For the second year in a row, I was honored to be nominated for Faculty of the Year for the Annandale campus in 2008. Again, Annandale had the greatest number of nominees of all of NOVA's campuses, and the MSE Division had the greatest number of nominees within the Annandale pool.

Photo by Kevin Mattingly.

April 2008

2008 was a bumper crop for nominees at Annandale; We had 18 contenders for the Faculty of the Year award. Shown in the top row, from left to right: Charles Poland, history (the winner!); Wallace Hutcheon, political science; Elaine Wolin, English as a second language; Jacintha Jayatilake, sociology; Darlene Van Every, psychology; William Kinsella, history; Howard Reichbart, hospitality management; Douglas Neal, political science; Richard Semmler, mathematics; Jack Partlow, business management/marketing; Ben Wang, chemistry; and Brian Leffler, American sign language. Bottom row (seated), left to right: Constantin Frasinel, biology; Michael Heslop, economics; Judith Grant, accounting; Steven Drasner, information technology; Callan Bentley, geology and Barbara Saperstone, provost. Not pictured is Richard Pellerin, mathematics.

Photo by Kevin Mattingly.

April 2008

Here's me receiving my official nomination for Faculty of the Year for the Annandale campus in 2007. Of all of NOVA's campuses, Annandale had the greatest number of nominees, and the MSE Division had the greatest number of nominees within the Annandale pool (see below).

Photo by Kevin Mattingly.

April 2007

Annandale Provost Barbara Saperstone (second row, third from left) poses with the nominees for the Faculty of the Year award, 2007.

Shown, left to right, are (seated): Mary Vander Maten, biology and chemistry; Ralph Eckerlin, biology (the winner!); Robert Webb, music. Standing, from left: Thomas Hardy, art history; Terry Alford, history; Yuemin He, English; Callan Bentley, geology; Sumi Chatterjee, mathematics; Richard Pellerin, mathematics; William Silvola, developmental English; Trudy Gillevet, biology; Don Goral, mathematics; and William Kinsella, history.

Photo by Kevin Mattingly.

April 2007

The Golden Apple is awarded annually to four faculty on the Annandale campus. The Student Government organizes the award, which is voted on by students. I was honored to receive the Golden Apple for the 2006-2007 academic year.

May 2007