National Awards

National Awards

• American Studies Graduate Student Organization Outstanding Faculty Award for 2017-18

• Best of the Best in English Language Learner Education Award (INTESOL) 

• Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year Award
  • The Postsecondary Teacher of the Year Award is sponsored by Goodheart-Willcox, a premier textbook publisher. This award recognizes the finest career and technical teachers at the postsecondary level. Recipients of this award have demonstrated innovation in the classroom, commitment to their students, and dedication to the improvement of the Career and Technical Institution within their communities (Nagurka, 2018).

State Awards

• ACTE Region III Postsecondary Teacher of the Year

National Awards

• American Academy Environmental Engineers and Scientists Excellence in Environmental Engineering Education Award
  • The E4S Award will be granted to an educator who has made a significant contribution to the profession in the area of educating practitioners.
• Education Award, Electron Devices Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 
  • The Education Award is presented every year by the Electron Devices Society at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM). It honors an individual who has contributed distinguished contributions to education within the interest of the Electron Devices Society. The recipient is awarded a check for $2,500 and a certificate (Electron Devices Society, 2021). 
• U.C. Regents’ Lecturer at UCLA
  • Established by the Regents of the University of California, the Regents’ Professors and Lecturers Program (RPLP) showcases leaders from non-academic fields to enhance students’ exposure to a diverse range of successful professions. Regents’ Lecturers participate in instructional activities in the sponsoring department for informal consultations with faculty and students. Each Regents’ Lecturer commonly gives one public lecture (Regents’ Professor and Lecturer Program, 2017).
• United States Department of Agriculture 2018 New Teacher Award 
  • This program recognizes outstanding college professors of agriculture, natural resources, veterinary, and human sciences. The selection committee chose two national recipients, two early-career recipients, and two teaching and student engagement recipients. This award is sponsored by a partnership with NIFA, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University working with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the University of Georgia (NIFA, USDA, n.d.)

National Awards

• National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Felix Berardo Scholarship Award for Mentoring 
  • The Felix Berardo Scholarship Award for Mentoring is given in honor of Dr. Felix Berardo, a well-known and beloved professor from the University of Florida, who went above and beyond expectations in mentoring many students to become outstanding leaders in the family field. The award recognizes an NCFR member for excellence in mentoring junior colleagues, graduate students, or undergraduates. Outstanding mentoring goes beyond classroom teaching and includes the provision of support, guidance, and opportunities for professional development (NCFR, Felix Berado, 2021). 

• The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Paul M. Fitts Education Award 
  • Established in 1968, this award recognizes a person who has made exceptional contributions to the education and training of HF/E specialists. Candidates should either be currently or previously engaged in college or university teaching of HF/E material or should have written significant textbooks in the field. The principal criteria for evaluation are the influence that the candidate has had on students and/or how extensively the candidate’s work has been used by educators in general (FHES, n.d.).

National Awards

• American Association of Diabetes Educators: Strategic Initiative Award 
  • This award recognizes a member whose work reinforces American Association of Diabetes Educators’s strategic goals in diversity or new models of care to achieve outcomes inspired by AADE’s mission and vision. This award is presented at the AADE’s national meeting (AADE Honors Excellence, 2018)

• National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) Excellence in Innovation Award 
  • The Excellence in Innovation Award recognizes qualified pharmacists who have demonstrated significant innovation in their practice, method, or service directly or indirectly resulting in improved patient care and/or advancement of the profession of pharmacy. The award is presented by participating state pharmacist associations and is coordinated by NASPA and sponsored by Upsher-Smith (Upsher-Smith, 2021)

National Awards

• National Council of the American Association of University Professors 
  • The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is a nonprofit membership association in the United States, made up of professors and academics. There are over 500 campus chapters and 39 state organizations. The AAUP was founded in 1915 and helps shape the higher education system in America. The National Council meets three times a year (AAUP, n.d.)

State Awards

• Outstanding Professor of Basic Science Award at the Senior Awards Program of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Class of 2018

National Awards

• SAVMA Teaching Excellence Award from the National Student American Veterinary Medical Association 
  • This award is offered to recognize outstanding teachers in our profession for their impact on veterinary students. The teacher that is chosen will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the SAVMA Student Symposium to address the SAVMA HOD and receive an award at Symposium gala (SAVMA Awards, n.d.).

Regional Awards

• Outstanding Faculty in Learning Award