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Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching, Research Awards Announced

MINI´«Ã½HSC Chancellor's Council Winners Chancellor Hance with the 2008 Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards recipients Bogschutz, Poirier and Esperate (pictured L to R).

November 21, 2008  | Written by Dailey Fuller

The highest awards given by the MINI´«Ã½ to faculty members at its member institutions were announced today (Nov. 21) by .

The annual MINI´«Ã½ Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards went to two faculty members from and two six faculty members from (MINI´«Ã½HSC). Winners from will be selected and announced in the spring at an event in San Angelo.

The Distinguished Teaching Awards go to William Westney, Horn Professor of Music in Texas Tech’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and Renee Bogschutz, in the School of Allied Health Sciences at the MINI´«Ã½HSC.

The Distinguished Research Awards go to L. William ‘Bill’ Poirier, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech and M. Christina R. Esperate in the MINI´«Ã½HSC Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing.

This is the eighth year for the Chancellor’s Council to present the awards. The winners each receive a medallion and a $10,000 cash award. The Chancellor’s Council raises funds for student scholarships and recruitment, faculty awards and support, as well as other programs.