College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

The Ruffin Cup

Psychology professor Jannice Kennedy (right) accepts the 2008-2009 Ruffin Cup from Communication Arts professor Gary Dartt, who won the award last year.

Selection of Ruffin Cup Recipients

The Ruffin Cup recognizes the highest achievement in teaching, scholarship, and service in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. It is awarded annually to a teacher-scholar with at least ten years of service to Georgia Southern who has combined excellent teaching with outstanding contributions to the spirit of the liberal arts.

In April of each year, the dean asks faculty members to submit nominations for Ruffin Cup recipients no later than July 1.

The Dean reviews these nominations with an advisory committee and then, meeting jointly with at least one department chair or senior faculty member, chooses that year’s recipient.

The recipient of the Ruffin Cup is announced at the first college faculty meeting of the academic year.

2008
Janice Kennedy, Department of Psychology
2007
Gary Dartt, Department of Communication Arts
2006
David Alley, Department of Foreign Languages
2005
Vernon Egger, Department of History
2004
Richard Rogers, Department of Psychology
2003
Michael Braz, Department of Music
2002

Sue M. Moore, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
2001
Jane Rhoades Hudak, Department of Art
2000
Walter J. Fraser, Department of History
1999
Margaret A. Lloyd, Department of Psychology
1998
John H. Daily, Department of Political Science
1997
George H. Shriver, Jr., Department of History
1996
Roger G. Branch, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
1995
C. Charlton Moseley, Department of History
1994
J. Norman Wells, Department of Mathematics and CSC
1993
Daniel B. Good, Department of Geology and Geography
1992
Gale A. Bishop, Department of Geology and Geography
1991
R. Frank Saunders, Jr., Department of History
1990
Lowell Bouma, Department of Foreign Languages
1989
G. Hewitt Joiner, Jr., Department of History
1988
John B. Humma, Department of Literature and Philosophy
1987
Hollis Cate, Department of Literature and Philosophy
1986
Sturgis McKeever, Department of Biology
1985
Lane Van Tassell, Department of Political Science
1984
Robert D. Ward, Department of History
1983
George A. Rogers, Department of History
1982
Donald A. Olewine, Department of Biology (posthumously)