Provost's Awards Committee

The Provost’s Awards Committee sets criteria and selects winners for awards administered by the Office of the Provost. These awards include the Westhafer Award for both Teaching and Creative Research Activity, as well as the newly envisioned all-university and all-system Roush Awards. Two university-wide Roush awards are chosen from the seven winners in each college (two from A&S) on the Las Cruces campus. One system-wide award is chosen from among the four winners from each branch campus.

The Provost’s Awards committee may become responsible for other awards as the Provost expands and repositions awards to align with LEADS 2025.

Membership

Membership of the Provost's Awards Committee
Name Title Campus/College
Kathleen O'Connor Associate Professor Grants Community College
Greg Hillis Institutional Researcher Alamogordo Community College
Jalal Hamedi Professor Carlsbad Community College
Veronica Murga Instructor Doña Ana Community College
Bernd Leinauer Regent's Professor Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
James Herndon Professor Arts & Sciences
Glenn Fetzer Department Head Arts & Sciences
Carl Enomoto Professor Business
Chris Aiken Assistant Professor Education
Hongmei Luo, Chair Professor Engineering
Karen Kopera-Frye Professor Health & Social Services
Tara Gray, ex-officio Associate Provost Teaching Academy
Updated July 1, 2021