Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer
Award
(sponsored by Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc., 1996 - present )
One of the time-honored descriptors of a University is "a community
of scholars." It is a unique community where faculty scholars as
creators of knowledge are also those charged with being the transmitters
or communicators of knowledge. In the ideal, the teacher-scholar faculty
is one composed of individuals who as teachers communicate what as scholars
they are still learning. To recognize the special role of communication
in the teacher-scholar process, the University, in cooperation with the
Horry Telephone Cooperative, has established the Distinguished Teacher-Scholar
Lecturer Award.
The intent of the Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Award is to
recognize annually a Coastal Carolina University faculty member who has
distinguished him/herself as a teacher, a scholar and a communicator.
The Awardee will be an individual who embodies the University's teacher-scholar
ideal of searching for and transmitting knowledge through critical inquiry
and teaching in his or her own discipline and who supports and appreciates
critical inquiry and teaching in the other disciplines of the University.
Nominees for this prestigious award may come from any area of knowledge
or expression at the University.
To underscore the communication aspect of the teacher-scholar process,
the Awardee will present an original lecture/presentation to the University
community and community guests on a topic of his/her choice that illustrates
the depth and breadth of the Awardee's teacher-scholar abilities. The
lecture/presentation will be published in a handsome and appropriate format
and distributed widely among the University community and the University's
friends and benefactors. Copies will also be sent to all university libraries
in South Carolina and to other selected university libraries throughout
the United States. In addition, the lecture/presentation will be videotaped
and made available for broadcast on the local cable network and for sale
or distribution to other interested individuals, groups or corporations.
Guidelines and Procedures:
Nominees will be tenured members of the full-time faculty of Coastal
Carolina University.
Nominations may come from any of several sources (e.g., peers, students,
staff, alumni, self-nomination, community members).
A Committee, appointed by the Provost in consultation with the President,
composed of representatives from the faculty, staff, administration,
students and other appropriate groups will evaluate the nominees and
recommend the selection of the Lecturer to the Provost.
The Lecturer will receive a $1,000 stipend and a plaque of recognition.
The formal program will include:
a dinner for the honoree which will include his/her invited guests,
the sponsor, and University officials;
the lecture/presentation by the honoree preceded by a brief award
ceremony; and
a reception following the lecture/presentation for all in attendance.
Recipients of the Distinguished Teacher-Scholar
Lecturer Award:
1996 Dr. Edgar Dyer, Professor of Political Science,
"Insuring Domestic Tranquility and Securing the Blessings of Liberty
in 21st Century America"
1997 Dr. Sara L. Sanders, Professor of English ,
"The Story Way of Knowing in the Context of Community"
1998 Dr. Roy Talbert, Jr. , Professor of History,
"So Fine a Beach: Peter Horry's Summer of 1812"
1999 Dr. Richard F Dame, Palmetto Professor of Marine
Science, "From the Forest to the Sea: South Carolina's Productive
Estuaries"
2000 Dr. Stephen J. Nagle, Professor of English,
"The Life and Times of the English Language: an unauthorized biography"
2001 Dr. Sally Z. Hare, Singleton Professor of Education,
"I'll Meet You in the Field: the Intersection of Education and
Community"
2002 Dr. Richard O. Collin, Palmetto Professor of
Politics, "Us and Them: Why the World Puzzles America."
2003 Dr. Susan Libes, Professor of Marine Science
and Chemistry, "Why we should all be Waccamaw Waterwatchers."
2004 Dr. Sharon Thompson, Professor/Coordinator of Health Promotion, "Nine Nutrition Tips for a Healthier South Carolina."
2005 Mr. Jim Eason, Professor of Accounting, Finance and Economics, " Achieving the Dream: Values, Change and Service to the Community."
2006 Dr. Paul Gayes, Palmetto Professor of Marine Science and Geology, " Castles of Sand and Steel: The Collision of Growth and Policy with the State’s Advancing Shoreline."
2007 Dr. James Luken, Professor of Biology, "Tourists in Paradise: Making the Nature Connection in Coastal Carolina."
