{"id":24634,"date":"2016-10-20T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=24634"},"modified":"2018-01-03T16:13:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T23:13:56","slug":"photo-feature-faculty-feted-for-research-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=24634","title":{"rendered":"Photo feature: Faculty feted for research, scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24674\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24674 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"From left: Professors Celinski, Camley and Boult congratulate each other during an Oct. 19 celebration of research.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Professors Celinski, Camley and Boult congratulate each other during an Oct. 19 celebration of research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24676\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1323-research-celebration2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24676 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1323-research-celebration2-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Kelli Klebe, center, celebrates with Rob Block and Willie Harrison from the College of Engineering.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1323-research-celebration2-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1323-research-celebration2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1323-research-celebration2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1323-research-celebration2-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelli Klebe, center, celebrates with Rob Block and Willie Harrison from the College of Engineering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24677\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1273.-research-3jpg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24677 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1273.-research-3jpg-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Faculty received awards for research efforts at an Oct. 19 celebration.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1273.-research-3jpg-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1273.-research-3jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1273.-research-3jpg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1273.-research-3jpg-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faculty received awards for research efforts at an Oct. 19 celebration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Integrity rolled out the red carpet for UCCS faculty and staff members Wednesday afternoon, showering them with recognition for pursuing the university&#8217;s research mission with vigor.<\/p>\n<p>The red carpet treatment included a string music ensemble, chocolate coins, hors d&#8217;oeuvres and Oscar-style awards for three faculty who in their careers have generated more than $10 million in sponsored research. In addition, a $40,000 scholarship was set up in honor of the three faculty in the $10 million group to provide funding for at least two graduate students during a two-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Interim Provost Terry Schwartz delivered the awards with assistance from Kelli Klebe, associate vice chancellor for research and faculty development, Academic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Those honored were:<\/p>\n<p><strong>$10 million Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Terrence Boult<\/strong>, El Pomar Endowed Chair of Innovation and Securiy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bob Camley<\/strong>, professor, Physics and Energy Science Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zbigniew Celinski<\/strong>, professor, Physics and Energy Science Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>$1 million Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Laura Engleman<\/strong>, business services program director, UCCS Aging Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anna Kosloski,<\/strong> assistant professor, School of Public Affairs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phillip Morris<\/strong>, program director, Office of Veteran and Military Student Affairs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Bontrager Ryon<\/strong>, assistant professor, School of Public Affairs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amy Silva-Smith<\/strong>, associate dean, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heriikka Weir<\/strong>, assistant professor, School of Public Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Received First Award<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Valerie Martin Conley<\/strong>, dean, College of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sylvia Mendez<\/strong>, associate professor, College of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin Garnar<\/strong>, dean, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rhonda Glazier<\/strong>, assistant professor, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Willie Harrison<\/strong>, assistant professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meghan Lybecker<\/strong>, assistant professor, Biology Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zachary Mesyan<\/strong>, associate professor, Mathematics Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary Ann Kluge<\/strong>, professor, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Janusz Hanckiewicz<\/strong>, senior research associate, Biofrontiers Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Submitted First Proposal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Katie Anderson-Pence<\/strong>, assistant professor, College of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tatiana Bailey<\/strong>, director, UCCS College of Business Economic Forum<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oksana Bihun<\/strong>, associate professor, Mathematics Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrea Bingham<\/strong>, assistant professor, College of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dustin Bluhm, <\/strong>assistant professor, College of Business<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veronica Corral-Flores<\/strong>, senior research associate, Biofrontiers Institute<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Daniels<\/strong>, assistant professor, Psychology Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacalyn Dougherty<\/strong>, assistant program director, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thomas Duening<\/strong>, El Pomar Endowed Chair of Business and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li><strong>Donald Gardner<\/strong>, professor, College of Business<\/li>\n<li><strong>Martin Garnar<\/strong>, dean, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susan Garrett<\/strong>, instructor, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rhonda Glazier<\/strong>, assistant professor, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guy Hagen<\/strong>, research associate, Biofrontiers Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kelley Henderson<\/strong>, laboratory support, Biology Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scott Kupferman,<\/strong> assistant professor, College of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rebekah Lynch<\/strong>, assistant professor, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeff Montez de Oca<\/strong>, associate professor, Sociology Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christi Piper<\/strong>, instructor, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joel Tonyan<\/strong>, assistant professor, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emilie Vrbancic<\/strong>, assistant professor, Kraemer Family Library<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brandon Runnels<\/strong>, assistant professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science<\/li>\n<li><strong>Colin Wren<\/strong>, assistant professor, Anthropology Department<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monica Yoo<\/strong>, assistant professor, College of Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Integrity rolled out the red carpet for UCCS faculty and staff members Wednesday afternoon, showering them with recognition for pursuing the university&#8217;s research mission with vigor. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=24634\" title=\"Photo feature: Faculty feted for research, scholarship\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-24634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-kudos","tag-college-of-public-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_1447-Research-Celebration-2016-750x500-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-6pk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24634"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24682,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24634\/revisions\/24682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}