Distinguished Service
The Distinguished Service Award is one of the most significant recognition that 91做厙 has to offer for employees who have made a significant impact on the life and mission of 91做厙.
Selection Criteria
Nominees for this award must meet the following criteria:
- Current member of 91做厙's faculty, classified/unclassified staff, or administration; or a retiree of no longer than three (3) years
- Record of service that has made a significant impact on the life and mission of 91做厙
- Recognition across a large community at 91做厙 for service to students, a specific department, school, or campus, or to the University as a whole
- Length, scope and diversity of service contributions.
Nomination
Ordinarily, the nominee should have at least twelve (12) years of service to 91做厙. Consideration for this award also requires a minimum of two letters of nomination from people representing at least two distinct University constituencies (e.g., departments, divisions, student organizations, staff organizations). These letters should convey the various positions the candidate has held or tasks in which the candidate has participated. The letters should also describe in detail ways in which this individual has made a significant and diverse contributions to a broad community at 91做厙.
The call for nominations for the Distinguished Service Award is issued every other year (years beginning with odd numbers: 2023-2024, 2025-2026, 2027-2028, etc.), alternating with the University Distinguished Professor Award. It is presented to no more than two recipients.
The next award will be given in 2026-2027. Nomination materials should be sent on or before Nov. 3, 2026 to awards@91做厙OH.edu.
Selection Process
The Awards and Recognition Committee, an advisory committee of University Senate, reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to the University president, who makes the final selection.
Recognition
Award recipients will be recognized at a major awards reception hosted by the President and Provost typically in March.
Distinguished Service Award Recipients
2026
Connie Malone, Graduate Student Services Manager
2024
Brent Shock, Former Vice President, Enrollment Management
2022
Whitney Womack Smith, Professor, Department of English and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Writing
Cameron Hay-Rollins, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology
2020
Michael Curme, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Suesann Sepela, Tutoring and Learning Centers, Regional Student Services
2018
Diane Delisio, Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering & Computing
Randi Thomas, Director of Institutional Relations
2016
Jerome Conley, Dean and University Librarian
Wanita Hatton, College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences, Retiree
2014
Kip Alishio, Director, Student Counseling Services, Health Services Center
Becky Dysart, Director, Staff Development, Department of Human Resources
2012
Carolyn Haynes, Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies
John Skillings, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics and Statistics
2010
Milt Cox, Professor Emeritus, Director of the Lilly Conference on College Teaching
Claudia Scott-Pavloff, Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Science
2008
Susan Mosley-Howard, Associate V.P. of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Judith Sessions, Dean of University Libraries
2007
Robert Johnson, Professor Emeritus
Jack Keegan, Professor of Botany
2006
Joseph Urell, Associate Provost Emeritus