Faculty & Staff Convocation
You are cordially invited to the 2021 UMD Faculty & Staff Convocation, a time for the university community to come together and officially usher in the academic year by celebrating academic and service honorees, selected by their peers, to be awarded for their achievements. A reception will follow in the Chapel Garden.
2021 Honorees
President’s Medal
The President’s Medal is the highest honor bestowed upon a member of the university community. It is intended to recognize extraordinary contributions to the intellectual, social, and cultural life of Maryland.
Ritu Agarwal
Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize
This prize is presented annually to a member of the faculty in recognition of a highly significant work of research, scholarship or artistic creativity that has been achieved within the past three years.
Liangbing Hu
Kirwan Undergraduate Education Award
This prize is presented annually in recognition of the faculty or staff member who has made exceptional contributions to the quality of undergraduate education at the university.
Ann Smith
President's Distinguished Service Award
The President’s Distinguished Service Awards recognize exceptional performance, leadership and service by members of the university staff. The recipients of this award have a record of exemplary performance and distinctive contributions to the operation of an administrative, academic, research or service unit on campus.
John T. Consoli
Douglas Downing
Ann Holmes
Maria Lonsbury
Rosemary Parker
Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty
Fawzi Emad (Research)
Joanna Goger (Research)
Tracy Tomlinson (Teaching)
Nancy Gallagher (Teaching)
Christy Tirrell-Corbin (Teaching)
Candace M. Moore (Service)
Victoria “Tori” Page-Voth (Service)
Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Winners of the Distinguished Scholar-Teacher awards represent a broad range of academic excellence. The program honors tenured faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments as educators. Each scholar will present a lecture during the school year.
Pamela Abshire
John Fisher
Liangbing Hu
Sarah Oates
KerryAnn O’Meara
Peter Shawhan
Distinguished University Professor
The highest honor the university bestows, this title is conferred in recognition of extraordinary achievement as a teacher, scholar, and public servant.
Katharine Abraham
Sonalde Desai
William Jeffery
Chris Justice
Michael Pecht
Eric D. Wachsman