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Academic Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award

This award stresses the importance of distinguished teaching, recognizes the contributions of outstanding teachers, and emphasizes the commitment of the University to teaching excellence. Nominees must have stimulated students toward a high standard of scholarship and an active interest in learning.

2008-09 Recipients

Tobias Barske Foreign Languages
Stacey Berk Music
Diane Caporale-Hartleb Biology
Paul Doruska Forestry
Richard Dubiel Communication

2007-2008 Recipients

C.Y. Allen Communication
Todd Huspeni Biology
Kathleen Lamb Sociology
Ed Miller Political Science
Craig Wendorf Psychology

2006-2007 Recipients

Richard Geesey Forestry - CNR
Lorri Nandrea English
Judie Pfiffner Health Promotion & Human Development
Justin Rueb Psychology
Steven Wright Chemistry

2005-2006 Recipients

Richard Behm English
Michelle Brophy-Baermann Political Science
Patricia Kluetz Interior Architecture
Jeana Magyar-Moe Psychology
Guillermo Penafiel Art & Design

2004-2005 Recipients

Karyn Biasca Paper Science
Amy Boelk Sociology
Jane Jones Health Promotion & Human Development
Jeff Morin Art & Design
Rixey Ruffin History

2003-2004 Recipients

David Arnold English
Robert Enright Sociology
Fred Hebert Heath Education,
Exercise Science & Athletics
John Reeder Psychology
Dayle Upham Education

2002-2003 Recipients

Larry Ball Art and Design
Daniel Breining Foreign Languages
Brian Hale History
John Houghton Forestry
Mark Tolstedt Communication

2001-2002 Recipients

Eric Anderson Wildlife
Michael Nelson Philosophy
Keith Rice Geography/Geology
Don Showalter Chemistry
John Smith  Art and Design 

2000-2001 Recipients

James Arrowood   Music 
James Canfield Political Science  
James Hardin  Wildlife 
Alice Keefe  Philosophy and Religious Studies 
Marty Loy  Health Promotion & Human Development