UNI Outstanding Teaching Award
Funding has been allocated to recognize up to eight university-wide Outstanding Teaching Awards. Five awards may be granted to Tenure-track faculty; and three awards may be granted to contingent faculty members (term, renewable term, or adjunct).
Eligibility:
- Probationary faculty from all colleges
- Contingent faculty from all colleges who have taught at least 6 out of the last 8 semesters
Candidates for this award may have shown significant contributions to the quality of teaching by:
- Taking into considerable account student needs and interests
- Demonstrating mastery of a variety of instructional techniques
- Preparing and utilizing innovative classroom strategies and materials
- Exhibiting uncommon dedication and zeal for the ideals and ideas of education
- Being generous with time and talent, seriously considering academic excellence and individual student development
- Receiving excellent student assessments
- Successfully integrating research, scholarship and/or creative activity into the practice of teaching
- Having earned the respect of colleagues for excellence in teaching
Nominating procedure:
Nominations can be made by faculty, staff and/or students.
The nominator shall:
- Secure consent of the nominee; and
- Provide a letter of nomination TO THE NOMINEE summarizing the qualifications of the nominee for the award to be included in faculty materials.
The nominee shall:
- Secure a maximum of three letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a student. These letters are in addition to the letter of nomination.
- Provide a one-page statement of teaching philosophy;
- Provide an updated vita;
- Provide copies of student assessments from classes taught during the previous academic year; and
- Provide other supporting material not to exceed 15 pages.
All nominee materials should be compiled by nominee and submitted using the nominee application by February 24, 2025. All documents must be in PDF format.
Award Recipients
2024 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
Tenure-Track:
- Sunah Chung, Curriculum & Instruction
- Michael Conrad, Music
- Erik Rohde, Music
Contingent:
- Stacy Wilson, Family, Aging & Counseling
- Elena Dobrila, Languages & Literatures
2023 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
Tenure-Track:
- Rebecca Dickinson, Social Work
- Laura Edwards, Curriculum & Instruction
- Theophile Muhayimana, Ed. Psych, Found & Lead Stud
- Nathan Taylor, Applied Human Sciences
- Jesse Wilcox, Biology
Contingent:
- Robert Earle, Philosophy & World Religion
- Brittany Flokstra, Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Rachel Morgan, Languages & Literatures
- Heather Schaffner, History
2022 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
- Michael Graziano, Philosophy & World Religions
- Ashleigh Kysar-Moon
- Sam Matthews, Management
- Hannah Porter Occena, School of Music
- David Schmid, Ed. Psych, Foundations, & Leadership
2021 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
- Andrew Berns, Computer Science
- Jiuqing Cheng, Psychology
- Ron Rinehart, Ed Psych, Foundations, & Leadership Studies
- Yasemin Sari, Philosophy & World Religions
- Gloria Stafford, School of Applied Human Sciences
2020 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
- Nicholas Bailey, Management
- Samuel Eskelson, Mathematics
- Anne Marie Gruber, Rod Library
- Heather Kennedy, Applied Human Sciences
- Jacob Reed, Kinesiology
- Matthew Vasquez, Social Work
2019 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
- Andy Anderson, Management
- Sohyun Meacham, Curriculum & Instruction
- Amy Osatinski, Theatre
- Angela Pratesi, Rod Library
- Evan Renfro, Political Science
2018 UNI Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
- Melissa Dobosh, Communication Studies
- Heather Gallivan, Mathematics
- Heather Jeronimo, Languages and Literatures
- Alicia Rosburg, Economics
2017 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Daniel Bumblauskas, Management
- Danielle Cowley, Special Education
- Danielle McGeough, Communication Studies
