INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University’s Professor of Chemistry Dr. Micheal Fultz has been named a finalist for the 2021 Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia. Fultz was named a finalist among four other professors from colleges and universities in the state.
Fultz received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin and earned his doctorate in chemistry from Indiana University. He is the chair of the Chemistry Department at WVSU and leads the university’s student chapter of the American Chemical Society.
The Professor of the Year program honors the outstanding achievements of educators at the college and university level. A $10,000 cash award is given to the candidate chosen as Professor of the Year, with smaller awards given to the other finalists.
The Faculty Merit Foundation will conduct interviews with the five finalists on Monday, February 14. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plans for a spring banquet where the Professor of the Year will be announced have not been determined.
The other finalists include Linda Cowan, a professor of music at West Liberty University; Dr. Michael Groves, an associate nursing professor at Shepherd University; Dan Hollis, professor of journalism and mass communications at Marshall University; and Dr. Paul Rakes, professor of history at West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
The Professor of the Year award is sponsored by: United Bank; Bowles Rice LLP; Greene, Ketchum, Farrell, Bailey & Tweel LLP; Maier Foundation; Graystone Consulting; and The Daywood Foundation, Inc.
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