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Tammy Kernodle and David Berg named University Distinguished Professors
By Susan Meikle and Margo Kissell, university news and communications
Tammy Kernodle, professor of musicology, and David Berg, professor of biology and professor of biological sciences, have been awarded the title of University Distinguished Professor by Miami University s board of trustees, effective July 1.
Established by the trustees in 1981 to attract and retain eminent professors, the title includes an annual stipend for conducting research and other professional activities.
University Distinguished Professors have national and international stature with demonstrated recognition and projected high level of scholarly productivity in the future. They must be a teacher of demonstrated excellence and a contributor to the life and mission of Miami University.
Meibers was a business reporter at the Herald before moving on to a newspaper in Dayton, Ohio.
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Donna Boen, Miami University | 12:17 pm, Dec. 11, 2020 ×
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EDITOR S NOTE: The following Q&A is reprinted with permission from the Miami University Alumni Association blog, written by Donna Boen, editor of the Miamian. It discusses the recent Netflix movie Hillbilly Elegy, which focuses on the family of Bonnie Mamaw Vance, the late grandmother of former Grand Forks Herald reporter Bonnie Meibers.