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Prize for faculty doubles
by Rachel Marder
Senior Editor
News | 9/11/07
Posted online at 8:14 PM EST on 9/10/07
/ Last updated at 1:44 AM EST on 9/10/07
An annual cash prize given to one faculty member will double in size next year, University President Jehuda Reinharz announced during Thursday afternoon's faculty meeting.
Since 1995, the Wellington Prize, a $1,000 gift, has been presented to a tenure-track assistant professor chosen by lottery at the May faculty meeting. Starting next year, however, the winning professor will receive $2,000.
"$1,000 is no longer enough," Reinharz said. "I decided to double it."
The recipient must spend the money on something non-academic and then present how he or she spent the money at the September faculty meeting. The donor for the prize wishes to remain anonymous, Provost Marty Krauss wrote in an e-mail to the Justice.
Reinharz announced the change immediately after prize winner Prof. Adrianne Krstansky (THA) told the faculty how she spent her prize.
"Deciding how to spend this money really threw me into a crisis in a great way," said Krstansky, who ultimately decided to purchase a "very regular, unremarkable, great bike."
She explained that as a child, riding her bike was one of her favorite activities next to playing piano.
With her leftover money, Krstansky said she bought two paintings by Prof. Susan Dibble (THA), whose first gallery show was held last summer in Great Barrington, Mass.
"[The paintings] have the spirit of Susan," she said.
A tenure-track professor aims to receive eventual tenure, a more senior position and job security, from the University. The professor comes up for tenure review after six or seven years of teaching at Brandeis.
Since 1995, the Wellington Prize, a $1,000 gift, has been presented to a tenure-track assistant professor chosen by lottery at the May faculty meeting. Starting next year, however, the winning professor will receive $2,000.
"$1,000 is no longer enough," Reinharz said. "I decided to double it."
The recipient must spend the money on something non-academic and then present how he or she spent the money at the September faculty meeting. The donor for the prize wishes to remain anonymous, Provost Marty Krauss wrote in an e-mail to the Justice.
Reinharz announced the change immediately after prize winner Prof. Adrianne Krstansky (THA) told the faculty how she spent her prize.
"Deciding how to spend this money really threw me into a crisis in a great way," said Krstansky, who ultimately decided to purchase a "very regular, unremarkable, great bike."
She explained that as a child, riding her bike was one of her favorite activities next to playing piano.
With her leftover money, Krstansky said she bought two paintings by Prof. Susan Dibble (THA), whose first gallery show was held last summer in Great Barrington, Mass.
"[The paintings] have the spirit of Susan," she said.
A tenure-track professor aims to receive eventual tenure, a more senior position and job security, from the University. The professor comes up for tenure review after six or seven years of teaching at Brandeis.
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