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May 13, 2005 - Hastings College honors faculty, students
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Hastings, Neb., May 13, 2005 -- Hastings College faculty members and students were recognized today at the annual Honors Convocation for their commitment to academic excellence and to students.
Senior Travis Rodak, Bridgeport, Neb., was awarded the $20,000 Jeffery Wallace Ellis Educational Trust Scholarship. Competition was limited to Nebraska residents in the top 10 percent of the senior class at Hastings College who intend to use the grant for study toward a graduate degree or certificate in a post graduate program beginning in the fall of 2005. The late Mrs. Lloyd Ellis and her son, Dr. Lloyd Ellis, Jr., to “encourage industry, moral purpose and intellectual growth among young Nebraska people,” established the educational trust in 1986.
Rodak, who plans to attend law school in the fall, is the son of Thomas and Beth Rodak.
Rev. Dr. Trace Haythorn received the Faculty Achievement Award. All full-time faculty are eligible for this award, which includes a $2,500 cash award provided by Sodexho food service. The recipient must have demonstrated significant and meritorious achievement in teaching. Students, faculty and staff make the nominations.
Haythorn is assistant professor of religion and director of Christian ministry at Hastings College. He coordinates the Vocation and Values Program, an effort funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Joining the Hastings College faculty in 2003, Haythorn completed a bachelor of arts degree at Austin College, Sherman, Texas, majoring in business and psychology; a master of divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.; and a doctorate in cultural foundation of education at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. In 1992, he was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA). In 2004, Haythorn received the college’s Polished Apple Award from the Hastings College Student Alumni Association.
Dr. Carol Meyer received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award. Full-time faculty and staff with academic advising duties are eligible for this award, which includes a $1,000 cash award. The recipient must have demonstrated high standards in academic advising and outstanding service to the campus community.
Meyer, a member of the faculty since 1990, is professor of business administration. She is adviser of Phi Beta Lambda Business Club. Meyer completed a bachelor of science degree at Kearney State College, Kearney, Neb.; and master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Chuck Eigenberg received the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award. Funded by Hastings College Board of Trustee member and chair of the board Hal Dittmer ’62, Sacramento, Calif., the $5,000 award is awarded to a faculty member who has dedicated at least 15 years of professional service to Hastings College. The winner also must demonstrate a sustained commitment to quality teaching and to campus and community service.
Eigenberg is professor of psychology and chair of the department. He is advisor of Psi Chi psychology honor society and a former faculty senate president. A faculty member since 1974, he completed a bachelor of arts degree at Ohio State University, Columbus, and master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The President’s Award was presented to Gretchen Vondrak for service to and support of Hastings College. A resident of Hastings, she has served on the college’s board of trustees since 1997. Vondrak is a member of the executive committee, the building and grounds committee, and chairs the instruction and faculty relations committee. Vondrak also serves on the nominating committee. A generous supporter of the college, Vondrak chaired the 1997 and 1999 local fund-raising campaign for the college. In 2001, she was part of a volunteer committee that helped raise funds to complete the Osborne Family Sports Complex project.
Vondrak and her husband, Nicholas, an ophthalmologist at Vondrak Eye Care and Surgery, established the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award at Hastings College in 2001. Full-time faculty and staff who have demonstrated high standards in academic advising and outstanding service to the campus community are eligible for a $1,000 cash award.
Vondrak, a native of Broken Bow, received a bachelor of science degree in nursing at the University of Nebraska.
Chosen as the 2005-06 Artist Lecture Symposium (ALS) faculty lecturers were Haythorn and Dr. Dan Deffenbaugh. The lecturers were nominated by faculty members and selected by a vote of the student body. Deffenbaugh is assistant professor of religion and philosophy. A member of the faculty since 2001, he completed a bachelor of arts degree at Hope College, Holland, Mich., and a master of divinity degree at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Mich., and a doctorate at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
May 13, 2005 - Hastings College honors faculty, students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hastings, Neb., May 13, 2005 -- Hastings College faculty members and students were recognized today at the annual Honors Convocation for their commitment to academic excellence and to students.
