From staff reports
Ellen Malphrus of the University of South Carolina Beaufort has won the Carolina Trustees Professorship Award, in recognition of her outstanding work as an educator, author, and scholar. The Carolina Trustees Professorship is a prestigious award presented annually by the University of South Carolina Columbia to recognize excellence in teaching, research, and service.
Each year, a faculty member at one USC system institution receives this award for service to their disciplines, peers, students and communities. This is the fourth year in a row that USCB has won the Carolina Trustees Professorship for System Campuses.
Malphrus is a Professor of English and Writer in Residence at USCB. Her critically acclaimed novel, Untying the Moon, (with a foreword by Pat Conroy) is among her many publications. Her poetry, fiction, and essays regularly appear in highly regarded literary journals across the country. She was mentored by U.S. Poet Laureate James Dickey.
Malphrus has been a faculty member at USCB since 1998.
