UMD Professor Honored with Inspire Integrity Award

Washington, DC, May 22, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The National Society of Collegiate Scholars honored Dr John Pease with the Inspire Integrity Award on Thursday at the University of Maryland Sociology Department Awards Ceremony.

The Inspire Integrity Award is the nation's only student-nominated faculty award that recognizes professors for their commitment to inspiring and instilling integrity in their students.

Dr. Pease, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, received a $3,000 stipend; NSCS also donated $2,000 to the John Pease Scholarship Fund.

"We're proud to honor Dr. Pease," said Stephen E. Loflin, NSCS' Executive Director. "He has shown extraordinary commitment to his students and the University of Maryland community at large."

Review for the Inspire Integrity Awards took place in five areas throughout the United States. First, regional selection committees named three finalists from each region. The 15 regional finalists were next reviewed by a national selection committee comprised of representatives from USA TODAY, UBS and ING.

Dr Pease is the second recipient of the award-Dr. Linda Bolton of the University of Iowa was the 2008 recipient.

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