IV.13               Faculty Achievement Awards

Each year the university recognizes a few faculty members for special commendation.   Nominating and review procedures can be found on the Academic Affairs website.  All recipients are named at the faculty achievement celebration.

Edith Green Distinguished Professor Award

The Edith Green Professorship, named for the Honorable Edith Green, former Oregon Congresswoman and Linfield Trustee, is made annually to a regular Linfield faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding teaching effectiveness. The recipient holds the professorship for one year. A special stipend is provided for the year.

Samuel H. Graf Faculty Achievement Award

This award is named for the late Samuel H. Graf, former member of the Board of Trustees and recipient of an honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering degree from Linfield in 1959. This award is given to a faculty member with outstanding performance, beyond their regular duties,  involving research, publication, or some other special academic or civic achievement. A special stipend is provided for the year.

The Allen and Pat Kelley Faculty Scholar Award

Created by former trustee Dr. Allen Kelley and his wife Pat in 2007, this award is given annually to a tenure-track or tenured faculty member in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievement in the preceding academic year, to be understood as publication in a refereed academic site. The award includes a special stipend and a two-class course release for the coming year.

Marvin and Laurie Henberg International Scholarship Award

Over the course of his career at Linfield College, Dr. Marvin Henberg served as Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, and Interim President. In 2013, he and his wife Laurie created an endowed fund to recognize and support faculty international scholarship. The award recognizes a faculty member whose scholarly activity focuses on an international topic or theme, and has passed peer review and has been or is slated for publication on the basis of such review. The award will consist of a stipend in each of two consecutive years.

Julie Olds and Thomas Hellie Creative Achievement Award

The faculty creative award was established by President Thomas L. Hellie and his wife, Julie Olds, in 2014. Both Tom and Julie began their career in the arts, Tom with a Ph.D. in theatre history from the University of Missouri-Columbia and Julie with an MFA in acting from Case Western Reserve University. Faculty selected for this award will have outstanding creative work that has been recognized by their peers and has been or is slated for dissemination in ways appropriate for the specific focus of the work. A special stipend is provided for the year.

Cathy and Dave Haugeberg School of Nursing Faculty Award for Leadership in Innovation and Excellence

Linfield Trustee Dave Haugeberg and his wife Cathy established this fund to inspire groundbreaking activities amongst School of Nursing faculty. Recipients of this award will be selected based on demonstration of exemplary leadership in any of the following: service innovation and excellence; teaching innovation and excellence; scholarship innovation and excellence.  A special stipend is provided for the year.