Inside Iowa State
Dec. 6, 1996
Faculty/staff honors
Guest conductor
Robert Molison, professor of music and director of choral
activities, conducted a concert of American choral music at
the Novosibirsk State Conservatory, Russia, Nov. 6. During
his eight-day stay at the conservatory, Molison also taught
master classes in choral conducting and lectured on the
organization and achievement level of choral music in
American schools, colleges and community groups. The invited
visit was part of the school's 40th anniversary
celebration.
Educator award
Mark Engelbrecht, dean of the College of Design, received the
Iowa Educator Award from the Iowa Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects.
Team Excellence Award
The custodial re-design team from Facilities Planning
and Management recently received the silver (runner-up)
trophy in the 1996 Iowa Team Excellence Competition sponsored
by the Central Iowa Chapter, Association for Quality and
Participation. Team Excellence Awards recognize teams that
have demonstrated the principles and techniques of improving
quality through participation.
Ag communications honors
Three ISU communicators received top honors from Agricultural
Communicators in Education (ACE), an association of
communicators, many of whom work for land-grant
universities.
Laura Miller, a consultant for Extension Communication Systems, received the Award of Excellence from the Media Relations Special Interest Group for work in Extension's Safe Farm program. As part of that program, she helped produce radio announcements, publications, displays and news stories about farm safety.
Allan Schmidt, media production coordinator for the College of Agriculture, received the Award of Excellence from the Distance Education Special Interest Group. In his eight years at the college, Schmidt has produced more than 27 videotape courses and five satellite credit courses and presented research papers and poster displays at regional and international ACE conferences on distance learning.
Elaine Edwards, Extension communications specialist, received the Outstanding Professional Skill Award in Publications from the group's Critique & Awards program for her work to produce the 1996 Garden Calendar. The calendar was judged the best of publications entered in 11 categories in the C&A program.
International recognition
Ramesh Kanwar, professor, and Hongwei Xin, assistant
professor, of agricultural and biosystems engineering,
received honorary professorships from the Chinese Agriculture
University (CAU), Beijing, during the 1996 International
Conference on Agricultural and Bioenvironmental Engineering
held at the university in August.
Kanwar and Xin were recognized for their expertise in water quality and animal environmental control. They also signed a memorandum of understanding between ISU and CAU to seek faculty and student exchange programs between the two schools in the areas of animal environ-mental control, water quality and waste management.
Award of Excellence
Don Whalen, coordinator of residence life for University
Student Apartments, received the 1996 Dick Daines Award for
Excellence, Leadership and Service in Family/Apartment
Housing from the Association of College and University
Housing Officers-International, Apartments Committee. The
award recognizes service that demonstrates an ongoing
commitment to a college or university's mission statement and
contributions of long-lasting benefits to the college or
university.
Distinguished research
Ben Allen, dean of the College of Business, received the 1996
Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award from the
Transportation Research Forum, an independent organization of
transportation professionals. Allen's research focuses on the
effects of regulatory policies on managerial practices and
effeciency in the transportation industry, and changing
carrier-shipper relationships.
Distinguished fellow
Tahira Hira, professor of human development and family
studies, was elected the first distinguished fellow of the
Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education
(AFCPE). The founding president of AFCPE, Hira is a
nationally recognized expert on personal finance and consumer
debt. The distinguished fellow award recognizes Hira's
longstanding service to AFCPE, leadership in financial
counseling and planning education and high standards of
professional and ethical conduct.
Leadership award
Nancy Norman, associate director of the Social and Behavioral
Research Center for Rural Health, received the 1996 National
Board Leadership Merit Award from the Child Welfare League of
America, which represents 425 child welfare agencies in the
United States and Canada. The award is given to board members
of child welfare agencies for noteworthy service.
Norman has completed a two-year term as board president of Orchard Place-Des Moines Child Guidance Center. During that time, Norman led Orchard Place through a major expansion in its community delinquency program, expansion of its facility, restructuring of its residential operations and merger with the Des Moines Child and Adolescent Guidance Center.
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