Faculty Excellence Awards
Bowling Green State University faculty remain committed to continually improving their teaching and research skills to improve student knowledge and contributions to their respective fields. The Faculty Excellence Awards provide a way to recognize the contributions made by BGSU faculty members and pay tribute to their achievements.
2026 Awards and Honors
The Academic Advising and Mentoring Excellence Award recognizes an individual (faculty or staff), or group of individuals, who contribute to the educational development of undergraduate students through effective academic advising and mentoring.
Recipient
None awarded
The Faculty Senate gives special recognition to faculty members who have contributed significantly to BGSU in the areas of:
- Community Involvement
- Leadership as a Chair/School Director
- Distinguished Service
- Faculty Mentorship
- Lifetime Achievement
- Unit Recognition
Visit the Faculty Awards page to read more about these awards.
The Distinguished Research Professorship was established in 1982 by the Board of Trustees. This honor, renamed in 1986 as Distinguished Research Professor or Professor of the Arts, is conferred upon select members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and who have established outstanding national and international recognition through research and publication or creative/artistic achievement in their disciplines.
Recipient
None awarded
The Distinguished Teaching Professorship was established in 1982 by the Board of Trustees and was renamed Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1986. The title is conferred upon select members of the faculty holding the rank of professor whose extraordinary achievements as effective teachers in their discipline or in interdisciplinary fields deserve special recognition.
Recipient
None awarded
The title of Distinguished University Professor shall be conferred upon members of the faculty already holding rank of professor, whose professional achievements are such as to have gained them national distinction or recognition beyond the limitations of a narrow field of interest.
Recipient
None awarded
The Elliott L. Blinn Award recognizes innovative basic research/creative work conducted by individual faculty members in collaboration with undergraduate students and supports collaboration with additional students. The award is given in memory of Dr. Elliott Blinn, Professor of Chemistry, who dedicated his career to sharing with his undergraduate students the excitement of the process of discovery by directly involving them in basic research/creative work.
Recipients
Monica Longmore, Ph.D., Department of Sociology
Hyungsuk Choo, Ph.D., School of Applied Human Development
The Olscamp Research Award is presented to a faculty member for outstanding scholarly or creative accomplishments during the previous three-year period. For purposes of this award, these accomplishments may be understood in terms of refereed presentations of scholarly papers or publications (books, monographs, externally funded grants and contracts, articles, etc.); musical compositions/arrangements or concerts/recitals; dramatic or visual art works presented at national or international meetings or exhibitions; and patentable or licensable discoveries or creations of major significance.
Recipient
Jenjira Yahirun, Ph.D., Department of Sociology
The Academic Advising and Mentoring Excellence Award recognizes an individual (faculty or staff), or group of individuals, who contribute to the educational development of undergraduate students through effective academic advising and mentoring.
Recipient
None awarded
The Outstanding Early Career Award is given to an outstanding early career faculty member who has excelled in their scholarly endeavors. The award is intended to enhance the academic career of junior faculty by providing discretionary funds for the support of future scholarly activities; promote, recognize and reward scholarly excellence among early career investigators; support research and foster contact and cooperation with industry and institutions that support research and education; and aid in building closer ties between Bowling Green State University and the local community.
Recipient
Julie Peterson, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry
The President’s Award for Academic Advising recognizes those individuals (faculty or staff) and units (offices, programs, departments, or colleges) in the BGSU learning community who contribute to undergraduate students’ educational development through effective academic advising. It also supports efforts to further enhance advising.
Recipient
None awarded
This award recognizes innovative research and creative work conducted by faculty members in collaboration with graduate students. It is expected that graduate students play a significant role in projects submitted for this award and that the project would be related to improving the quality of graduate education and/or the research capacity of the University.
Recipient
None awarded
The title of Professor of Creative Arts Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty already holding the rank of professor and who have established outstanding national and international recognition through research and publication or creative/artistic achievement in their disciplines. The title is for a period of three years.
Recipient
Solungga Liu, DMA, Department of Music Performance Studies
The title of Professor of Research Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and who have established outstanding national and international recognition through research and publication in their disciplines. The title is for a period of three years.
Recipient
Pavel Anzenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., Department of Chemistry
The title of Professor of Service Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and who have established outstanding national and international recognition for professional service and/or public service through their work at the University. The title is for a period of three years.
Recipient
Jeanne Novak, Ph.D., School of Inclusive Teacher Education
The title of Professor of Teaching Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty who hold the rank of professor and whose extraordinary achievements as effective teachers in their discipline or in interdisciplinary fields deserve special recognition. The title is for a period of three years.
Recipient
None awarded
This prestigious award allows both graduate and undergraduate students to participate by nominating one of the University’s professors. The Master Teacher Award is the only student-driven and student-selected award given to a faculty member at BGSU. A time honored tradition beginning in 1982 the Master Teacher award is respected by faculty as one of the most coveted honors and recognitions at BGSU.
Recipient
None awarded
The title of Trustee Professor is designated by the trustees for senior administrators who have served with distinction in those roles for 10 years or more, hold tenured academic positions, and are leaving full-time administrative service.
Recipient
None awarded
Updated: 05/14/2026 08:27AM