Teaching Excellence
THREE AWARDS:
- One award for tenured faculty
- One award for fixed-term-track faculty
Purpose of Award
These awards are to recognize, encourage and reward accomplished faculty whose command of their respective disciplines, teaching methodologies, communication skills and commitment to learning translate into a superior learning experience for students. These awards are aimed at faculty who maintain high expectations and standards for their students, ensuring academic rigor, while meeting the challenges of motivating students and helping them develop into educated, ethical and responsible citizens.
Criteria
The selection committee will consider the following criteria in selecting winners:
- Evidence that the nominee has command of their respective discipline, teaching methodologies, communication skills and commitment to learning that translates into a superior learning experience for students.
- Degree to which nominee maintains high expectations and standards for their students, ensuring academic rigor while also meeting the challenges of motivating students and helping them develop into educated, ethical and responsible citizens.
Tenured faculty will be considered based on sustained excellence over time whereas tenure-track faculty will be evaluated based on their accomplishments to date and promise in the classroom.
Nomination Materials
A selection committee composed of faculty will review nomination packets. The nomination packet for this award will consist of only the following, assembled into a single PDF file in the order indicated:
- Complete award nomination form
- Nomination letter from a peer faculty colleague, department chair, or college leader
- Self-statement of teaching philosophy (2-page max)
- Course evaluations (2 courses max)
- Nomination letters from students (2 max)
- Recent course syllabi (2 courses max)
- CV of nominee
Optional:
- Peer observations of teaching (2 max)
No additional materials should be submitted.
Each dean’s office should upload completed nomination packets by the deadline.
Previous recipients of the President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence are ineligible for nomination for this award.
Each college may submit a maximum number of nominees (based on the size of the college) per award category (for example, the College of Engineering may submit up to 6 nominations, 2 for the tenured category, 2 for the tenure-track category and 2 for the fixed-term-track category):
SEE TABLE BELOW
| College | Maximum Number of Nominees |
|---|---|
| CEID | 3 |
| ACOB | 3 |
| COEHD | 3 |
| COLFA | 3 |
| COS | 4 |
| HCaP | 4 |
| University College | 1 |
| Honors College | 1 |
Past Recipients
2021
Victoria Dougherty, Sciences
Alexander Testa, Public Policy
John Drew Stephen, Liberal and Fine Arts
2020
Thad Bartlett, Liberal and Fine Arts
Leslie Neely, Education and Human Development
Jessica Nowlin, Liberal and Fine Arts
2019
Mark Blizard, Architecture, Construction and Planning
Jessica Lloyd-Hazlett, Education and Human Development
Karen Williams, Business
2018
Jamon Halvaksz, Liberal and Fine Arts
Candace Christensen, Public Policy
Keegan Gold, Sciences
2017
Patricia Sánchez, Education and Human Development
Nazgol Bagheri, Liberal and Fine Arts
Derek Plantenga, Public Policy
2016
Michael L. Cepek, Liberal and Fine Arts
Ian Caine, Architecture, Construction and Planning
Hector R. Aguilar, Sciences
2015
Amy Chanmugam, Public Policy
Andria Crosson, Liberal and Fine Arts
Jill Fleuriet, Liberal and Fine Arts
2014
Jeremy Sullivan, Education and Human Development
Kathryn Brown, Liberal and Fine Arts
Deborah Wagner, Liberal and Fine Arts
2013
Randall Manteufel, Engineering
Jill Hernandez, Liberal and Fine Arts
Eileen Achorn, Liberal and Fine Arts
2012
Catherine Nolan-Ferrell, Liberal and Fine Arts
David Han, Business
Marian Aitches, Liberal and Fine Arts
2011
Can Saygin, Engineering
Jenifer Thornton, Education and Human Development
David Hansen, Liberal and Fine Arts
2010
Amy Jasperson, Liberal and Fine Arts
John H. Alexander, Architecture
Karen Dodwell, Liberal and Fine Arts
2009
Ben Olguin, Liberal and Fine Arts
Jianwei Niu, Sciences
Ron Sweet, Business
2008
Kolleen Guy, Liberal and Fine Arts
Carola Wenk, Sciences
Thomas Cannon, Business
2007
Richard Gambitta, Liberal and Fine Arts
Richard Utecht, Business
Misty Sailors, Education and Human Development
Cathy S. Key, Sciences
2006
Dmitry Gokhman, Sciences
P. Elizabeth Pate, Education and Human Development
Yiuman Tse, Business
Joleen Beltrami, Business
2005
James E. Groff, Business
Blanche Desjean-Perrotta, Education and Human Development
Michael Anderson, Business
2004
Cheryl Linthicum, Business
Ronald C. Binks, Liberal and Fine Arts
Carmen Fies, Education and Human Development
2003
Nandini Kannan, Business
Melvin C. Laracey, Liberal and Fine Arts
Craig M. Blount, Architecture
2002
Daniel Engster, Liberal and Fine Arts
Susan Keehn, Education and Human Development
Lars Hansen, Engineering
2001
Janis Harmon, Education and Human Development
Jerome Keating, Business
Vincent Di Martino, Business
2000
Mark E. Allen, Fine Arts and Humanities
James H. McDonald, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Molly E. Lynch, Social and Behavioral Sciences
1999
Robert A. Collinge, Business
Robert J. Rustowicz, Fine Arts and Humanities
Roy H. “Skip” Eno Jr., Fine Arts and Humanities
1998
Bonnie Lyons, Fine Arts and Humanities
Carolyn Kessler, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Rama Rao, Sciences and Engineering
1997
Jillian Heydt-Stevenson, Fine Arts and Humanities
Nancy Martin, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Janet Fetzer, Fine Arts and Humanities
1996
Cheryl Fulkerson, Business
F. Alexander Norman, Sciences and Engineering
Carol Dyas, Sciences and Engineering
1995
Kenneth Weiher, Business
Mary Lou Zeeman, Sciences and Engineering
Nichols Grimes, Sciences and Engineering
1994
Eileen T. Lundy, Fine Arts and Humanities
David Johnson, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Gale Ruth Terry, Social and Behavioral Sciences
1993
Patricia M. Harris, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Kenneth Hovey, Fine Arts and Humanities
Diane Abdo, Fine Arts and Humanities
1992
Wendy Barker, Fine Arts and Humanities
E. Lou Curry, Business
Virginia Meyer, Social and Behavioral Sciences
1991
Bonnie K. Lyons, Fine Arts and Humanities
Paul L. Preston, Business
Paul Kevin Davis, Social and Behavioral Sciences
1990
G. Alberto Arroyo, Sciences and Engineering
William G. Mitchell, Business
Carol A. Britt, Fine Arts and Humanities
1989
Richard Gambitta, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Jerome Keating, Business
