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UND names two new Chester Fritz professors Biology professor Vasyl Tkach and sociology professor Daphne Pedersen were given the highest honor for faculty last month. 1:40 pm, May 1, 2021 × UND has recently named two faculty members as Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors. Biology professor Vasyl Tkach and sociology professor Daphne Pedersen were given the highest honor for faculty in April. The Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorship is UND’s highest academic honor. The award was established with an endowment gift from the late university benefactor Chester Fritz ...

By Pat Sweeney Sociology professor Daphne Pedersen is the latest to receive UND’s highest academic honor. Pedersen has been named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor. She joined the UND faculty in 2004, Biology professor Vasyl Tkach (vuh-SEEL tuh-CATCH) was similiarly honored last week.   The criteria for selection include “demonstrated achievement across research, teaching, and service,” with “significant national or regional recognition in any one of these missions”…  “significant professional contributions” throughout the nominee’s career…  and recogni...

By Pat Sweeney Biology professor Vasyl Tkach has received UND’s highest academic honor.     He has been at UND since 2003…and is the current president of the American Society of Parasitologists.   = = UND release: Already one of the University’s most honored professors, Vasyl Tkach got tears in his eyes when he learned at a departmental meeting that he’d been named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor at UND. “I tell everyone how great this department is,” said Biology Professor Tkach, his voice shaking. “Without this group of people here, I know I wouldn’t be ab...