Awards and Fellowships

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Awarded to Fu, Y and Machado, C., Technology to Support Interdisciplinary and International Collaborations, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) IUP, $500, 2016.

Merit Award for Research and Scholarship, IUP, Spring 2012, 2013, 2016.

Reflective Practice Active-Plus Awards: Center for Teaching Excellence, IUP, Spring 2009,2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.

Pedagogical Research Award, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) IUP, $500, April 23, 2015.

Creating a Climate of Peer-Mentoring, Exploration, and Scholarship at IUP, IUP’s President’  Cabinet, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, $5000, April 22, 2015.

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Awarded to Six Faculty, Teaching with Mobile Devices: Cross-Disciplinary Exploration at IUP, IUP, for purchase of software/hardware,$330.87, 2014.

Member of the PI Mentorship Academy (PIMA) at IUP, Fall 2014-2015.

Editor’s Choice Award, 2014 for outstanding performance as reviewer, Awarded by the Journal of International Students, Arkansas State University.

APSCUF Grant to Support IUP’s BLEND New Faculty Mentoring Program, IUP, $4,900, Spring 2014.

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Awarded to Four Faculty, Using Tablet Technology for Teaching and Learning at IUP,  Indiana University of Pennsylvania, for Travel to buy Applications, $200, October, 2013.

IUP Centers and Institutes Award for BLEND Faculty Mentoring Project, Application Coauthored with Veronica Watson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, $1000, Spring 2013.

Merit Award for Research and Scholarship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2012, 2013.

Reflective Practice Active-Plus Awards: Center for Teaching Excellence, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

Fearless Diamonds Award, IUP African American Cultural Center in conjunction with Victory Christian Assembly, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, and the men of the Maat Student Organization President’s Council , Fearless Diamonds: a Tribute to Women, Thursday, March 28, 2013.

Teaming Teachers with Tablets, Emerging Technologies Mobile Learning Award, Indian University of Pennsylvania, $18,651, Spring 2013.

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Awarded to the Writing for Publication Teaching Circle, Facilitating a Student and Faculty Research Collaboration Community: Utilization of Physical and Virtual Environments at IUP, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, $200 for the Travel to a Conference, $500, October, 2012.

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Awarded to the Belonging, Learning, and  Exploring New Directions (BLEND) Teaching Circle, Faculty and Students of Color: Creating the Perfect BLEND at IUP, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, $200 for the Purchase of Library Books, October, 2012.

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Awarded to the Doctoral Pedagogy Teaching Circle, The Development of Mentoring Materials for Doctoral Students and New Doctoral Faculty: Guides to Doctoral Culture and Pedagogy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, $496 for the Purchase of Library Books, October, 2012.

Represented the College of Education and Education Technology by serving on the IUP Institutional Work Group at PASSHE’s Fall Conference Emerging and Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Practices to Ensure Student Success at Shippensburg, October 19-20, 2012.

College of Education and Educational Technology 2011-2012 Faculty Recognition Award for Outstanding Leadership, Service, and Teaching, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, August 24, 2012.

Represented IUP at The 9th Annual Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 22-24, 2012.

People of the Year/ Social Justice Award, sponsored by the African American Cultural Center, IUP, Spring 2012.

Reflective Practice Teaching Circle Mini-Grant Award to the Writing for Publication Teaching Circle, Writing for Publication: Harnessing the Potential of the Virtual World to Build a  Professional Learning Community, Indiana   University of Pennsylvania, $300, Fall 2011.

ACPAC Technology Exploration Grant, My Technology Toolbox Project, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, $3500, Spring 2010.

PDE Keystone Grant, Making Diversity Work: International Students describe their Experience at a Predominantly White University in the East Coast, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, $2000, Summer 2010.

Selected to Participate in the PASSHE Faculty Weekend Writing Retreat, July 30 – August 2, 2009.

Selected though a Competitive Process to Participate in the Summer Doctoral Fellows Program (six week program), Washington State University, 2006.

Awarded the Eugene Smith Research Fellowship, Arkansas State University, $2,500, 2006.

Awarded a Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant Tuition Waiver, Center for Excellence in Education, Arkansas State University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2008.

Nominated for the Mosey Richmond-Hyder Scholarship, Arkansas State University, 2004.

Founding Member of the Graduate In-Service Team in Collaboration with Notre Dame Institute of Education, Notre Dame Institute of Education, 1997.

Awarded the Catholic Bishops Scholarship, Notre Dame Institute of Education, 1996.

Founding Member of the Student Representative Council, Notre Dame Institute of Education, 1993.

Elected as Treasurer of the Student Representative Council, Notre Dame Institute of Education, 1993.

Outstanding Student Teacher Award, Notre Dame Institute of Education, 1992.

Awarded the Notre Dame Scholarship, Notre Dame Institute of Education, 1992.