RESOLUTION

HONORING
DR. THOMAS FLEMING
ON RECEIVING THTE CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
2006 TRUSTEES RESEARCH AWARD

May 18, 2006

WHEREAS,   The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System is committed to promoting an environment that supports and recognizes faculty scholarly activities in their academic fields and has voted to grant an award to the individual who best exemplifies high quality research/creative achievement in the CSU System, and

WHEREAS,   Each university in the CSU System has recommended a faculty member, selected by an appropriate peer-review process, to the System Review Committee, and

WHEREAS,   The System Review Committee, comprising the current CSU Professors, reviewed the nominations, recommendations and credentials of the faculty recommended by each of the universities, and

WHEREAS,   In the Committee's deliberation this faculty member is recognized for a distinguished record of work that displays the clear promise of continued and future high-level research and the ability to bridge a sometimes perceived gap between research and teaching by involving students in these research projects; therefore, be it

RESOLVED,    That Thomas H. Fleming, Associate Professor of Earth Science at Southern Connecticut State University has been unanimously selected to receive the 2006 Connecticut State University System Trustees Research Award for his work in the field of volcanism and magnetism in Antarctica, relating to one of the fundamental issues regarding the breakup of the supercontinent of Gondwanaland during the Jurassic era, and be it further

RESOLVED,    That the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System congratulates
Dr. Fleming as the first recipient of the Trustees Research Award and extends its best wishes for continued success in his academic endeavors.

A Certified True Copy:

Lawrence D. McHugh, Chairman

David G. Carter, Sr., Chancellor