- Jayme Neiman, Political Science
- Brooke Wonders, Languages and Literatures
2016 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Disa Cornish, School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Services
- William Henninger, School of Applied Human Sciences
- Stephanie Logan, Curriculum & Instruction
- Stephanie Schmitz, Educational Psychology & Foundations
- Alexa Sedlacek, Earth Science
2015 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Nicole Skaar, Educational Psychology & Foundations
- Matthew Webb, Mathematics
- John L Wiles, School of Music
- John D Burnight, Philosophy & World Religions
2014 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Nicholas Schwab, Psychology
- Sarah Vander Zanden, Curriculum & Instruction
- Russell Guay, Management
- Sheila Benson, Languages & Literatures
2012 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Ruth Chananie-Hill, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
- Elizabeth Lefler, Psychology
- Emily Machen, History
- Elizabeth Sutton, Art
2011 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Jeffrey Morgan - CHAS
- Sarah Montgomery - COE
- Carissa Froyum Roise - CSBS
- Young Hwa Gabe Lee - CB
2010 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Jeffrey Stokes - CBA
- Elizabeth Zwanziger - COE
- Danny Galyen - CHFA
- Chad Heinzel - CNS
- Elaine Eshbaugh - CSB
2009 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Karthik N.S. Iyer - CBA
- Leigh Martin - COE
- Chris Buckholz - CHFA
- Peter Berendsen - CNS
- Chris Larimer - CSB
2008 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- David G. Surdam - CBA
- Amy Petersen - COE
- Bettina G. Fabos - CHFA
- Bridgette Stevens - CNS
- Gary G. Gute - CSB
2007 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Rick Francis - CBA
- Nick Pace - COE
- Jim O’Loughlin - CHFA
- Dawn Del Carlo - CNS
- Richard Featherstone - CSB
2006 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Sarah Sorenson - CBA
- Timothy Weih - COE
- Todd Bohnenkamp - CHFA
- Wendy Olson - CNS
- Mary Beth Stalp - CSB
2005 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Steve Harrast - CBA
- Windee Weiss - COE
- Chris Merz - CHFA
- Ronald O'Meara - CNS
- Sara Kimble - CSB
2004 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- James Mattingly - CBA
- Anna Donaldson - COE
- Paul Turman - CHFA
- Marius Somodi - CNS
- Catherine DeSoto/Kimberly MacLin - CSB
2003 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Lisa Jepsen - CBA
- Christi Hendrickson - COE
- Kenneth Atkinson - CHFA
- Theresa Spradling - CNS
- Mitchell Strauss - CSB
2002 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Lori Mason - CBA
- Catherine Zeman - COE
- Jennifer Cooley - CHFA
- E. Todd Eisworth - CNS
- Ronald Gorton - CSB
2001 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- David Saia - CBA
- John Henning - COE
- Leah White - CHFA
- John Groves - CNS
- Helen Harton - CSBS
2000 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Dale Cyphert - CBA
- Richard "Biff" Williams - COE
- Siegrun Wildner - CHFA
- James DeMastes - CNS
- Thomas Connors - CSB
1999 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Scholarship - CBA
- Andrea deBruin-Parecki - COE
- Aaron Wilson - CHFA
- Mark Ecker - CNS
- Brenda Bass - CSB
1998 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Rex Karsten - CBA
- Beverly Riess - COE
- Sandra Frey Stegman - CHFA
- Catherine Miller - CNS
- Michael Gasser - CSBS
1997 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Eileen St. Pierre - CBA
- Michelle Yehieli - COE
- Susan Hill - CHFA
- Jean Gerrath - CNS
- Annette Lynch - CSB
1996 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Kenneth Brown - CBA
- Donald DeGraaf - COE
- Richard Fehlman - CHFA
- Siobahn Morgan - CNS
- David McKibben - CSB
1995 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Roberta Roth - CBA
- Sue Joslyn - COE
- Richard Utz - CHFA
- Amy Phelps - CNS
- Beverly Kopper - CSB
1994 UBS Teaching Award Recipients
- Tim Lindquist - CBA
- James Sweigert - COE
- Jerome Soneson - CHFA
- Alan Czarnetzki - CNS
- Mark Grey - CSBS