Chris Schaney, of the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, received the Dr. William B. (“Bill”) Kory Distinguished Mentor Award from the Pennsylvania Geographical Society.
This award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment and accomplishments in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, as well as fellow faculty members.
Prof. Schaney is passionate about the work he does, including mentoring students at every opportunity. Some recent examples include being the graduate program director, co-leading an interdisciplinary program for IUP students mapping coastal change in the Saxis Wildlife Management Area (eastern shore of Virginia), and stepping up to help a student conduct an independent survey of stormwater flow into a local stream, to name just a few of the ways Schaney has focused on mentoring students.
