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The CSUN community celebrated the service and accomplishments of more than 100 of its exemplary faculty May 23 at the annual Honored Faculty Reception at the University Student Union Grand Salon. The Visionary Community Service-Learning Award went to Jongeun Kim (Family and Consumer Sciences) and several HHD faculty were awarded emeritus status.
CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison, Yi Li, provost and vice president of academic affairs, and Adam Swenson, faculty president, were among the campus leaders who welcomed those in attendance.
“It is always an exhilarating time of the year, and I enjoy spending time with faculty who have devoted their lives to educating and mentoring the students we serve, especially those who are graduating this week,” said Harrison during her opening remarks. “I appreciate you setting high expectations for our students, and for providing support and encouragement so that they can succeed and persist. You are the true heart of the campus and the reason CSUN is respected locally, nationally and globally.”
Faculty members recognized for their exemplary achievements include Jongeun Kim who received the Visionary Community Service-Learning Award.
Kim was selected because of her leadership in community service learning at CSUN through her many service learning courses, engaged curriculum development, and dissemination of her scholarship about service learning. She has provided engaged learning projects to students in several different family and consumer sciences courses. She also has developed and taught interdisciplinary service learning courses by partnering with the Institute for Sustainability minor program.
Kim’s projects have involved a wide variety of organizations addressing different community needs, ranging from preschool children to high school students to the elderly. She and her students have worked with students at Monroe, Northridge Academy and Sylmar high schools to develop fashion products and assess viable target markets. One of her students noted that through her courses and service learning projects, she has “challenged us to think of the ways that the apparel business can benefit and change the lives of individuals living in under-resourced communities.”
Another student said, “College students aren’t only teaching the high school students, they are also learning from them, because it gives a different perspective … it also encourages high school students to enroll [in] higher education.”
The award also acknowledged her expertise in community service learning as well as her publications and presentations.
At the event the university also recognized faculty who have been granted emeritus status. Faculty from HHD who have been granted emeritus status are:
- Craig Finney, Recreation and Tourism Management
- Ronald Fischbach, Health Sciences
- *Shane Frehlich, Kinesiology
- Martha Highfield, Nursing
- Joyce Munsch, Child and Adolescent Development
- *Jennifer Romack, Kinesiology
- Jerome Seliger, Health Sciences
*awarded posthumously
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