In The Halls
Faculty & Staff
Ted Futris (Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science) received the Outreach Faculty Award, which honors faculty who have shown great creativity and scholarship in the development, application and evaluation of outreach and public service programs.
Joe Goetz (Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) and Megan Lee (Assistant Professor, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors) were named Service Learning Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. The program provides faculty members from different disciplines the opportunity to develop, implement and integrate service learning into their professional practice.
Susan Howington (Cooperative Extension agent, Henry County) received the Thomas F. Rodgers Outreach Agent Award, which recognizes exceptional creativity and scholarship in the development, application and evaluation of outreach and public service programs.
Beverly Hull (Administrative Assistant, Foods and Nutrition) received the 2010 Nettie Marie Nickols Outstanding Staff Award, which honors staff members whose work and personal interests enable others to accomplish goals.
Russell James (Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) has been selected as the 2009 FACS Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Departmental Outstanding Teachers of the Year are Jerry Gale (Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science), Charlie Gilbert (Georgia Soft Goods Distinguished Professor, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors), and Mary Ann Johnson (Bill and June Flatt Professor of Foods and Nutrition).
Megan Lee (Assistant Professor, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors), Katalin Medvedev (Assistant Professor, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors), and Dina Smith (Master’s Student, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors) won first place in the teaching category at the Interior Design Educators Council in Atlanta.
Rick Lewis (Professor, Foods and Nutrition) has been named a 2009-2010 Senior Teaching Fellow. He also has been selected as the 2009 FACS Outstanding Advisor of the Year. Departmental Outstanding Advisors of the Year are Anne Allen (Academic Advisor, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors), Joe Goetz (Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics), Melissa Landers-Potts (Lecturer, Human Development and Family Science), and Connie Rash (Assistant Director, Student Services).
Stacey McQuaig, (Program Assistant, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Ware County) received the Outreach Paraprofessional Award.
Diann Moorman (Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics) was named a Lilly Teaching Fellow for 2009-2011. Ten junior faculty are chosen annually to participate in the program where they develop skills to enhance their teaching, research and service and to gain knowledge about policies and resources at UGA.
