Guests seated at Allenwood

The 2021–22 Annual Faculty Recognition Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Allenwood.

The Center for Teaching Excellence thanks the Allenwood for hosting this year’s dinner! Thank you Chef Jeff Santicola and the students of HOSP 413 - Restaurant Food Production & Service.

Congratulations to the winners of the Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Recognition Awards:

Kelly Heider (IUP Libraries) and Crystal Machado (Professional Studies in Education ) Collaborative Practice; Veronica Watson (English) Inclusive Excellence (sponsored by Office of Social Equity and Title IX); Lingyan Yang (English) Inclusive Excellence (sponsored by Office of Social Equity and Title IX); Michael Williamson (English) Heiges-Lamberski Experiential Education (sponsored by Career and Professional Development Center); Wanda Minnick (Safety Sciences) Mentoring, Sanda Maicaneanu (Chemistry) Content Pedagogy; Jennifer Gossett (Criminology) Content Pedagogy.

Special Faculty Recognition Award 

Teamwork 

Received by Brian Jones on behalf of the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance  

Teaching Circle Grant Award Winners 

“Rescuing Socrates: Books for Big Ideas”

  • Teaching Circle: Big Ideas: Transformative Culture and the Professions
  • Teaching Circle members: Bryna Siegel Finer, Lynn Botehlo, Melanie Holm, Tami Whited, John Marsden

“Assessing the Effectiveness of Teaching Online Laboratories in the Safety Sciences”

  • Teaching Circle: Safety Sciences
  • Teaching Circle members: Wanda Minnick, Majed Zreiqat, Tracey Cekada, Laura Rhodes, Bryan Seal, Luz Marin, Chris Janicak

“Clinical Judgment Curriculum Integration”

  • Teaching Circle: Improving Clinical Judgment
  • Teaching Circle members: Taylor Edwards, Janis Barner, Rebecca Beer, Riah Hoffman, Elaine Little, Benjamin Martin

“Developing Arduino Workshops for IUP Community”

  • Teaching Circle: Arduino Group
  • Teaching Circle members: Andrew Zhou, Frederick Adkins, Majid Krimi, Sean Derry, Shijuan Liu