Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Teaching Excellence Award Winners!

Cheryl Sanders, Psychology

Tenured

Smita Singh, Hospitality

Tenure-Track

Maria Magallanes, School of Education

Category II

Andrew Gillespie, Physics

Affiliate

Award Process

Please consider applying or nominating a fellow faculty member to apply for this recognition of the outstanding efforts faculty make. Applications for the 2023-2024 Award will open in the spring.

 

Faculty Member handing out an award

Overview

There are four awards, each for $1,500:

  1. Tenured Faculty
  2. Tenure Track Faculty
  3. Category II
  4. Affiliate (part-time)

The Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Awards are intended to honor individuals who demonstrate excellence in teaching by:

  • Exhibiting knowledge of their subject matter
  • Showing enthusiasm for their subject matter and for imparting that enthusiasm to students
  • Maintaining rigorous academic standards
  • Having a positive impact on students’ learning and professional development
  • Showing a commitment to teaching
  • Cultivating accessibility and open rapport with students

Applicants for the tenured and tenure track award must be full-time faculty and have taught a full load or worked an equivalent load during both semesters of 2022-2023. Applicants for the full-time temporary and part-time faculty award must have taught classes during both semesters of 2022-2023. The Teaching Excellence Award Committee is committed to evaluating on-line and hybrid teaching and encourages all faculty to consider applying for this prestigious award.

 

Application Process

All applications must have been received by the deadline for full consideration.

A complete application will include the following:

  1. Complete SRIs from 2022-2023 calendar year Fall and Spring, or Spring 2023 and Fall 2023
  2. Syllabus from one class;
  3. Guidelines for one assignment;
  4. Teaching schedule this semester with times and location of classes;
  5. Letter of recommendation from someone who has observed the applicant’s teaching and is not a student.

Please direct questions to [email protected].

 

Past Recipients

Tenured

2022-
2023
Cheryl Sanders
Psychology
2021-
2022
Mark Koester
Mathematics and Statistics
2020-
2021
Carla Aguilar
Music
2019-
2020
Meredith Jeffers
Modern Languages
2018-
2019
Ingrid Carter
Elementary Education
Lisa Hagen
Psychological Sciences
2017-
2018
Sue Barnd
Secondary Education
2016-
2017
Jeff Loats
Physics
2015-
2016
Matt Makley
History
2014-
2015
Barbara McKenzie
Special Education
2013-
2014
Cherise Leiter
Music
2012-
2013
Lunden MacDonald
Modern Languages
2011-
2012
Rebecca Ferrell
Biology
2010-
2011
Jennifer Weddig
Nutrition
2009-
2010
Ann Williams
Modern Languages
2008-
2009
Bill Baxendale
Biology
2007-
2008
Erick Erickson
Economics
2006-
2007
Nancy Frontczak
Marketing
2005-
2006
Anil Rao
Biology
2004-
2005
Robert Schatz
Psychology

Tenure-Track

2022-
2023
Smita Singh
Hospitality
2021-
2022
Steve Krizman
Journalism and Media Production
2020-
2021
Leslie Boyd
Art
2019-
2020
Ann Obermann
Social Work
2018-
2019
N/A
2017-
2018
Cory Sell
Elementary Education
2016-
2017
Jeff Parker
Theatre and Dance
2015-
2016
Barb EchoHawk
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  Rebecca Canges
Special Education
2014-
2015
Courtney Rocheleau
Psychology
2013-
2014
Uwe Kackstaetter
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2012-
2013
Andrew Bonham
Chemistry
Todd Reimer
Secondary Education
2011-
2012
Annie Butler
Human Services and Counseling
2010-
2011
Jeff Loats
Physics
2009-
2010
David Kish
Music
2008-
2009
Rebecca Gorman
English
2007-
2008
Aaron Richmond
Psychology
  Jeff Simpson
Biology
2006-
2007
Cynthia Kuhn
English
2005-
2006
Kamran Sahami
Physics
2004-
2005
Bruce Degi
English

Category II

2022-
2023
Maria Magallanes
School of Education
2021-
2022
Claire Critchlow
Human Services and Counseling
2020-
2021
Alycia Palmer
Chemistry
2019-
2020
Sophia Cherry
Chemistry
2018-
2019
Wendy Gallagher
Modern Languages
2017-
2018
Ali O’Brien
Elementary Education
2016-
2017
Sarah Schliemann
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
2015-
2016
Christine Kuglin
Accounting

Affiliate

2022-
2023
Andrew Gillespie
Physics
2021-
2022
Harry Chiang
Psychological Sciences
2020-
2021
Joy Pieper
Nutrition
2019-
2020
Rebecca Bryan
Biology
2018-
2019
N/A
2017-
2018
Christopher Keelan
Music
2016-
2017
N/A
2015-
2016
N/A
2014-
2015
Kayoko Moore
Modern Languages
2013-
2014
Rebecca Cottrell
Social Work
2012-
2013
Christopher Tetro
Human Performance and Sport
2011-
2012
Jesse Ruderman
English
2010-
2011
Katherine Sauer
Economics
2009-
2010
Kristine Reyes
Communication Studies
2008-
2009
Wendy Gallagher
Modern Languages
2007-
2008
Allison Wilder
2006-
2007
Kas Parsons
Human Performance and Sport
2005-
2006
Jean Ethridge
Mathematics and Statistics