Awards and Honors

NC State University and Poole College of Management recently recognized extraordinary faculty and staff with the college’s 2019 teaching, research and staff excellence awards –– as well as university awards.

A full list of nominees is below. Award recipients are noted by an asterisk (*).

NC State University Awards | Nominees and Recipients

Chancellor's Creating Community Award

Poole College – Nominated in the Colleges category

University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

Paul Mulvey, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: Alumni Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management

Outstanding Extension and Outstanding Engagement Awards

Mark Beasley*, Accounting Department: Professor of Enterprise Risk Management and Accounting; director, Enterprise Risk Management Initiative; also inducted into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty in Extension and Engagement.
Jessica Thomas*, director, Business Sustainability Collaborative

University Faculty Scholars, 2018-19

Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics
Jesse Ellis, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance*
Rob Hammond, Economics Department: associate professor of economics
Eileen Taylor, Accounting Department: associate professor of accounting

2019 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award Recipients

Mike Stanko, Business Management Department: associate professor of marketing
Robin Thomas, Accounting Department: senior lecturer, accounting

2019 Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients

Stefanie Robinson, Business Management Department: assistant professor of marketing
Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics

Poole College Awards | Nominees and Recipients

Research Leadership Award

Joe Brazel, Accounting Department: Jenkins Distinguished Professor of Accounting
Bill Rand, Business Management Department: associate professor of marketing*
Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics
Jeff Pollack, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: associate professor of entrepreneurship

Research Growth and Innovation Award

Robin Pennington, Accounting Department: associate professor of accounting
Stefanie Robinson, Business Management Department: assistant professor of marketing*
Ayse Kabukcuoglu Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics
Roger Mayer, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: professor of leadership

Poole College Teaching Excellence Award

Ernest Carraway, Accounting Department: lecturer*
Jesse Ellis, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance
David Hyman, Economics Department: Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics
Rich Podurgal, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: lecturer in human resource management

Summer Research Award Recipients

Umut Dur, Economics Department: assistant professor of economics
Jesse Ellis, Business Management Department: associate professor of finance marketing
Eda Kemahlioglu-Ziya, Business Management Department: associate professor of operations and supply chain management
Jeff Pollack, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: associate professor of entrepreneurship
Jeff Pollack, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department: associate professor of entrepreneurship
Eileen Taylor, Accounting Department: professor of accounting

Poole College Staff Awards for Excellence

Ashley Black, NC State Executive Education: program manager
Kathleen Black, Global Luxury and Management: assistant director
Tayah Butler, Undergraduate Programs: director of diversity and inclusion
Alex Byrd, Development and External Relations: assistant director, development and donor relations
Charles Canteen, Marketing and Media: director, online marketing and web systems
Sarah Danaher, Jenkins MBA: admissions assistant
Alissa Dodds, Undergraduate Programs: academic advisor
Susan Ebbs, Jenkins MBA: CRM program manager
Franklin Finch, Computing Services: director, information technology
Christine Ferrell, Marketing and Media Relations: director

Kathy Ford, Accounting Department: executive assistant
Ellen Frost, Undergraduate Programs: assistant director, global programs*
Dena Haugley, NC State Executive Education: financial manager
Brian Newton, Undergraduate Programs: director, career center, undergraduate programs
Thuy Nguyen, Accounting: ERM coordinator
Maria Potepalova, Marketing and Media: assistant director, internal communications
Carlos Sanford, Computing Services: manager, software applications
Beth Shepherd, Jenkins MBA: online program manager
Sherley Teel, Economics Department: executive assistant*

Summer 2019