Faculty/staff award recipients for 2009 are as follows:

PAULINE DAVIS PERRY AWARDS
Kent Lyman, professor of music, Award for Research and Publication and/or Artistic Achievement

Shannon Grimes, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Pauline Davis Perry Award for Research and Publication and/or Artistic Achievement is given to a faculty member who has done exceptional research, publication and/or artistic achievement. The Pauline Davis Perry Award for Excellence in Teaching is given to an outstanding teacher at Meredith.

LAURA HARRILL PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS
Barbara True-Weber, professor of political science and Paul Winterhoff, associate professor of human environmental sciences and director of the general education program.

The Laura Harrill Presidential Awards are presented to two faculty members each year, in recognition of their noteworthy contributions to the advancement of Meredith College.

HARRY AND MARION EBERLY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Erin Lindquist, assistant professor of biological sciences

The Harry and Marion Eberly Faculty Development Awards are given to deserving faculty members for the purpose of helping them progress in their area of expertise.

The cash awards are funded through the Faculty Applied Meredith Endowment, or FAME, established in 1977 as an independent fund for supplemental faculty benefits.

ACCESS AWARD
Karthik Agorham, assistant professor of biological sciences

The Access Award honors a member of the faculty or staff at Meredith College who has made significant contributions toward the advocacy, support, encouragement and success of students with disabilities. Nominations are collected from students with disabilities and are voted on by the Disability Services Panel.

PRESIDENTIAL STAFF AWARD
Sherri Henderson, director of the Carroll Health Center

Established in 2002, the Presidential Staff Award is given in recognition of exemplary service to the Meredith community. The Meredith College president chooses the recipient.

STAFF RECOGNITION AWARDS
Alyce Turner, departmental assistant, Department of Art
William Cooper, housekeeping shift supervisor, Facilities Services

Staff Recognition Awards are presented annually to two staff members who, through their job performance, have demonstrated initiative, teamwork, extra effort and outstanding customer service to the Meredith community.

The recipients of the 2009 London Study Travel Grant were also announced.

Veronica Johnson, administrative assistant in the School of Education, Health and Human Sciences, Kathy Owen, office manager in the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development, and Diane Sherman, web services supervisor in Technology Services, were selected for this opportunity to join Meredith’s study abroad program for a week in London.