The Provost's Awards Lecture Series is intended to honor and showcase the recipients of the Provost's Awards (2016-2017) and provide them an opportunity to present, share and discuss their work with the campus.

Another goal of this series is to raise the level of academic and intellectual
discourse among our colleagues, and to further enrich connections with others across the campus.

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Provost's Awards Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, November 30
Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Madden Library, Room 2206 (2nd Floor)

Presenter: Amber Hammons, Department of Child, Family and Consumer Sciences
Award Category: Promising New Faculty
Title: "If at First You Don’t Succeed: Lessons Learned From Implementing
an Obesity Prevention Program”

In her talk, Dr. Hammons will share some of the challenges her team encountered when implementing an obesity prevention program. She will explain why she believes these initial implementation failures resulted in a stronger program and student engagement. In her talk, Dr. Hammons will share some of the challenges her team encountered when
implementing an obesity prevention program. She will explain why she believes these initial implementation failures resulted in a stronger program and student engagement.
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Presenter: Christopher Sterling, Department of Management
Award Category: Promising New Faculty
Title: "Come On Baby Light My Fire” Developing and Utilizing
Energizing Social Ties for Creative Implementation.”

Social networks are vital for organizational creativity and performance. Recent findings suggest that the emotional content of relationships may be more important than the instrumental content of relationships. I will discuss two ongoing research projects examining the role of energizing social ties: informal relationships that inspire and energize others. The first project, a study of research scientists at a large pharmaceutical company, demonstrates the importance of energizing ties in the process of creative implementation. The second project explores how individuals can create more energizing social ties through mindfulness and charismatic leadership.

Refreshments will be provided.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE FOR OTHER PAST FALL 2017 PRESENTERS.

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