ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS COMMITTEE, FACULTY

Appointed by:	President
Reports to:	Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Number of Members:	7
Faculty	7

Purpose. Encourages research and service at all levels within the University Faculty and provides recognition for such performance; determines the criteria by which monetary awards and possibly other forms of recognition are to be given to faculty members who display excellence in research and in service to the University community; and determines the recipients of a $5,000 monetary award for excellence in research and of a $5,000 monetary award for excellence in service to the University community. Members of the committee are not eligible for nomination.

Appointments. The President makes all appointments from University Faculty Senate nominations; Chair is elected by the committee members; committee consists of seven members serving two-year terms expiring at the end of the fiscal year (three members to rotate off the committee in odd-numbered years and four members to rotate off the committee in even-numbered years).

Term for Chair expires August 31, 2011:
Fidel Gonzalez*	Chair
Terms expire August 31, 2012
David Cole	Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Diane Neudorf	Sciences
Fidel Gonzalez*	Business Administration
Deborah Phelps	Humanities and Social Sciences
Terms expire August 31, 2013
Julie Combs	Education
Brian Cooper	Sciences
Shirin Edwin	Humanities and Social Sciences

*Name appears twice

Correct as of August 2011

PLEASE NOTE: All errors in committee listings should be reported in writing to
Dawn Caplinger, campus post office box 2478; e-mail dbc001@shsu.edu