Suggestions and Questions:

Charge: The Presidential Distinguished Senior Research Scholar Award was established by the Executive Committee in 1997 to recognize and honor current faculty who have distinguished themselves from their peers by their extraordinary, exemplary, and sustained scholarship in any of the following activities: discovery, integration, application, or teaching (Boyer, 1990).

The Committee is charged with the following tasks:

Solicit nominations and identify candidates for the Award

Gather documentation to verify each candidates extraordinary scholarship

Select no more than two candidates to receive the Award

Submit the name(s) of the candidate(s) to the President

Term of membership: Two years

Presidential Distinguished Senior Research Scholar Award Committee

	Membership Category	Department
Terms expire August 31, 2013:
Gill, Sara	Nursing	Family & Community HS
Steffensen, Bjorn	Dental	Periodontics
Gargano, Michael	Vice President for AFSA	Office of the Academic, Faculty & Student Affairs
Terms expire August 31, 2014:
Infante, Anthony J.	Medical	Pediatrics
Orihuela, Carlos	Basic Science	Microbiology & Immunology
Simmonds, Maureen J.	Health Professions	Physical Therapy

CHARGE:
The Presidential Distinguished Senior Research Scholar Award was established by the Executive Committee in 1997 to recognize and honor current faculty who have distinguished themselves from their peers by their extraordinary, exemplary, and sustained scholarship in any of the following activities: discovery, integration, application, or teaching (Boyer, 1990).

The Committee is charged with the following tasks:

Solicit nominations and identify candidates for the Award
Gather documentation to verify each candidate’s extraordinary scholarship
Select no more than two candidates to receive the Award
Submit the name(s) of the candidate(s) to the President

Term of membership: Two years

* Chair
** Vice Chair