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March 20, 2025 | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | UC Grand Room

Faculty Scholarship Celebration

Please join us as we celebrate faculty and staff research and scholarship activities!

- Faculty Three Minute Research Talk 3MR: three minutes…one slide…three cash awards!
- Curtis W. Wood Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award: Named after the late Dr. Curtis Wood, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences.
- Provost’s Scholarship Development Awards: Chancellor Brown and Provost Starnes support projects up to $15,000 from indirect cost receipts.
- Million Dollar Circle Award: recognizes faculty and staff who have received a cumulative total of one million dollars or more in external grants and contracts while at WCU.
- Graddy Award: recognizes staff or units for outstanding support
- Hunter Scholar Award: Promotes and supports faculty research integrating Hunter Library’s resources and services.

Million Dollar Circle Awards

Established in 2016, the Million Dollar Circle Award recognizes faculty and staff who have received a cumulative total of one million dollars or more in external grants and contracts while at WCU. To date we have twenty-two faculty and staff who have earned this prestigious honor. In 2025, four more faculty members will join the circle.

We utilize the to collate your scholarship materials. Please insure that your FAD entries are up to date by 2 February. For staff members who do not have a FAD account or for others who cannot access the FAD, please utilize to submit the citation of your scholarly works.

For creative works of art, marketing, posters, and other scholarship that may not be typically accessed through library databases, electronic archives, and interlibrary loan, please call 828.227.7307 with any questions or concerns about submissions.

2024 Awards PowerPoint
2023 Scholarship Summary
2023 Academic Affairs Scholarship PowerPoint
2023 Awards PowerPoint

2022 Scholarship Summary
2022 Academic Affairs Scholarship PowerPoint
2022 Awards PowerPoint

2021 Scholarship Summary
2021 Academic Affairs Scholarship PowerPoint
2021 Awards PowerPoint

2019 Scholarship Summary
2018 Scholarship Summary
2017 Scholarship Summary

Former Faculty Research and Creative Activities Awardees