每年10月, just before the pigskin and parade hoopla of 首页coming weekend kicks into high gear, pp电子极速糖果的教员, alumni and former athletes receive their due as the ‘best-of-the-best.’
一位杰出的教员, two Distinguished 校友 and two Hall of Honor athletic inductees are honored at the Victory Dinner. They take their place in the pantheon of dozens of other stand-out professors, students and athletes from previous years. They are recognized for the exceptional things they have done in the fields of scholastics, 业务, 体育运动, humanitarian aid and community service. These honors don’t end with engraved plaques and photos on the walls of hallways.
The accolades are paid forward in the form of scholarships. Distinguished 校友 donate to an annual scholarship that goes to a student chosen by the Distinguished 教师 each year. The amount of that scholarship is symbolic — $1,925. That is the year CMU was established as a junior college. The scholarship rewards deserving students and may be expanded in coming years.
The three awards give the university a chance to highlight exceptional graduates as well as put a spotlight on stand-out faculty members who have helped propel students to noteworthy accomplishments.
To put it simply, Melissa 康纳 is an expert in dead bodies.
This unusual forensic-science skill has taken her from the Little Bighorn battlefield to hurricane-devastated Haiti and war-torn Rwanda. 她曾帮助挖掘万人坑, to search for missing persons and to identify remains of decedents for families.
康纳, 博士学位, 法医人类学教授, now oversees the university’s Forensic Investigation Research Station (FIRS). This facility used for the study of body decomposition has helped to put the university on the map as an institution capable of serious forensic research.
康纳’s devotion to teaching and to continuing research in her field of study has led to her being named CMU’s 2019 Distinguished 教师.
“Research is becoming a more and more important part of undergraduate academia, 我认为人们希望看到这一点,” said 康纳 about her selection as Distinguished 教师. “也许是因为我的出版记录.”
康纳 has authored or co-authored three books. She has published 27 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15个抽象, 32份法医技术报告, five newsletter articles and 10 major archeology technical reports.
She began her career with the National Park Service’s Midwest Archaeological Center. As an archeologist, she was tasked with identifying cultural resources at a number of parks. While working with soldiers’ remains at the Little Bighorn National Monument in Montana, she worked with an individual who also worked with Physicians for Human Rights. That led to her working on projects around the world with the group.
She eventually returned to academia and earned a 博士学位 in geography and anthropology. She said she was drawn to CMU when the university created its research facility to study body decay in high-altitude, 干旱的气候. She now administers the facility and teaches while continuing to conduct research, and serves as a consultant for law enforcement agencies.
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Distinguished 教师 is a peer honor chosen by a secret committee that is put together each year by the faculty senate. The committee is kept secret so that this award does not become a popularity contest. Recommendations for nominees come from fellow faculty members. 选择是基于奖学金, service to the university and the wider community, 以及教学技巧. 竞争非常激烈, according to Vice President of Academic Affairs Kurt Haas, and is growing as CMU adds more and more stand-out professors.