Morngside presents Walker Faculty awards
Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007
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SIOUX CITY -- Morningside College has awarded the 2007 Sharon Walker Faculty Excellence awards to Sam Clovis, professor of business administration and economics; Bruce Forbes, professor of religious studies; and Leslie Werden, assistant professor of English.
Morningside President John Reynders presented the awards during the annual faculty banquet Wednesday evening at the Sioux City Country Club. The recipients, selected from a field of nominees by a panel of three outside evaluators, will each receive a $10,000 honorarium and $3,000 to use for the purpose of faculty development.
The Sharon Walker Faculty Excellence Awards, presented for the first time in 2003, are funded by a gift from Morningside alumni Jim and Sharon Walker of Wayzata, Minn.
Criteria for selection include: teaching excellence, effective advising, scholarship and service to Morningside College. The awards are based upon the accomplishments and activities of a faculty member during the previous academic year.
The evaluators were Ann R. Cannon, associate professor of statistics and mathematics at Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa; Christopher Gilbert, professor of political science at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., and Thomas N. Howe, professor of art and art history at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Clovis, who serves as chair of business administration and economics, began teaching at Morningside in 2005. He came to Morningside from Arlington, Va., where he served as senior researcher and acting fellow for the Homeland Security Institute.
Clovis holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, a master’s degree in business from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a doctorate in public administration from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Forbes, a Morningside graduate, serves as chair of religious studies. He began teaching at Morningside in 1978 after earning his master’s degree in theology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his doctorate in the history of American Christianity from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J.
An ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, Forbes has written a number of articles and chapters in books examining religion and popular culture. His most recent book, "Christmas: A Candid History," examines the religious and secular roots of Christmas.
Werden joined the Morningside faculty in 2006. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she serves as director of first-year studies at Morningside. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Minnesota, her master’s degree in English from Winona State University and her doctorate in English from the University of North Dakota.
While at North Dakota, Werden was director of the university’s annual writers conference and served as reading editor and marketing adviser for "North Dakota Quarterly," the university’s literary journal.
SIOUX CITY -- Morningside College has awarded the 2007 Sharon Walker Faculty Excellence awards to Sam Clovis, professor of business administration and economics; Bruce Forbes, professor of religious studies; and Leslie Werden, assistant professor of English.
Morningside President John Reynders presented the awards during the annual faculty banquet Wednesday evening at the Sioux City Country Club. The recipients, selected from a field of nominees by a panel of three outside evaluators, will each receive a $10,000 honorarium and $3,000 to use for the purpose of faculty development.
The Sharon Walker Faculty Excellence Awards, presented for the first time in 2003, are funded by a gift from Morningside alumni Jim and Sharon Walker of Wayzata, Minn.
Criteria for selection include: teaching excellence, effective advising, scholarship and service to Morningside College. The awards are based upon the accomplishments and activities of a faculty member during the previous academic year.
The evaluators were Ann R. Cannon, associate professor of statistics and mathematics at Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa; Christopher Gilbert, professor of political science at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., and Thomas N. Howe, professor of art and art history at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Clovis, who serves as chair of business administration and economics, began teaching at Morningside in 2005. He came to Morningside from Arlington, Va., where he served as senior researcher and acting fellow for the Homeland Security Institute.
Clovis holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, a master’s degree in business from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a doctorate in public administration from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
Forbes, a Morningside graduate, serves as chair of religious studies. He began teaching at Morningside in 1978 after earning his master’s degree in theology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his doctorate in the history of American Christianity from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J.
An ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, Forbes has written a number of articles and chapters in books examining religion and popular culture. His most recent book, "Christmas: A Candid History," examines the religious and secular roots of Christmas.
Werden joined the Morningside faculty in 2006. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she serves as director of first-year studies at Morningside. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Minnesota, her master’s degree in English from Winona State University and her doctorate in English from the University of North Dakota.
While at North Dakota, Werden was director of the university’s annual writers conference and served as reading editor and marketing adviser for "North Dakota Quarterly," the university’s literary journal.
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