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Richard and Sharon Cutler Faculty Awards
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The University of South Dakota has announced the 2009 recipients of its prestigious Richard and Sharon Cutler Faculty Awards in Liberal Arts. Endowed by Richard and Sharon Cutler of Sioux Falls, S.D., the awards recognize distinguished faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences.
From the Humanities Division, Susan Wolfe, Ph.D., chair of the department of languages, linguistics and philosophy, was selected. John Swallow, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, was selected from the Science/Math Division and from the Social Science Division, Bill Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science and director of the Government Research Bureau was the recipient.
The three awards, each carrying a $3,500 cash prize payable through The University of South Dakota Foundation, are presented annually to faculty who advance liberal arts education through teaching and research over a three-year span. (read more)
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Jill Tyler Awarded the Inaugural
Doyle Humanities Teaching Award
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| Jill Tyler, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication studies at The University of South Dakota, is the inaugural recipient of the Monsignor James Doyle Humanities Teaching Award. |
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Presented by the College of Arts and Sciences at The U, Tyler was honored with the award and a $500 cash prize at the Phi Beta Kappa initiation/Lifto Amundson Lecture on April 16.
"She contributes in so many ways to the instructional mission of the University," Matthew C. Moen, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said of Tyler. “She receives excellent evaluations from students, teaches interdisciplinary courses that serve the University, mentors individual students, and embodies the values of the humanities within the liberal arts and sciences." (read more)
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Heather Fluit named USD’s
13th Truman Scholar
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| Heather Fluit isn’t taking her opportunity as a college student for granted. The University of South Dakota junior studied abroad in Italy for a semester; is the managing editor for The Volante, USD’s student newspaper; is one of only two dedicated students from campus to serve as a community Welcome Table Core Team member; served on the Student Government Association Election Steering Committee; and was recently elected president of the Cross Media Council – a conglomerate of U. Radio, U. News and The Volante that promotes multiplatform coverage of news and encourages civic engagement at USD. |
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| Her academic prowess as well as her leadership in the campus community hasn't gone unnoticed as the political science major from Sioux Falls, S.D., was recently named as USD's 13th Harry S. Truman Scholarship recipient (seventh in the past 10 years). (read more) |
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New Research Center Associated
with Sanford Lab at Homestake
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| The state’s latest 2010 research center will position South Dakota scientists to participate more fully in experiments planned for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the former Homestake Gold Mine. |
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Gov. Mike Rounds announced creation of a new center at The University of South Dakota to conduct basic research in nuclear physics and astrophysics at the underground facility. "This effort will coordinate the work of scientists from several South Dakota universities," Rounds said. "Our scientists will be able to participate significantly in experiments planned at the Sanford Lab at Homestake and DUSEL, and be better positioned for success in obtaining external funding for their research."
The new center will pursue research directions that were identified by a national panel as the highest priorities for particle physics research at DUSEL. "This research has tremendous funding potential through the National Science Foundation," Rounds said. Significant commercial development possibilities also are associated with materials production techniques developed at the center, he said. (Read More)
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Viva la Difference Award
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The Viva la Difference Award recognizes a Career Service Employee who supports and fosters diversity on the USD campus. Kathy Van Kley, senior secretary at the Disaster Mental Health Institute (DHMI) and the 2009 recipient, was cited for her supervision and support of doctoral fellows who work in the DMHI and praised for her interaction with graduate and undergraduate students taking DMHI courses. “She is very concerned to help (students) feel at home, helping them settle arrangements within the university, helping them find housing, and even taking them shopping,” her nomination form stated.
A photograph of Van Kley is available for download at www.usd.edu/urelations/images/Kathy_VanKley.jpg.
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