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