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Awards and Achievements

A lifetime of awards

National and Regional Awards

  • Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) – 1996

  • Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Old Dominion University Chapter – 2004

  • Saint Louis University Max K. Horwitt Memorial Lecture Distinguished Lectureship – 2008

  • Virginia Commonwealth Finalist for SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) Outstanding Faculty Award – 2016

  • American Diabetes Association Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award – 2016


Old Dominion University (ODU) Awards

  • Old Dominion University Darden College Young Investigator Grant Award – 2003

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Largest Grants Award – 2006

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Publications Award – 2006

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Sarah and Rufus Tonelson Award (for outstanding teaching, research, and service) – 2007

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Largest Grants Award – 2009

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Publications Award – 2009

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Service Award – 2011

  • Old Dominion University Friends of the Library Outstanding Achievement Award (18th Annual) – 2012

  • Old Dominion University Faculty Research Achievement Award – 2012

  • Old Dominion University Finalist for SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) Outstanding Faculty Award – 2014 and 2015

  • Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Publications Award – 2014

  • Old Dominion University Entsminger Entrepreneurial Fellow – 2015-present (emerita status)

  • Old Dominion University A. Rufus Tonelson Distinguished Faculty Award (for excellence in teaching, research, and service: top faculty award at ODU) – 2015

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