UofL celebrates distinguished faculty and staff

May 8, 2019

A handful of University of Louisville faculty and staff were recognized last week for outstanding performance, engagement and service to the institution. 

President Neeli Bendapudi and Provost Beth Boehm conferred the awards during the Celebration of Faculty and Staff. Those awards included the Distinguished Faculty Awards, Outstanding Performance Award, Supervisor of the Year, Presidential Exemplary Multicultural Engagement Staff Award, Presidential Exemplary Multicultural Teaching Award and the George Howe Distinguished Staff Award. 

This year's list of winners is included below.

Awards for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity

  • Kryzysztof Wolek, School of Music
  • Ayman El-Baz, J.B. Speed School of Engineering
  • Crystal Collins-Camargo, Kent School of Social Work
  • Rhonda Buchanan, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Xiang Zhang, College of Arts & Sciences

Awards for Distinguished Service

  • Armon Perry, Kent School of Social Work
  • Frederick Luzzio, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Montray Smith, School of Nursing
  • Tom Lawson, Kent School of Social Work
  • Anita Barbee, Kent School of Social Work

Awards for Distinguished Teaching

  • Ariana Levinson, Brandeis School of Law
  • Larry Michalczyk, Kent School of Social Work
  • Lenore Hoyt, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Diane Chlebowy, School of Nursing
  • Jennifer Bobo, Kent School of Social Work                                                                 

2019 Outstanding Performance Awards

  • Angela Taylor, Dean of Students Office
  • Aimee Greene, Delphi Center
  • Hung Nguyen, Department of English
  • Danny Carter, Physical Plant
  • Karen Blake, Planning, Design & Construction
  • Amanda Cunningham, Psychological & Brain Studies
  • Greg Vittitow, Student Success Center
  • Brenda Curry-White, Undergraduate Admissions

 2019 Supervisor of the Year Award

  • Becky Patterson, Institutional Research & Planning

2019 Presidential Exemplary Multicultural Engagement Staff Award

  •  Marian Vasser, Diversity Education and Inclusive Excellence

2019 Presidential Exemplary Multicultural Teaching Award

  • Kaila Adia Story, Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies/Pan African Studies 

George Howe Distinguished Staff Award 

  • Stuart Neff, Office of Student Involvement

 Photos of this year's winners are available here