Recent Awards and Honors
Current:
Outstanding Community Woman, Women's History Month Celebration at Tallahassee Community College, March 2010.
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Nancy Marcus Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University, 2008-2010 (Emerita as of July 2010).
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Recent:
Elected
Fellow of the Association for Women in Science, recognized “for her outstanding
commitment and dedication in support of women in science and engineering and
AWIS,” 2008.
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John Shrum Award from the Southeastern Association for Science
Teacher Education for Excellence in the Education of Science Teachers and
Contributions, Which Exemplify the Highest Standards of Dedication and Service, 2007.
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Exemplary Zonta Career Service Award, Zonta Club of Tallahassee; Tallahassee, FL.
Zonta International is a global service organization of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women through service and advocacy, 2006.
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National
Science Foundation, 1st Annual GK-12 Dissemination Award to Florida State University
for distinguished accomplishments in the dissemination of the GK-12 Program:
Experiences and Reflections (Penny J. Gilmer, D. Ellen Granger, & Wilbert
Butler co-edited this monograph), 2006.
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Award for
Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year, Level 2 (>10 years of
experience), Association for Science Teacher Education, 2006.
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Special
commendation from the Chancellor of Curtin University of Technology on my
doctoral thesis: Transforming University Biochemistry Teaching Through Action
Research: Utilizing Collaborative Learning and Technology, 2004.
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Curtin
International Student Scholarship for the Doctor of Science Education, Curtin
University of Technology, 1998-2004.
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For a full listing of Awards and Honors, see the Awards section of Dr. Gilmer's Curriculum Vitae.
