Endowed Professorships

Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, is the new holder of the Maxeiner/Baumann-Payne Endowed Chair, which was established by C. William Maxeiner 1936. Maxeiner created the chair to honor the memory of his faculty mentors in history, English, and religious studies.

Nicole Eikmeier, assistant professor of computer science, is the first to hold the Luebke-Sproehnle Endowed Junior Faculty professorship. The new professorship, which is intended to encourage and support faculty who represent groups that have been historically underrepresented in computer science, was made possible by the generosity of Sarah Luebke Sproehnle ’00.