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Nineteen Faculty Members Awarded Tenure

Nineteen Eastern Illinois University faculty members have been awarded tenure, effective with the 2012-13 academic year.

The EIU Board of Trustees approved the list Friday.

Tenure, awarded in an academic department, connotes a relationship of continuing commitment between the university and a faculty member.

Generally, in order to qualify for tenure consideration, a faculty member must complete a probationary period and demonstrate progressive achievement and effectiveness in three areas of evaluation: teaching/performance of primary duties, research/creative activities, and service. Among these three areas, teaching/performance of primary duties is given the most consideration.

This year's recipients of tenure are as follows:

• Wesley D. Allan, psychology;
• Lola A. Burnham, journalism;
• Ahmed S. Abou-Zaid, economics;
• David J. Boggs, business;
• Barbara S. Carlsward, biological sciences;
• Irene S. Coromina, foreign languages;
• Carrie Dale, early childhood, elementary and middle level education;
• M. Eugenia Deerman, sociology and anthropology;
• Christiane K. Eydt-Beebe, foreign languages;
• Jill Fahy, communication disorders and sciences;
• Luminita Florea, music;
• Mark S. Kattenbraker, kinesiology and sports studies;
• Eunseong Kim, journalism;
• Jeannie Ludlow, English;
• David Wayne Melton, technology;
• Kamlesh Parwani, mathematics and computer science;
• Gopal R. Periyannan, chemistry;
• Luke Joseph Steinke, technology; and
• Larry R. White, business.