UConn Advance - May 1, 2006 - Teaching awards announced

This year’s teaching award-winners were announced on April 24, during the annual Instructional Excellence Recognition Dinner, hosted by Provost Peter J. Nicholls, Veronica Makowsky, vice provost, and Keith Barker, associate vice provost.

The recipients of the awards are:

First Year Experience Awards
Outstanding First Year Experience Teaching
Joanne Lewis, Institute for Student Success
Adrian McCleary, Academic Center for Entering Students

Outstanding First Year Experience Mentor
Laura Rowley, Human Development & Family Studies
Kate Lennard, Biology

Advising Awards
Outstanding Faculty Advisor
Sandra Bushmich, Pathobiology
Nalini Ravishanker, Statistics

Outstanding Professional Advisor
James Hill, Institute for Student Success

University Teaching Fellows
John DeWolf, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Thomas Miller, Allied Health

University Teaching Fellows (continued)
Jaci VanHeest, Kinesiology
C. Michael White, Pharmacy

Outstanding Teaching Assistants
Diana Milillo, Psychology
Linda Patrylak, Communication Sciences

Institute for Teaching and Learning Teaching Associates
Susan Helm, West Hartford Campus
John Long, Torrington Campus
Lisa Zowada, Waterbury Campus

Early College Experience Program
Faculty Coordinator Award for Excellence in Curriculum & Adjunct Faculty Development
Edward Benson, Modern & Classical Languages

High School Instructor Award for Excellence in College Teaching
Robert Lamperelli, Montville High School
Stephen Sekula, Daniel Hand High School
Matthew Magda, Wilby High School

In addition, other teaching awards for the 2005-06 year were acknowledged during the event, including those in the schools and colleges, and those given by the Honors Program, the AAUP, and the Alumni Association.