The annual SIUC Service Awards banquet honored men and women who have served the campus in outstanding capacity. University community leaders are gratified with recognition from their peers.

Kammler, from Belleville, received a $5,000 prize with his 1995 Outstanding Teacher award. He is a mathematics professor at SIUC who joined the University in 1971 and earned the award for his skills in undergraduate teaching through the years.

Obviously, I’m pleased to have the peer recognition, Kammler said. SIU has many fine teachers, and I appreciate the fact that I was selected.

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The Service Awards banquet, held Sept. 28, was hosted by President and Mrs. John C. Guyon in the Student Center. The banquet included the presentation of the 1995 Oustanding Teacher award, Women of Distinction awards and the 1995 Service Awards.

The four SIUC Women of Distinction for 1995 are Cheryl Presley, Janice Shoen Henry, Frances Gilman and Diane Taub. James Osberg and Glenda Noble were honored with Service Awards at the Service Award banquet.

Women of Distinction awards are based on the professional and personal advancement of women, distinguishing the honorees for their accomplishments in research, education and service to SIUC.

Presley is the director of quality assurance, evaluation and information management in Student Health Programs. She has served as the executive director of the Core Institute on Alcohol and Other Drug Studies since 1991.

Henry was the University Women’s Professional Advancement coordinator for four years. She now serves as chairperson and associate professor in Information Management Systems and was honored as Teacher of the Year award in 1987.

Gilman, of Carbondale, is the Civil Service award winner of the Women of Distinction category. She is the admissions assistant in SIU’s School of Law.

Taub earned both SIUC’s Outstanding Teacher Award and the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher Award last year and is currently an associate professor in the Department of Sociology. She has served as a faculty mentor for both the University Women’s Professional Advancement office and for Carbondale Community High School science fair projects.

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Traub said it is rewarding and gratifying to be recognized for the award.

The UWPA program is very helpful for women, she said. It is great to provide recognition for efforts by women.

The Service Awards are given to employees who have been ideal employees for the campus and surrounding community.

Osberg, of Carbondale, was given the 1995 Administrative and Professional Staff Outstanding Service award, and received a nominating letter by Rhonda Vinson, executive assistant to the SIUC president. He chairs the Illinois Consortium for International Education and works in the Southern Illinois Small Business Incubator as a researcher.

Noble, of Pomona, earned the 1995 Civil Service Outstanding Service Award of the Service Award category and was given a nominating letter by David Arey, assistant director of the Coal Research Center. She is a business manager at the coal center and is a member of both the Carbondale Business and Professional Women’s Association and the Jackson County Democratic Women.

Arey said his reason for recommending Noble was three-fold.

Number one, Glenda is very competent in her job, in fact, more than competent, Arey said. Secondly, she plays a key role in the life of the Jackson County board and the community, where she has done an excellent job. And third, she spearheaded the activities in the Illinois Coal Development Park in Carterville when SIU began to oversee it.