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Faculty Achievement Awards

SEC Faculty Achievement Awards recognize the work of world renowned faculty members with outstanding records in teaching, research and scholarship.

All recipients of the SEC Faculty Achievement Award receive an honorarium from the SEC. The top recipient will be named SEC Professor of the Year, and is honored during the annual SEC awards dinner and recognized in conjunction with the SEC Symposium.  Winners of individual college awards and the overall honoree are announced in May

Academic deans may nominate an individual from his or her college for the SECU Faculty Achievement Award.  The Provost will determine the winner and submit the name of the USC recipient to the SECU. To be eligible for the award, a faculty member shall:

For further information regarding the Faculty Achievement Award, please contact:

Derlene Lowder



2016 SECU Faculty Achievement Award Claudia Benitez-Nelson is the USC recipient of the 2016 SECU Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Benitez-Nelson is a College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor in the Marine Science Program and Department of Earth Sciences.
