The Richard M. Hawkins Award
The recipient of the award shall be an individual judged to have made noteworthy contributions to scholarship or creative activity. The recipient shall be a full-time faculty member. All academic ranks are eligible. While there will normally be a recipient each year, the award will not be presented in a year when candidates fail to meet the necessary criteria as judged by the Selection Committee.
A call for nominations will be extended by the chair of the Honors and Awards Committee in mid-February. Each department may nominate one individual for the award. The name of the nominee and supporting material shall be submitted to the appropriate dean. Supporting material includes a current vita, letters of support, and copies of any scholarly or creative work including, but not limited to, texts, recordings, portfolios, etc. as evidence of a candidate’s contributions. Each dean shall rank the nominees from his/her college or school and submit these ranked names along with the supporting materials to the selection committee via the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs office. The individual receiving the majority vote of the selection committee shall be recommended to the President as the recipient of the Richard M. Hawkins Award.
The selection committee will be composed of the chair of the Honors and Awards Committee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and chair of the Faculty Research Committee, and the three immediate past Hawkins Award winners. The award is presented at the Fall Faculty Meeting. The award shall consist of $1,000 in faculty professional development funds or a $1,000 check to the recipient (choice made by recipient) and an engraved plaque with the recipient’s name inscribed. The plaque will be displayed in the foyer of the Browning Administration Building
Past recipients of the Richard M. Hawkins Award are:
2023 | Rebecca Johansen | |
2022 | Lisa Barron | |
2021 | Kathryn Woods | |
2020 | Debra Rose Wilson | |
2019 | Dwyane Estes | |
2018 | David Steinquest | |
2017 | Billy Renkl | |
2016 | Roman Holovchak | |
2015 | Dwonna Goldstone | |
2014 | Osvaldo Di Paolo | |
2013 | Andriy Kovalskyy | |
2012 | Kevin Harris | |
2011 | Sergei Markov | |
2010 | Jill Franks | |
2009 | Samuel Jator | |
2008 | J. Allyn Smith | |
2007 | Dixie Dennis | |
2006 | None Named | |
2005 | Michele T. Butts | |
2004 | Carlette Hardin | |
2003 | Allene Phy-Olsen | |
2002 | Stanley Yates | |
2001 | Roger Clark | |
2000 | Dewey A. Browder | |
1999 | Steven Ryan | |
1998 | Carl Stedman | |
1997 | DeAnn Campbell | |
1996 | James Michael McClusky | |
1995 | Victor Ukpolo | |
1994 | James Michael Gotcher | |
1993 | Albert B. Randall, Jr. | |
1992 | Malcom "Kip" Muir | |
1991 | Harvey F. Blanck | |
1990 | Anthony Golden | |
1989 | Larry Hoehn | |
1988 | Jeffrey Neal Wood | |
1987 | Ernest Woodward | |
1986 | Dolores Gore | |
1985 | Malcom Glass | |
1984 | Richard P. Gildrie | |
1983 | George L. Mabry | |
1982 | James X. Corgan | |
1981 | Olen L. Bryant | |
1980 | Phillip Kemmerly | |
1979 | Sharon Mabry |
If you have questions, concerns, or would like more information about the Richard
M. Hawkins Award, please contact:
Cheryl Lambert, Faculty Honors and Awards Committee Chair
Email: lambertc@mikes-painting.com