry, Jouaneh combines mechanical engineering theory with the most current practices, often bringing hands-on models into the classroom.
His students agree that their professor has mastered the fine art of assigning work just above their current capability. But they also come to realize that when they are able to reach beyond their grasp, they grow both as students and as engineers.
A dedicated teacher, advisor and mentor in and out of the classroom. Jouaneh has an office door that is always open for students seeking help, suggestions, or encouragement.
Not one to rest on his teaching laurels, Jouaneh often asks his students for candid feedback and even prepares his own evaluations with blunt, detailed questions.
For not just teaching students, but for enlightening them, Musa Jouaneh was awarded the 2003 Teaching Excellence Award.