SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Awards
The State Council of Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV) annually honors faculty at Virginia’s two- and four-year, public and private institutions of higher learning since 1987. The recipients of the award represent the highest standards of teaching, scholarship, and service. Since 1991, 35 faculty members from Old Dominion University (ODU) have received the award.
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SCHEV Award Winners
1980-1989
1988: Ann Campbell, Microbiology and Immunology (EVMS)
1990-1999
1991: Karen Polonko, Sociology and Criminal Justice
1992: Gregory Selby, Mechanical Engineering
1993: Michele Darby, Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting
1994: Nancy Bazin, English; Lunzy Britt, Surgery (EVMS)
1995: Helen Rountree, Sociology and Criminal Justice; Thomas Pellegrino, Neurology (EVMS)
1996: William Stanley, Engineering and Technology
1997: Dana Heller, English
1998: Paul Aravich, Pathology (EVMS)
1999: Daniel Dauer, Biological Sciences; Chris Drake, Political Science and Geography
2000-2009
2000: John Toomey, Music
2001: Sushil Chaturvedi, Mechanical Engineering; Dwight Allen, Educational Curriculum and Instruction
2002: Janet Peery, English
2003: Sheri Reynolds, English
2004: Charles Wilson, English
2005: Katharine Kersey, Early Childhood, Speech-Language Pathology, and Special Education; Cynthia Jones, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2006: Donald Zeigler, Political Science and Geography; Sharon Raver-Lampman, Early Childhood, Speech-Language Pathology, and Special Education
2007: John Adam, Mathematics and Statistics
2008: Bridget Anderson, English; Shaomin Li, Business Management
2009: Lawrence Hatab, Philosophy; Lawrence Weinstein, Physics
2010-2019
2011: Mark Butler, Biological Sciences
2012: Steve Yetiv, Political Science and Geography
2014: Carolyn Rutledge, Nursing
2015: Gail Dodge, Physics
2016: Charles Hyde, Physics
2017: Jennifer Michaeli, Engineering and Technology; Anatoly Radyushkin, Physics
2018: Helen Crompton, Teaching and Learning
2019: Alfred Abuhamad, OB-GYN (EVMS)
2020-Present
2020: Kent Carpenter, Biological Sciences
2021: Jennifer Fish, Women’s Studies; Ling Li, Information Technology and Decision Sciences
2023: Khan Iftekharuddin, Engineering and Technology
2024: Justin Haegele, Human Movement Sciences and Special Education
2025: Michelle Kelley, Psychology
2026: Margaret Mulholland, Ocean and Earth Sciences
Resources
- Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 23529.

