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Faculty, staff, alumni receive awards during Founder's Day ceremonies
Peoria, IL . . . (Oct. 1, 2009) . . . Faculty, staff, and alumni were recognized during the Founder's Day Convocation and Luncheon today at Bradley University.
The University community pays tribute to founder Lydia Moss Bradley. The University also takes this time to present some of its most prestigious awards to faculty and staff recognizing them for teaching, research, and service.
Putnam Award
Dr. John Williams
Associate Professor of History
Dr. Williams is a talented and dedicated communicator, his lectures are inspiring and his class discussions elicit vibrant conversations among his students. He is adept in his subject area and creates meaningful courses, drawing the very best from his students. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan prior to coming to Bradley in 1997.
Samuel Rothberg Professional Excellence Award
Dr. Larry Weinzimmer
Professor of Management
The Samuel Rothberg Professional Excellence Award, given each year at Founder’s Day, recognizes outstanding achievements in research and creativity by a senior faculty member. Recipients are expected to make original contributions to their field and submit these contributions for critical appraisal by their professional peers.
Caterpillar Inc. New Faculty Achievement Award for Scholarship
Dr. Alexander Hertich
Assistant Professor of French
Dr. Hertich has an active and varied research agenda. He has a wide array of publications: book reviews, scholarly essays, translations, dictionary entries, and a book-length manuscript in progress that deals with Jacques Reda and the “Poetics of Everyday.” He has also presented papers at ten conferences, including the invitation-only French section of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference and conferences in Oslo, Norway and Bucharest, Romania. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prior to coming to Bradley, he was a visiting instructor at Whitman College and visiting assistant professor at Gustavus Adolphus College and St. Olaf College.
Dr. Kerrie Schattler
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering & Construction
Dr. Timothy Koeltzow
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Since arriving on campus in 2006, Dr. Koeltzow has strengthened the curricular offerings of his department. He created two new courses and obtained a Teaching Excellence Award from the Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development to create a state-of-the-art teaching lab for students. He also was awarded additional funding to deliver classes via Blackboard and Internet2.
He received his B.A. in psychology from University of Colorado at Boulder, his M.A. in counseling from Argosy University, and his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Sara M. O'Shea
Director of the Lewis J. Burger Center for Student Leadership and Public Service
The Francis C. Mergen Memorial Award recognizes faculty and staff who have distinguished themselves in the area of public service. The award is named for Frances “Frank” Mergen, chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering until his death in 1972, who shared his engineering experience and his personal and professional resources to help the Peoria community solve a variety of problems.
Sara O'Shea has been involved in countless community and public service organizations and projects in the Peoria area. She has served in leadership positions for such organizations at the American Cancer Society, the Children's Home, Crittenton Centers, and the South-West Kiwanis Club. She also is a member of the Peoria Area Alumni Association of Sigma Kappa sorority. She previously has been honored as one of WEEK TV's 25 Women in Leadership.