DISTINGUISHED FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARD THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2014 Dr. Brooks Avery has have been selected as the recipient of the 2014 UNCW Distinguished Scholar Award by the Faculty Senate Research Committee. “The committee was deeply impressed by your outstanding and consistent record of internationally respected scholarly productivity, but also by your remarkably effective eagerness to share your research and findings in a range of ways. Your collaborations with students and colleagues across disciplines and areas, your eagerness to present his research, and your creativity and entrepreneurial interest in moving into new areas over the course of your career were all admirable strengths of your application. We were also impressed by your success in obtaining grants and funding for your work, and note what your research has done to build the reputation of this institution as a center for world class scholarship. Congratulations!”