Honors College recognizes Terns, Yi

The Morehead Honors College recognized three UGA faculty members who have made significant contributions to Honors education. During the annual Honors graduation banquet in April, Michael Terns and Hyangsoon Yi received the Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award, and Erin Towery received the J. Hatten Howard III Teaching Award.

Terns is a Regents’ Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology with adjunct appointments in microbiology and genetics, and Yi is a professor of comparative literature, both in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Towery is the KPMG-Atlanta Partners’ and Employees’ Professor in the J.M. Tull School of Accounting in the Terry College of Business.

“From mentorship in the lab to instruction oversees to lessons in the classroom, Dr. Terns, Dr. Yi and Dr. Towery are truly committed to our students, and it was our honor to recognize them,” said Meg Amstutz, dean of the Morehead Honors College.

The Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award is named in honor of Lothar Tresp, who was the Honors Program’s longest serving director and led the program from 1967 until he retired in 1994. The award, given to two senior faculty members, recognizes superior teaching and dedication to Honors students.

Congratulations to Terns and Yi on this recognition of their outstanding work with our undergraduate students.

Image: Meg Amstutz, left, with Hyangsoon Yi, Erin Towery and Michael Terns (Photo by Wingate Downs)