This video is part of a series that documents the Faculty-Staff Awards Luncheon at Elon University that occurs at the end of the academic year in May. At the luncheon, faculty and staff are recognized for their years of service. This year’s luncheon was held in Alumni Gym. Included in all the Faculty-Staff Awards Luncheon videos, the current President discusses a number of issues and topics that relate to Elon. In this 2005 video, President Leo M. Lambert mentions topics relevant to Elon that included: various speakers especially John Glenn at Convocation for Honors. Lambert acknowledges the shifting of Admissions to an application deadline schedule, hosting over 7,000 perspective students, and evaluating over 9,000 applications for the incoming freshmen class. Lambert announces the release of the first economic study showing that Elon is a powerful economic engineer with a quarter of a billion dollar impact per year within Alamance, Guilford, Orange, and Durham counties; recognition in the U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s best colleges and sixth among 131 Master’s level southern universities; Elon’s first year in the Fisk Guide to Colleges as one of 23 best buy colleges and a rapidly rising star; The Princeton Review names Elon as one of 81 great schools with outstanding community involvement; and a report by the Education Trust that ranks Elon with one of the best graduation rates in the nation. Lambert recognizes notable national and international faculty scholarship rankings that Elon received in 2005 with two examples: David Crowe’s new book entitled Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story was published in the New York Times and received worldwide attention; and Kevin Boyle’s 11 poems and a book called A Home for Wayward Girls, which won the Press’s Poetry Award. Lambert notes the results of a Pew Internet Life Project Survey documenting the role the internet will play in the future. Trustee Emeritus Elmon Gray donated money to have the third Academic Village pavilion named in honor of his grandparents, Ella Darden and Elmon Lee Gray (housing the Political Science Department), John and Claudia Belk made a gift for the fourth Academic Village building in honor of William Henry Belk (housing the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning). Lambert mentions that Elon broke ground for the Koury Business Center and the Board of Trustees approved a new building for student housing where the current Jordan Center is located. Lambert ends with mentioning the most important event of the academic year – Commencement. During the 2004-2005 academic year, according to the program, there were three awards presented: the Periclean Award for Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility (Project Pericles), the Distinguished Scholar Award, and the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching. The first award, the Periclean Award for Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility (Project Pericles) was awarded to George Troxler. Nancy S. Midgette presented the award to George Troxler. Project Pericles, a national initiative of the Eugene Lang Foundation advocates and supports the preparation of young women and men for socially responsible citizenship in a democratic society. The Periclean Award recognizes one faculty or staff member each year who has helped make social responsibility and participatory citizenship an essential part of Elon’s educational programs. The second award, the Distinguished Scholar Award was awarded to Jon Metzger. Gerald (Gerry) Francis presented the award to Jon Metzger. The Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes excellence in scholarship acknowledged by both the Elon community and by the larger community of the candidate’s discipline. Nominations originate from individuals holding faculty rank. Final selection is made by a subcommittee of the Faculty Research and Development Committee. The third award, the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching was awarded to Thomas (Tom) Arcaro. Leo M. Lambert presented the award to Thomas Arcaro. The Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes one faculty member each year for his or her outstanding contributions in the classroom. Nominations are sought from faculty, departments, senior members of two campus honor societies, Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa. Some notable names in this video include: Leo M. Lambert, Kate Colussy-Estes, Martin H. Baker, Kathy M. Beal, Judy S. Henricks, Cheryl W. Loy, Louise G. Newton, Barry A. Bradberry, Priscilla K. Lipe, Vickie L. Somers, David A. Bragg, John G. Sullivan, Jo Watts Williams, Seena A. Granowsky, Paul Fromson, Janie P. Brown, Alan White, K. Wilhelmina Boyd, Helen Mackay, Ann Wooten, Deborah Long, Nancy S. Midgette, Gerald (Gerry) Francis, George Troxler, Jon Metzger, and Thomas (Tom) Arcaro.