CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO(캘리포니아주립대 프레스노)TOP FRESNO STATE TEACHING AWARD GOES TO MUSIC PROFESSOR BEN BOONE

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO(캘리포니아주립대 프레스노)TOP FRESNO STATE TEACHING AWARD GOES TO MUSIC PROFESSOR BEN BOONE

Dr. Benjamin Boone, professor in the Department of Music, has been awarded Fresno State’s 2017 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, announced Dr. Lynnette Zelezny, Fresno State’s provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

The Provost’s Awards also honored the following faculty:

Dr. Victor Torres, professor of Chicano and Latin American studies, Faculty Service Award

Dr. Cristina Herrera, associate professor of Chicano and Latin American studies, Research, Scholarship and Creative Accomplishment Award

Dr. The Nguyen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Innovation Award

Don Williams, Department of Physics faculty, was named Outstanding Lecturer.

Seven faculty members were selected for the Promising New Faculty category of the Provost’s Awards in recognition of their exemplary achievements in teaching, research, creative activities and/or service among non-tenured, tenure-track faculty. The honorees are:

Dr. Alicia Brown Becton, assistant professor of counselor education and rehabilitation

Dr. Amber Hammons, assistant professor of child, family and consumer sciences

Dr. Susana Hernández, assistant professor of educational leadership

Dr. Alison Mandaville, assistant professor of English

Dr. Stephanie Moore-Reed, assistant professor of kinesiology

Dr. Jennifer Randles, assistant professor of sociology

Dr. Chris Sterling, assistant professor of management

The honorees will be celebrated at an awards reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the North Gym (Room 118) on campus. For more information about the reception, contact Randy Aoki at 559.278.2636.