Convocation 2021
Convocation Ceremony
Elizabethtown College will open the 2021-22 academic school year during the College's Convocation Ceremony on Tuesday, August 24 at 4 p.m. in the Dell. Following Convocation, the campus community is invited to an All-Campus Picnic on Brinser Field.
Convocation marks the official opening ceremony for the academic year and is an event where the College can recognize the Class of 2025, faculty members who have been promoted, and/or tenured (listed below) effective in the 2021-22 academic year.
Promotions & Award Recipients
Appointed to Endowed Professorship
- Jeffery D. Long, Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religious Studies
- James A. MacKay, A. C. Baugher Professor of Chemistry
- Matthew G. Skillen, Ralph W. Schlosser Professor of English
Promoted Faculty
- Matthew P. Fritz, Promoted to Professor of Music
- Peter R. Licona, Promoted to Associate Professor of PK-12 STEM Education
- Jeffrey A. Rood, Promoted to Professor of Chemistry
Faculty Merit Award Recipients
Scholarship and Professional Activity
- David R. Bowne, Associate Professor of Biology
- David S. Brown, Raffensperger Professor of History
- James A. MacKay, A. C. Baugher Professor of Chemistry
- E. Fletcher McClellan, Professor of Political Science
- Oya Ozkanca, Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Service
- Bryan Greenberg, Associate Professor of Marketing
- Jeffrey A. Rood, Professor of Chemistry
- T. Evan Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology
- Matthew W. Telleen, Associate Professor of Communications
- Debra L. Wohl, Professor of Biology
Teaching and Advising
- Jean C. Batista Abreu, Assistant Professor of Engineering
- Erica M. Dolson, Lecturer in English
- Peilong Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Elizabeth A. Newell, Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology
- Robert J. Wickham, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Awards and Recognition
2020-2021 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence Recipient
- Judy B. Ericksen, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
2020-2021 Polanowski Prize for Excellence in Faculty-Student Advising and Mentorship Recipient
- Hossein Varamini, Turnbull-Jamieson Professor of Finance and International Business
2020-2021 Ranck Prize for Research Excellence Recipient
- Jeffery D. Long, Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religious Studies
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