Libraries Faculty Award
Established in commemoration of the Libraries’ centennial year in 1989, the Libraries Faculty Award recognizes faculty contributions to its mission and goals, encompassing collections, services, public scholarship, and innovative collaboration in teaching and research. The distinguished recipients of this award have established a lasting foundation of excellence, enriching the Libraries’ services for generations of students and scholars.
2025 Libraries Faculty Award winner Emily Griffith (left), DSS Associate Head Shannon Ricci, and DSS Head Mara Blake at a teaching symposium.
Eligibility
- All NC State faculty members, except former recipients, are eligible to be nominated for this award.
- Libraries faculty are not eligible for nomination.
Nomination criteria
- Promotes the role of the Libraries as a cornerstone of the university’s mission.
- Promotes access to and awareness of the Libraries' resources, services, and spaces for learning and research.
The award includes:
- A monetary award of $500 intended to support public engagement activities or presentation of the open and public scholarship
- A special recognition certificate
- Honorary life membership in the Friends of the Libraries
- Name engraved on the NC State University Libraries Faculty Award plaque
To submit a nomination, complete this form. The deadline for nominations is April 9, 2027.
NC State University Libraries Faculty Award Winners
| 2026 | Dr. Fernanda Duarte, Communication, CHASS |
| 2025 | Dr. Emily Griffith, Statistics, Sciences |
| 2024 | Dr. Terry (Bucky) Gates, Biological Sciences, Sciences |
| 2023 | Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, Chemistry, Sciences |
| Dr. Derek Ham, Media Arts, Design and Technology, Design | |
| 2022 | Dr. Erin McKenney, Applied Ecology, CALS |
| 2020 | Dr. Carlos Goller, Biological Sciences, Sciences |
| 2018 | Dr. Paul Fyfe, English, CHASS |
| 2017 | Dr. Victoria J. Gallagher, Communication, CHASS |
| 2016 | Dr. Marsha Gordon, English, CHASS |
| 2015 | Dr. Barbara Sherman, College of Veterinary Medicine |
| 2014 | Professor David Hill, Architecture, Design |
| 2013 | Dr. Joseph Hightower, Applied Ecology, and Dr. Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, College of Veterinary Medicine |
| 2012 | Professor Timothy Buie, Industrial Design, and Professor Michael Young, Computer Science, COE |
| 2011 | Dr. Douglas S. Reeves, Computer Science, COE |
| 2010 | Dr. David A. Zonderman, History, CHASS |
| 2009 | Dr. James Wilson, Industrial Engineering, COE |
| 2008 | Daun Daemon, English, CHASS |
| 2007 | Dr. Michael R. Hyman, Microbiology, CALS |
| 2006 | Dr. Susan S. Osborne, Curriculum and Instruction, CED |
| 2005 | Dr. Elisabeth A. Wheeler, Wood and Paper Science, CNR |
| 2004 | Dr. Richard H. Bernhard, Industrial Engineering, COE |
| 2003 | Dr. Karl F. Bowman, Clinical Sciences, CVM |
| 2002 | Dr. George L. Hodge, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management, CoT |
| 2001 | Dr. David Danehower, Crop Science, CALS |
| Dr. Ross Whetten, Forestry, CNR | |
| 2000 | Dr. Hugh A. Devine, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, CNR |
| 1999 | Dr. Lewis L. Deitz, Entomology, CALS |
| 1998 | Dr. Larry K. Monteith, Chancellor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering, COE |
| 1997 | Dr. J. Lawrence Apple, Plant Pathology and Genetics, CALS |
| 1996 | Dr. Michael K. Stoskopf, Companion Animal and Special Species Medicine, CVM |
| 1995 | Dr. Charles G. Moreland, Chemistry, Sciences |
| Dr. Dale E. Sayers, Physics, Sciences | |
| Dr. John N. Wall, English, CHASS | |
| 1994 | Dr. Suzanne T. Purrington, Chemistry, Sciences |
| 1993 | Dr. Jerry M. Davis, Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Sciences |
| 1992 | Dr. Norman D. Anderson, Mathematics and Science Education, CED |
| 1991 | Dr. Herman Berkhoff, Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, CVM |
| 1990 | Dr. Alexander J. De Grand, History, CHASS |
| 1989 | Dr. Maurice Hugh Farrier, Entomology, CALS |