MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University will recognize 2015 Dean’s Faculty Award winners representing its three academic colleges during a ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom.

One faculty member is selected from among each academic college’s Dean’s Faculty Award for Teaching winners as the recipient of the 2016 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education, which also will be announced during the ceremony.

This fall’s Dean’s Faculty Award recipients are listed below.

College of Education and Human Services

• Leadership: Dr. Linda Sterling, Department of Behavioral Sciences
• Service: Dr. David Kiene, Department of Professional Education
• Teaching: Karen From, School of Health Science and Wellness

College of Arts and Sciences

• Teaching: Diana Linville, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science
  & Information Systems
• Research: Jose Palacios Perez, Department of English and Modern Languages
• Service: Pat Immel, Department of Fine and Performing Arts

Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies

• Research: Dr. Tiebing Shi, School of Business
• Service: Dr. Chi Lo Lim, School of Business
• Student Support: Brian Swafford, School of Communication and Mass Media
• Teaching: Jason Offutt, School of Communication and Mass Media