2008 Woodie Awards
Professor wins award
Stephen Di Benedetto/Senior University Reporter
Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: News
Mendez, who was a professor at Eastern, died of a heart attack in 2003.
"It was created because Mendez was a dedicated member of the faculty," said Jonathon Coit, member of Faculty Senate. "The service award is a memorial to his memory."
Coit, who is also on the senate's awards committee, said the Mendez Award rewards a faculty member who has dedicated his or her time to service.
He said service work could be within a faculty's department like serving on department committees. There is also university level curriculum committees, which a faculty member can be involved with, Coit said.
He added there is service work within a faculty member's profession like organizing conferences.
Service work is a thankless duty for the most part, Coit said.
"If you pour your heart out in service, it can be a little invisible," he said. "Especially because the only people who know what you are doing on the committee are the members of the committee."
He added it is a fairly new award with the first one being handed out in 2005.
Coit said the awards committee decided to select Delman because of his work with UPI, along with his work within his profession and department.
"I think, in general, we (chose) him for the award because of the amount of time and energy he puts into making the university a better place for all to work in, which is also about making the university a better place for students to go to school," Coit said.
Delman first got involved with UPI during the 1999 contract negotiations, he was then moved to chief negotiator, then to vice president of UPI before being selected as president. He is in his second term as UPI president.
"It is kind of a 24/7 thing, which is pretty stressful," Delman said. "I won't miss that part of it, but I am careful to take some time off."
He receives reassigned time from teaching and research to do his UPI work, he said.
He also has spoke at high schools, organized conferences and served on department committees.
"It was created because Mendez was a dedicated member of the faculty," said Jonathon Coit, member of Faculty Senate. "The service award is a memorial to his memory."
Coit, who is also on the senate's awards committee, said the Mendez Award rewards a faculty member who has dedicated his or her time to service.
He said service work could be within a faculty's department like serving on department committees. There is also university level curriculum committees, which a faculty member can be involved with, Coit said.
He added there is service work within a faculty member's profession like organizing conferences.
Service work is a thankless duty for the most part, Coit said.
"If you pour your heart out in service, it can be a little invisible," he said. "Especially because the only people who know what you are doing on the committee are the members of the committee."
He added it is a fairly new award with the first one being handed out in 2005.
Coit said the awards committee decided to select Delman because of his work with UPI, along with his work within his profession and department.
"I think, in general, we (chose) him for the award because of the amount of time and energy he puts into making the university a better place for all to work in, which is also about making the university a better place for students to go to school," Coit said.
Delman first got involved with UPI during the 1999 contract negotiations, he was then moved to chief negotiator, then to vice president of UPI before being selected as president. He is in his second term as UPI president.
"It is kind of a 24/7 thing, which is pretty stressful," Delman said. "I won't miss that part of it, but I am careful to take some time off."
He receives reassigned time from teaching and research to do his UPI work, he said.
He also has spoke at high schools, organized conferences and served on department committees.
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