Senior Travis Rodak, Bridgeport, Neb., was awarded the $20,000 Jeffery Wallace Ellis Educational Trust Scholarship. Competition was limited to Nebraska residents in the top 10 percent of the senior class at Hastings College who intend to use the grant for study toward a graduate degree or certificate in a post graduate program beginning in the fall of 2005. The late Mrs. Lloyd Ellis and her son, Dr. Lloyd Ellis, Jr., to “encourage industry, moral purpose and intellectual growth among young Nebraska people,” established the educational trust in 1986.
Rodak, who plans to attend law school in the fall, is the son of Thomas and Beth Rodak.
Rev. Dr. Trace Haythorn received the Faculty Achievement Award. All full-time faculty are eligible for this award, which includes a $2,500 cash award provided by Sodexho food service. The recipient must have demonstrated significant and meritorious achievement in teaching. Students, faculty and staff make the nominations.
Haythorn is assistant professor of religion and director of Christian ministry at Hastings College. He coordinates the Vocation and Values Program, an effort funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.
Joining the Hastings College faculty in 2003, Haythorn completed a bachelor of arts degree at Austin College, Sherman, Texas, majoring in business and psychology; a master of divinity degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.; and a doctorate in cultural foundation of education at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. In 1992, he was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA). In 2004, Haythorn received the college’s Polished Apple Award from the Hastings College Student Alumni Association.
Dr. Carol Meyer received the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award. Full-time faculty and staff with academic advising duties are eligible for this award, which includes a $1,000 cash award. The recipient must have demonstrated high standards in academic advising and outstanding service to the campus community.
Meyer, a member of the faculty since 1990, is professor of business administration. She is adviser of Phi Beta Lambda Business Club. Meyer completed a bachelor of science degree at Kearney State College, Kearney, Neb.; and master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Chuck Eigenberg received the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award. Funded by Hastings College Board of Trustee member and chair of the board Hal Dittmer ’62, Sacramento, Calif., the $5,000 award is awarded to a faculty member who has dedicated at least 15 years of professional service to Hastings College. The winner also must demonstrate a sustained commitment to quality teaching and to campus and community service.
Eigenberg is professor of psychology and chair of the department. He is advisor of Psi Chi psychology honor society and a former faculty senate president. A faculty member since 1974, he completed a bachelor of arts degree at Ohio State University, Columbus, and master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The President’s Award was presented to Gretchen Vondrak for service to and support of Hastings College. A resident of Hastings, she has served on the college’s board of trustees since 1997. Vondrak is a member of the executive committee, the building and grounds committee, and chairs the instruction and faculty relations committee. Vondrak also serves on the nominating committee. A generous supporter of the college, Vondrak chaired the 1997 and 1999 local fund-raising campaign for the college. In 2001, she was part of a volunteer committee that helped raise funds to complete the Osborne Family Sports Complex project.
Vondrak and her husband, Nicholas, an ophthalmologist at Vondrak Eye Care and Surgery, established the Vondrak Outstanding Advisor Award at Hastings College in 2001. Full-time faculty and staff who have demonstrated high standards in academic advising and outstanding service to the campus community are eligible for a $1,000 cash award.
Vondrak, a native of Broken Bow, received a bachelor of science degree in nursing at the University of Nebraska.
Chosen as the 2005-06 Artist Lecture Symposium (ALS) faculty lecturers were Haythorn and Dr. Dan Deffenbaugh. The lecturers were nominated by faculty members and selected by a vote of the student body. Deffenbaugh is assistant professor of religion and philosophy. A member of the faculty since 2001, he completed a bachelor of arts degree at Hope College, Holland, Mich., and a master of divinity degree at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Mich., and a doctorate at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
