April 14, 2025
SIU to honor eight 2025 Excellence Award recipients
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale will recognize eight faculty and staff members for superior scholarship and creative endeavors, teaching and service with the 2025 Excellence Awards.
The awards are bestowed annually for exceptional work both in and outside the classroom. The recipients will be recognized during a ceremony at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. A reception will follow in the library’s first-floor rotunda.
“The Excellence Award winners represent what it means to be a Saluki,” said Chancellor Austin A. Lane. “Even when it defies the odds, they imagine how they can make the world better and then they work tirelessly to make their vision a reality.”
The 2025 SIU Carbondale Excellence Awards recipients are:
- Scholar Excellence Award: Tsuchin “Philip” Chu, professor/director of the College of Engineering, Computing, Technology, and Mathematics’ doctoral program, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Materials Engineering.
- Teaching Excellence Award (tenured and tenure-track): Robert Hahn, recently retired professor of philosophy, School of History and Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts.
- Teaching Excellence Award (non-tenure track): Christopher Chiasson, assistant professor of practice, German, School of Languages, Cultures, and International Studies, College of Liberal Arts.
- Early Career Faculty Excellence Award: Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, assistant professor, zoology, School of Biological Sciences, College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences.
- Women of Distinction: Mary Louise Cashel, associate professor, School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences.
- Emerging Leader Award: Allison Hammer, assistant professor and women, gender and sexuality studies coordinator, School of Africana and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts.
- Staff Excellence Award: Susan Graham, senior director of development, SIU Foundation/College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences, and Shari Garnett, business administrative associate, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.