BonnieMcNeely

Dr. Bonnie McNeely, associate professor of management at Murray State University , was selected by the MSU Alumni Association as the 2007 Distinguished Professor. Jim Carter, MSU vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of the alumni association, presented McNeely with the award.

McNeely received a Golden Apple and framed certificate. She will also receive a $1,000 cash award on Thursday, April 26 at a faculty dinner in the Curris Center and will lead the faculty processionals at the spring and winter commencement ceremonies.

Stephanie Butler, a junior from Mayfield , Ky. , will receive a $1,000 scholarship in McNeely’s honor. Butler is the daughter of Sandra Butler of Mayfield and Phillip Butler of Symsonia , Ky.

Implemented in 1964 by the MSU Alumni Association, the Distinguished Professor Award has been bestowed on 42 other faculty members, including last year’s recipient, Dr. Celia Wall, associate professor in the department of journalism and mass communications.

Each year, the Alumni Association solicits nominations from select students across campus. A committee which includes former award recipients then reviews the nominations and selects the recipient.

Student nominations describe McNeely as a, “professional, well-organized and enthusiastic” educator who “has a genuine concern for all of her students,” and “obviously loves what she is doing.”

After receiving her bachelor of science and master’s degrees from the University of Kentucky in 1972 and 1974, McNeely earned her MBA from MSU in 1980 and doctoral degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina in 1991.

McNeely first came to MSU in 1982-83 as a visiting lecturer, and returned in 1987 as an associate professor. Known to her colleagues and students as an outstanding international educator, she has traveled with MSU students to Cyprus , England , Germany and Austria throughout her years at MSU.

She received the MSU Board of Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for the College of Business and Public Affairs in 1999, and was again nominated for the award by the Management, Marketing and Business Administration Department in 2003 and 2006. McNeely was honored as a fellow of Springer-Franklin College in 2005 and 2006, and was presented with a plaque as Outstanding Residential College Faculty Member in 2006.

McNeely has given numerous presentations around the U.S. and published in many business and management education journals. Her professional memberships include the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, the Institute for Supply Managers and Beta Gamma Sigma.