2008 Honorees

Originally from Gallipolis, Ohio, Brant Adams holds a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Capital University, a Master of Music degree in music theory from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Ph.D in theory from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied composition with Donald Grantham...

Cokie Anderson is an associate professor and electronic publishing librarian at Oklahoma State University, and is the director of the OSU Library's Electronic Publishing Center...

Linda Austin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and specializes in the British literature and culture of the "long" nineteenth century (1780-1917). She is the author of The Practical Ruskin (Johns Hopkins UP, 1991) and Nostalgia in Transition (U of Virginia P, 2007), as well as essays on Thomas Hardy, James Thomson, John Ruskin, Alice Meynell and other writers...

The Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Lee E. Bird, serves as the senior student affairs officer for the university. She provides direction and leadership for programs and services affecting student development...

Assistant professor and graphic designer Phil Choo teaches graphic design courses in the OSU Department of Art. Choo earned his MFA from Iowa State University and was an assistant professor in graphic design at the University of Minnesota for three years before joining OSU in 2005...

Romanian-born soprano Anne-Marie Condacse began her musical training as a violin major at the George Enescu School of Music, Bucharest, Romania. Condacse has been a resident artist with the George Enescu National Philharmonic, and she has appeared as guest soloist with The Romanian National Opera, Ion Dacian Operetta Theater, Slovakian Opera, Oradea Lyric Theater, Woodlands Symphony and the Moores Opera Center...

Bob Darcy has taught at Oklahoma State University since 1977 and has been a Regents Professor since 1991...

Sidney A. Ewing is a life member of the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association...

Jami Fullerton is an associate professor at Oklahoma State University, where she teaches advertising and mass communication research and theory...

Todd Hubbard is the Clarence E. Page endowed chair and principal investigator for research in aviation psychology at Oklahoma State University. Hubbard served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a military pilot and has flown the U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft at many locations around the world...

Dr. Jordan has been at OSU since 1997 and is a full professor in the Leisure Studies Program...

Thomas Lanners, Professor of Piano, has appeared as a solo and collaborative pianist and clinician throughout the U.S. and abroad, presenting his New York solo debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in October 2004...

Jason Lavery is an associate professor of history at Oklahoma State University. His areas of scholarly specialization are early modern Scandinavia and Germany, as well as modern Finland...

Bin Liang, an assistant professor in the department of sociology at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, has published a number of articles on studies related to crime and the legal system in China...

Lance Millis is creator and author of College Prep 101. He has nearly 18 years of experience at OSU, including seven in the Office of High School and College Relations and more than 10 in student academic services...

Dr. David Moll graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1978. He received his DVM from Kansas State University in 1982...

Ruth Mudroch is an Oklahoma State University senior. She anticipates graduating in December 2008 with an emphasis in graphic design...

As associate library dean for planning and assessment, Jennifer Paustenbaugh is responsible for the Library's planning, assessment and outcomes assessment; research, grants and contracts; facilities and security; reappointment, promotion and tenure process; and Library statistics...

David was born in Manhattan, Kan., raised in Ames, Iowa and moved to Stillwater in 1971...

Angela Piehl is a painter who works primarily in oil on birch panel. Angela's recent works abstracted from photo sources and small-scale still life arrangements...

Donna Rhea learned to quilt from her mother and grandmother. She has worked for OSU as a senior secretary in the Department of Agricultural Economics for 12 years...

Dr. William E. Segall is professor-emeritus of social foundations in Oklahoma State University's College of Education and the University's School of International Studies...

Ramesh Sharda is Conoco/DuPont Professor of Management of Technology and a Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Systems in the College of Business Administration at Oklahoma State University...

Ravi Sheorey is professor of English at Oklahoma State University, where he teaches courses in applied linguistics and teaching English as a second language...

Dr. Marcella Sirhandi received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University. She specializes in Contemporary South Asian art history...

Rebecca Groom te Velde, M.Mus., AAGO, received her B.A. summa cum laude from Seattle Pacific University, where she studied organ, composition and church music with her father, Lester H. Groom...

Jean Van Delinder is associate professor of sociology, with affiliated appointments in American Studies, Africana-African American Studies and Women's Studies, at Oklahoma State University...

This book is the first one that fully explores the fox as the object of both scorn and fascination...

Susan Weir is the director of Student Academic Services for the College of Arts and Sciences...

John Wooley is the author, co-author, or editor of 17 books. His work has received acclaim across the country...