Nellis elected to NASULGC executive committee

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Friday, November 17, 2006

NELLIS ELECTED TO NASULGC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MANHATTAN -- The provost of Kansas State University was among six new chief academic officers elected to a three year term as a member of the executive committee of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Universities -- NASULGC --Council on Academic Affairs. The NASULGC Council on Academic Affairs serves as the coordinating body for the provosts/vice presidents of NASULGC universities.

K-State Provost M. Duane Nellis began his term on the Executive Committee at the recently-concluded NASULGC national meeting Nov. 12-14 in Houston.

Nellis has spent his entire career at land-grant universities and became provost of Kansas State University, one of the nation's first land-grant institutions, in 2004. Nellis spent 17 years at K-State, progressing from assistant professor of geography to professor and head of the department, and then to senior associate dean of K-State's

College of Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he accepted a post as dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University.

Nellis is a member and past president of the Association of American Geographers, the nation's largest professional geography organization, which presented him the John Fraser Hart Award for Research Excellence as well as national honors. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and former president of the National Council for Geographic Education. He received a Presidential Citation Award from the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He also is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At K-State, he won the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 1986, Adviser of the Year Award in 1985, and the K-State Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Research Scholar Award in 1995. He was selected as a distinguished lecturer for 1993-94 by the Kansas Academy of Science.

Nellis earned his Ph.D. in 1980 and his master's degree in 1977. Both degrees are in geography from Oregon State University. He earned a bachelor's degree in geography from Montana State University in 1976.

Founded in 1887, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges is the nation's oldest higher education association. A voluntary association of public universities, land-grant institutions and many of the nation's public university systems, NASULGC campuses are located in all 50 states, the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia and are dedicated to supporting excellence in teaching, research and public service.