The Jennings A. Jones College of Business presented a number of special awards for the 2022-23 academic year to deserving faculty members to wrap up the spring semester.
Outgoing Dean David Urban presented the awards, with assistance from Don Midgett for some of the presentations for awards named in honor of his late father, professor E.W. “Wink” Midgett, who started a business department at MTSU in 1946, the precursor to the Jones College of Business.
Dr. David Urban
“These faculty and staff members are among the very best at MTSU,” Urban said. “They consistently perform at the highest level and are outstanding role models for other to emulate.”
Winners of the E.W. “Wink” Midgett awards included (photos at bottom of story):
• Distinguished Teaching Award: Monica Davis, senior instructor, Department of Accounting.
• E.W. “Wink” Midgett Distinguished Research Award: Ralph Williams, associate professor, Department of Management.
• E.W. “Wink” Midgett Distinguished Service Award: Kristie Abston, associate professor, Department of Management.
• E.W. “Wink” Midgett Award of Excellence: Sam Zaza, assistant professor, Department of Information Systems and Analytics.
• E.W. “Wink” Midgett Outstanding Staff Member Awards: Sabrina Wright, financial administrator, Dean’s Office, and Emily Madison, executive assistant, Department of Marketing.
Other award recipients included:
• Bridgestone Americas Distinguished Lecturer Award: Michael Peasley, assistant professor, Department of Marketing.
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• State Farm Outstanding Faculty Award: Ennio Piano, assistant professor, Political Economy Research Institute/Department of Economics and Finance.
• Bill and Kathy Jones Outstanding Faculty Award: Joshua Aaron, professor, Department of Management and Pam Wright Chair in Entrepreneurship.
• Outstanding Dale Carnegie Trainer: Mark Myers, adjunct professor, Dean’s Office.
• Dean’s Special Award of Merit: Maria Edlin King, director, Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education/Department of Economics and Finance.
— Jimmy Hart (Jimmy.Hart@mtsu.edu)
E.W. “Wink” Midgett Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Monica Davis, center, senior instructor, Department of Accounting, accepts her award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban, left, and longtime college supporter Don Midgett, son of the late E.W. “Wink” Midgett, during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
E.W. “Wink” Midgett Distinguished Research Award recipient Ralph Williams, center, associate professor, MTSU Department of Management, accepts his award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban, left, and longtime college supporter Don Midgett, son of the late E.W. “Wink” Midgett, during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
E.W. “Wink” Midgett Distinguished Service Award: Kristie Abston, center, associate professor, Department of Management, accepts her award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban, right, and longtime college supporter Don Midgett, son of the late E.W. “Wink” Midgett, during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
E.W. “Wink” Midgett Award of Excellence recipient Sam Zaza, center, assistant professor, Department of Information Systems and Analytics accepts her award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban, right, and longtime college supporter Don Midgett, son of the late E.W. “Wink” Midgett, during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
E.W. “Wink” Midgett Outstanding Staff Member award recipient Emily Madison, center, executive assistant, MTSU Department of Marketing, accepts her award from Dean David Urban, right, and longtime college supporter Don Midgett, son of the late E.W. “Wink” Midgett, during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
E.W. “Wink” Midgett Outstanding Staff Member award recipient Sabrina Wright, center, financial administrator in the Jones College of Business Dean’s Office, accepts her award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban, right, and longtime college supporter Don Midgett, son of the late E.W. “Wink” Midgett, during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building at Middle Tennessee State University. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
Bridgestone Americas Distinguished Lecturer Award recipient Michael Peasley, right, assistant professor, MTSU Department of Marketing, accepts his award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
State Farm Outstanding Faculty Award recipient Ennio Piano, right, assistant professor, Political Economy Research Institute and MTSU Department of Economics and Finance, accepts his award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
Outstanding Dale Carnegie Trainer award recipient Mark Myers, right, adjunct professor, Jones College of Business Dean’s Office, accepts his award from Dean David Urban during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
Dean’s Special Award of Merit award recipient Maria Edlin King, right, director, Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education in the Department of Economics and Finance, accepts her award from Jones College of Business Dean David Urban during an awards ceremony April 14 in the State Farm Lecture Hall inside the Business and Aerospace Building. (MTSU photo by Andy Heidt)
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