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The 2023–24 Annual Faculty Recognition Awards Dinner was held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

2023-24 Winners

This Year's Faculty Recognition Award Winners

  • Yong Colen - OER/Affordable Learning Solutions
  • Jana Villemain - Innovation
  • Todd Thompson - Instructional Technology
  • Tim Hibsman - Content Pedagogy
  • Stephanie Keppich - Teaching Excellence for Temporary Faculty
  • Tanya Heflin - Inclusive Excellence
  • Erin Conlin - Inclusive Excellence

Please learn more about the above winners by viewing the abstract for the 2023–24 Faculty Recognition Award Winners.

This Year's Teaching Circle Grant Award Winners 

  • Tom Lake: Books for Big Ideas
    • Awarded to: Bryna Siegel Finer, Daniel Pintos, Oksana Moroz, Leo Yan, Melanie Holm, Dawn Smith-Sherwood, Lynn Botelho, Zeeshan Siddique, Aleea Perry
  • Using Digital Tools to Enhance Faculty’s Ability to Write and Mentor Graduate Students
    • Awarded to: Kelli Jo Kerry Moran, Crystal Machado, Mimi Benjamin
  • Improving Student Feedback
    • Awarded to: Lora Hromadik, Elaine Little, Rebecca Zolocisk, Lori Trimble, Teresa Gongloff, Rebecca Smith, Lauren Succheralli, Ben Martin
  • Putting Out the Flame of Student Burnout
    • Awarded to: Meigan Robb, Kristy Chunta, Taylor Edwards
  • Engaged Learning Practices Teaching Circle
    • Awarded to: Mimi Benjamin, Julie Ankrum, Rachel Sternfeld, Terilyn Huntington, Elaine Little, Dawn Smith-Sherwood, Sadie Miller
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence with a Jetson Nano Board
    • Awarded to: Samuel Grieggs, John Chrispell, Francisco Alarcón, Rick Adkins, Channa Navaratna, Raj Ezekiel
  • Increasing Student Engagement in an Academic Makerspace
    • Awarded to: Sharon Massey, Sean Derry, Ben Ford, John Lipinski, Erick Lauber
  • Use of AI Technologies in Language Teaching and Learning
    • Awarded to: Shijuan “Laurel” Liu, Jean-Louis Dassier, Christina Huhn, Lydia Rodriguez, Heide Witthoeft, Marjorie Zambrano, Christopher Kuipers, Crystal Machado

Please learn more about the above winners by viewing descriptions of their work on the 2023–24 Mini-Grant Winner page.

Event Program

Please view the 2023–24 Faculty Recognition Dinner program to learn more about all of the winners and CTE,  and for our thank-yous to all who could make this event possible!