Photos: The late Joseph Cangemi honored with IU Dean’s Medallion

The late Joseph Cangemi, who taught at WKU for 51 years, was honored with the Dean’s Medallion from the Indiana University School of Education on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center.

Allie Schallert

Dr. Joseph Cangemi’s wife Amelia, center, looks at the Dean’s Award she is accepting posthumously for him with two of his longtime colleagues, Ronda Talley, right, and Gerardo Gonzalez on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Talley was a student to Cangemi before becoming at psychology professor at WKU, and Gerardo is a professor and dean emeritus at Indiana University, where he met Cangemi. Both were part of a group that nominated Cangemi for this award.

Allie Schallert, Staff photographer
October 26, 2022

A lunch was held before the Dean’s Award was presented to honor the late Dr. Joseph Cangemi at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Allie Schallert)
Former WKU President Gary Ransdell, right, and his wife Julie, center, attended the Dean’s Award Ceremony recognizing the late Dr. Joseph Cangemi at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Allie Schallert)
The Dean’s Award presented to the late Joseph Cangemi, who taught at WKU for 51 years, shown in the Alumni Center on WKU Campus in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Allie Schallert)
Amelia Cangemi gets emotional as people talk about her late husband Joseph Cangemi during the Dean’s Award Ceremony honoring his contributions as an educator at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Allie Schallert)
Amelia Cangemi holds a tissue as colleagues of her late husband, Joseph Cangemi, talk about the impact he had as an education during the Dean’s Award Ceremony at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Allie Schallert)
People that knew the late Joseph Cangemi come together during the Dean’s Award Ceremony honoring his contributions as an educator at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Allie Schallert)
Amelia Cangemi speaks about her late husband, Joseph Cangemi, during the Dean’s Award Ceremony honoring his contributions as an educator at the Eva and Jim Martens Alumni Center in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. She posthumously accepted the award on her husband’s behalf. (Allie Schallert)