The 麻豆精选 Alumni Association has chosen 10 finalists from a pool of more than 200 nominees for the 52nd annual Kent State Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award.
The finalists will be narrowed down to three, and those recipients will be awarded a $1,500 cash prize and a crystal apple trophy. The three award recipients also will be honored at the University Teaching Council鈥檚 Celebrating College Teaching conference luncheon and awards ceremony on Friday, Oct. 19.
The 麻豆精选Alumni Association recognizes 麻豆精选faculty members with this award annually. The Distinguished Teaching Award is the most esteemed honor that 麻豆精选grants to full-time, tenure-track faculty members. In order to be nominated, faculty members must have been employed at the university for at least seven years and be in a tenured or tenure-track position.
This year's finalists are:
- Mikhail Chebotar, Mathematical Sciences, Kent Campus
- Julie K. Cremeans-Smith, Psychological Sciences, Stark Campus
- Richard Devore, Music, Kent Campus
- Radd Ehrman, Modern and Classical Languages, Kent Campus
- Christopher J. Fenk, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent Campus
- David H. Kaplan, Geography, Kent Campus
- Bradley Keefer, History, Ashtabula Campus
- Janice Lessman-Moss, Art, Kent Campus
- Kristine Pytash, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, Kent Campus
- Lori G. Wilfong, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, Stark Campus