[273] MTSU's Dwight Patterson Recipient Of 2010 Pleas Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 27, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Lisa L. Rollins, 615-898-2919 or lrollins@mtsu.edu


MTSU’S DWIGHT PATTERSON RECIPIENT OF 2010 PLEAS AWARD
MTSU Chemistry Professor Chosen to Receive Honor for Minority Faculty


(MURFREESBORO)—Dr. Dwight E. Patterson, associate professor chemistry at MTSU, has been named as the 2010 winner of the John Pleas Faculty Recognition Award as part of the university community’s celebration of Black History Month.
A reception in honor of Patterson will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the Tom Jackson Building’s Cantrell Hall on the MTSU campus.
Presented since 1996, the Pleas honor is given to a minority faculty member who has made significant contributions to the university and community. He or she must have excelled in research, instruction, publications and/or service to the university. The recipient also must have demonstrated a commitment to MTSU’s African-American students.
A member of MTSU’s faculty since 1996, Patterson received his Bachelor of Science degree and master’s degree from Western Kentucky University and his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
For more information about the Pleas honor, which was named after John Pleas, retired MTSU psychology professor, please contact Dr. Adonijah Bakari director of Middle Tennessee State University’s African-American Studies Program, by calling 615-898-2536 or e-mailing abakari@mtsu.edu.



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With three Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and former faculty, Middle Tennessee State University confers master’s degrees in 10 areas, the Specialist in Education degree, the Doctor of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. MTSU is ranked among the top 100 public universities in the nation in the Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey.