Celebrate UMKC 2007 Faculty, Staff and Student Awards

Each year, the Convocation Ceremony recognizes the outstanding efforts of the men and women who make up the faculty, staff and students at UMKC. The following award winners were recognized at UMKC's 2007 Convocation on September 27.
| STUDENT | |
| Exceptional UMKC Student Awards | |
| Christopher Slifer undergraduate student in chemistry |
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| Carol Hanson graduate student in mathematics |
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Angela Monroe graduate student in public administration |
| STAFF | |
| A True Unsung Hero Rita Messina College of Arts and Sciences |
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| Campus Collaboration Doug Swink Office of the Registrar |
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| Education First Charlene Elliott Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration |
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| FACULTY | |
| UMKC Trustees’ Faculty Scholars | |
| Jimmy O. Adegoke, Ph.D assistant professor, College of Arts and Sciences |
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| Trent Guess, Ph.D. assistant professor, School of Computing and Engineering |
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| John Laity, Ph.D. assistant professor, School of Biological Sciences |
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| Clancy Martin, Ph.D. assistant professor, College of Arts and Sciences |
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| Pierson Award | |
| Eyad Al-Hihi, M.D. associate professor, School of Medicine |
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| Lorraine Brockmann, R.D.H professor, School of Dentistry |
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| Qing Cao, Ph.D. associate professor, Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration |
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| William Eckhardt, LL.M. clinical professor, School of Law |
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| N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creativity | |
| Ann Smith, Ph.D. professor, School of Biological Sciences |
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| Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching | |
| Kathleen Kilway, Ph.D. associate professor, College of Arts and Sciences |
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