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Million Dollar Circle Award

The Million Dollar Circle Award is to recognize the accomplishments of WCU faculty and staff that have received a cumulative total of $1million in competitive grant funding and contracts through the University, as Principal Investigator.

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Dr. Turner Goins

Created in 2016 by the Office of Research Administration, the Million Dollar Circle includes faculty and staff from a broad range of disciplines and departments, including the Forensic Science program and the School of Nursing. The award was created to acknowledge the time and effort put forth by faculty and staff members to obtain funding for their research. 

Since inception, the Office of Research Administration has awarded the Million Dollar Circle Award to 21 faculty or staff members.

2023 Faculty added to the Million Dollar Circle

 

Million Dollar Circle Awards

Year Awarded Name Title College
2023 Dr. Cathy Grist Professor, Human Services College of Education and Allied Professions
2023 Dr. Paul Yanik Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Technology College of Engineering and Technology
2023 Dr. Brett Riggs Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies, Anthropology and Sociology College of Arts and Sciences
2022 Ms. Sandra Dennison Regional Director, Small Business & Technology Development Center College of Business
2022 Dr. Patrick Gardner Mountaintop Distinguished Professor, School of Engineering and Technology College of Engineering and Technology
2022 Dr. R. Turner Goins Ambassador Jeanette W. Hyde Distinguished Professorship in Gerontological Social Work, Social Work College of Health and Human Sciences
2021 Dr. Joseph Pechmann Associate Professor, Biology College of Arts & Sciences
2020 Dr. Jessica Weiler Assistant Professor, Human Services College of Education and Allied Professions
2019 Dr. Kae Livsey Associate Professor, School of Nursing College of Health and Human Sciences
2017 Dr. Tamera Pearson Professor, School of Nursing College of Health and Human Sciences
2017 Dr. Jayne Zanglein Professor, School of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, and Business Law College of Business 
2016 Ms. Wendy Cagle Assistant Professor, School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Sport Management, and Hospitality and Tourism Management College of Business
2016 Dr. Shawn Collins Associate Professor, Interim Associate Dean, Health and Human Sciences College of Health and Human Sciences
2016 Dr. Linda Comer Associate Professor, Associate Director, Graduate Nursing Programs College of Health and Human Sciences 
2016 Dr. James Costa Professor, Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station College of Arts and Sciences
2016 Dr. Pat Morse Professor, Department Head, Social Work College of Health and Human Sciences
2016 Mr. Todd Murdock Director, Talent Search Program College of Education and Allied Professions
2016 Dr. Judy Neubrander Professor, Director, School of Nursing College of Health and Human Sciences
2016 Dr. Billy Ogletree Professor, Department Head, Communication Sciences and Disorders College of Health and Human Sciences
2016 Dr. David Westling Adelaide Worth Daniels Distinguished Professor, School of Teaching and Learning College of Education and Allied Professions
2016 Dr. Robert Young Professor, Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines College of Arts and Sciences
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