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Faculty Award Winners

The CTL saluted the following award winners at a Faculty Teaching Awards Luncheon April 11, 2008.

CTL Awards

Candace CherringtonCandace Cherrington

Dr. Cherrington’s success in teaching interactive video-based classes led her to being the first recipient of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s award for Outstanding IVDL Teacher. Dr. Cherrington’s efforts to teach interactive courses revealed her success in integrating the in-class IVDL technology with WebCT and in using technology to foster student involvement in class activities from both the face-to-face and virtual sites.

Jackie CollierJackie Collier

Dr. Collier’s success in teaching online classes led to her being the first recipient of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s award for Outstanding Online Distance Learning Teacher. In selecting Dr. Collier for this award the CTL recognized her desire to design  distance education classes that offered flexibility to students without sacrificing quality or rigor. Not content to design a course once, her teaching reflects a thoughtful incorporation of the latest instructional technologies such as Elluminate Web conferencing and podcasting as a means to improve student learning. She also evidenced a commitment to improve her skills in teaching online courses through active participation in workshops such as Learner-Centered Teaching, Digital StoryTelling, and Designing for Significant Learning.

Sarah TwillSarah Twill

Dr. Twill was the recipient of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Faculty Development Award. This award was given to the faculty member who made significant efforts to improve his or her teaching. The award reflects a belief that good teaching is always a work-in-progress and that the best teachers are those who dedicate time and effort to learn about the latest theory and practice in good teaching. In reviewing those we have worked with at the Center for Teaching and Learning, Dr. Twill evidenced a dedication to faculty development that merits being the first recipient of this award from the Center. She attended a broad range of Center workshops, seminars, and book groups. In those events, she was an active participant and integrated what she learned into her teaching.

Faculty Who Received Awards in 2007

The following faculty were also honored at the luncheon for awards they received in 2007.

Trustees’ Award for Faculty Excellence

Francisco Alvarez, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
Boonshoft School of Medicine and College of Science and Mathematics

Distinguished Professor Awards

Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching

Larry Ream, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
Boonshoft School of Medicine and College of Science and Mathematics

Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research

Dr. Chandler Phillips, Professor
Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Frederick A. White Distinguished Professor of Professional Service

Thomas Sudkamp, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence: Early Career Achievement

Dr. Mark Gebhart, Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Boonshoft School of Medicine

Damaris Serrano, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Modern Languages
College of Liberal Arts

Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Science and Mathematics

Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence: Outstanding Lecturer

Jane Blakelock, Lecturer
Department of English Language and Literatures
College of Liberal Arts

Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence: Outstanding Instructor

Burhan Kawosa, Instructor
Department of Finance and Financial Services
Raj Soin College of Business

Boonshoft School of Medicine

2007 Excellence in Medical Education Award

2007 Teaching Excellence Award

Larry J. Ream, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anatomy, Director of Graduate Programs in Anatomy and Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology,
Vice-Chair for Education  Department of  Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology

College of Education and Human Services

Excellence in Teaching Award

Jackie Collier, Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Teacher Education

Outstanding Faculty Award

Richard Wantz, Ed.D., Professor
Department of Human Services

College of Engineering and Computer Science

2006-2007 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award

2007 Case U.S. Professor of the Year Nominee

Nathan Klingbeil, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

2006-2007 Excellence in Teaching Award for Adjunct Faculty

Sridhar Ramachandran, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science and Engineering

2006-2007 Excellence in Teaching Award for Teaching Assistant

Craig Baudendistel
Department of  Mechanical and Materials Engineering

2006-2007 Outstanding Faculty Award (for research, service and teaching)

Ardy Goshtasby, Ph.D., Professor
Department of  Computer Science and Engineering

College of Liberal Arts

2007 Outstanding Tenure-track Faculty

Mary Wenning, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Urban Affairs and Geography

Jimmy Chesire, Lecturer Department of English Language and Literatures

College of Nursing and Health

2006-2007 Award for Traditional Undergraduate Didactic Teaching Excellence

Bobbe Gray, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Nursing and Health

2006-2007 Award for BEACON Didactic Teaching Excellence

Kathy Keister, Ph.D., Assistant ProfessorNursing and Health

2006-2007 Award for Traditional Undergraduate Clinical Teaching Excellence

Kimberly Stewart, Clinical Instructor
Nursing and Health

2006-2007 Award for BEACON Clinical Teaching Excellence

Marianna Sunderlin, Clinical Instructor
Nursing and Health

College of Science and Mathematics

2006-2007 Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching

John Pearson, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology

Dan Miska, Instructor
Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology

2006-2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Outstanding Teaching

Adam Deardorff, GTA
Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology

Annie Slonaker Doyle, GTA
Department of Biological Sciences

Raj Soin College of Business

Outstanding Teaching Awards

John Talbott, Ph.D., Professor Department of  Accountancy

G. Thomas Sav, Ph.D., Professor Department of Economics

Burhan Kawosa, Instructor Department of Finance and Financial Services

Scott Williams, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Management

Pola Gupta, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Marketing and International Business

Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award

Todd Dewett, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Management

School of Professional Psychology

Outstanding Faculty for the School of Professional Psychology

Leon VandeCreek, Ph.D., Professor School of Professional Psychology