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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.

Turner Goins

Dr. Turner Goins

Created in 2014 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 18 faculty or staff members.

 

Million Dollar Circle Award Winners

Name Title College
Ms.Wendy Cagle Director, Small Business Technology Development Center; Assistant Professor, School of Marketing, Entreneurship, Sport Management, and Hospitality and Tourism College of Business
Dr. Todd Murdock Director, Talent Search Program College of Education and Allied Professions
Dr. David Westling Adelaide Worth Daniels Distinguished Professor, School of Teaching and Learning College of Education and Allied Professions
Dr. Robert Young Professor; Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Judy Neubrander Professor; Director, School of Nursing College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Mark Wilson Associate Professor; Director, Forensic Science Program College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. James Costa Professor; Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Linda Comer Associate Professor; Associate Director, Graduate Nursing Programs College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Jayne Zanglein Professor, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, and Business Law College of Business
Dr. Patrick Gardner Professor; Director, Center for Rapid Product Realization College of Engineering and Technology
Dr. Turner Goins Distinguished Professor, Social Work College of Health and Human Sciences
Ms. Sandra Dennison Director, Small Business Technology Center College of Business
Dr. Joseph Pechmann Associate Professor, Biology College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Jessica Weiler Assistant Professor, Human Services College of Education and Allied Professions
Dr. Shawn Collins Associate Professor; Interim Associate Dean College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Kae Livsey Associate Professor, School of Nursing College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Pat Morse Professor; Department Head of Social Work College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Billy Ogletree Distinguished Professor, Department Head Communication Sciences and Disorders College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Tamera Pearson Professor, School of Nursing College of Health and Human Sciences

 

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