Laux receives Murphy Award

(From left) Chad Laux, associate professor of computer and information technology; Kayla Rux, student; Gary Bertoline, dean of Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Tom Hacker, interim head and professor of computer and information technology; Dawn Laux, Murphy Award recipient; Frank Dooley, senior vice provost for teaching and learning; and Purdue Pete. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) Download image

Dawn Laux, associate department head and clinical associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology, has been named a recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. Laux was surprised with the news on Wednesday (March 20).

Purdue will continue this spring to announce recipients of the Murphy Award, Exceptional Early Career Award, and Excellence in Instruction Award for Continuing Lecturers.

Murphy Award winners already named are Jennifer Freeman, associate professor in the School of Health Sciences; Derek Pacheco, associate professor in the Department of English; and Yvonne Pitts, associate professor in the Department of History. In addition, Heather Howard, assistant professor in Purdue University Libraries, has received the Exceptional Early Career Award, and Cynthia Harwood, continuing lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, has been recognized with the Excellence in Instruction Award for Continuing Lecturers.

The University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy Award is accompanied by a $10,000 cash award and induction into Purdue's Teaching Academy, which provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate and outreach teaching. Murphy was a history professor at Purdue from 1927 to 1970.

The Exceptional Early Career Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching among Purdue's early career, tenure-track faculty. Recipients of the award will receive a $5,000 award with additional funds for a department business account.

The Excellence in Instruction Award for Continuing Lecturers honors academic staff with the rank of continuing lecturer for outstanding undergraduate teaching on the West Lafayette campus. Recipients of the award will receive a $5,000 award.

The recipients of all three awards will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon on April 8.

A list of past Murphy Award and Early Career Award recipients is at https://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/charlesAward.html. A list of all winners of teaching awards is at www.purdue.edu/cie/teachingawards.