{"id":142241,"date":"2024-07-12T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T18:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=142241"},"modified":"2024-07-12T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T18:58:57","slug":"2-faculty-named-ucf-trustee-chairs-for-2024-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/2-faculty-named-ucf-trustee-chairs-for-2024-29\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Faculty Named UCF Trustee Chairs for 2024-29"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new professor has been named and another reappointed to prestigious UCF trustee chair professorships honoring faculty scholars of national and international acclaim in teaching, research and service.<\/p>\n

New appointee Subith Vasu and reappointee Alain Kassab are professors in the College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/a> (CECS). They are among an elite list<\/a> of UCF faculty members to receive the five-year trustee chair appointments, which were created in 2003 to help retain and attract exceptional faculty<\/a>. The designation carries an annual stipend for honorees to advance their scholarship, part of which can be used as a salary supplement.<\/p>\n

Deans nominate candidates<\/a> for the appointments. A trustee chair review committee evaluates them, and they are affirmed by UCF\u2019s president and provost to take effect in August.<\/p>\n

Vasu and Kassab share a passion for teaching and promoting student success, and they have an array of impressive accomplishments as scholars and researchers.<\/p>\n