This year’s winners of awards for excellence in teaching and advising were announced on April 26, during the annual recognition dinner, hosted by Provost Peter J. Nicholls, Veronica Makowsky, vice provost, and Keith Barker, associate vice provost.
The award recipients are:
First Year Experience
Francine DeFranco, University Libraries
Outstanding First Year Experience Teaching Award
Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, Registrar
Outstanding First Year Experience Teaching Award
Katherine Jolly, Elementary Education
Outstanding First Year Experience Mentor
Susie Mendizabal, Pre-Communication
Sciences
Outstanding First Year Experience Mentor
Advising
David B. Miller, Psychology
Outstanding Student Advisement and
Advocacy Award
Angela Rola, Asian American Cultural
Center
Outstanding Student Advisement and
Advocacy Award
2007 Teaching Fellows
Sarah Glaz, Mathematics
Ralph McNeal Jr., Sociology
2007 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Renée Gilberti, Molecular & Cell Biology
Sumie Shima, Chemistry
Nicholas Shunda, Economics
2007 Institute of Teaching and Learning Teaching Associate
Lynne Rogers, English, Avery Point
Campus
Early College Experience Program
Thomas Recchio, English
Outstanding Faculty Coordinator Award
Julie Barker, Cheshire High School
Maureen Brown, Daniel Hand High School
Thomas Cangelosi, The Gilbert School
High School Instructor Award for Excellence in College Teaching
Thomas Connelly, Ellington High School
Eugene DesJarlais, Sacred Heart High School
Lifetime Achievement Award
Award Acknowledgments
Honors Program
Louis Lombardi, Mathematics
2007 Honors Council Faculty Member of
the Year
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Carol Auer, Plant Science
CANR Alumni Association Award for
Teaching Excellence
Karl Guillard, Plant Science
UConn Alumni Association, 2006 Excellence in Teaching, Undergraduate Level
Steven Rackliffe, Plant Science
North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Award
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| Teaching Fellows Ralph McNeal Jr., sociology, and Sara Glaz, mathematics, are recognized during the morning undergraduate Commencement ceremony. |
| Photo by Peter Morenus |
School of Business
Amy Dunbar, Accounting
2006 Outstanding Master of Science Program in Accounting Professor
David Papandria, Accounting
2006 Outstanding Undergraduate Accounting Professor
V. Kumar, Marketing
Graduate Teaching Award
Kevin McEvoy, Marketing
Undergraduate Teaching Award
Sulin Ba, Operations & Information
Management
Teaching Innovation Award
School of Engineering
John Chandy, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award
Swapna Gokhale, Computer Science & Engineering
Aggelos Kiayias, Computer Science & Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award
Gregory Frantz, Civil & Environmental Engineering
C.R. Klewin Inc. Award for Excellence in Teaching
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
David B. Miller, Psychology
Undergraduate Student Government 2006 Outstanding Educator of the Year
William Lott, Economics
Grillo Family Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Kathleen Segerson, Economics
UConn Alumni Association, 2006 Excellence in Teaching, Graduate Level
School of Pharmacy
Robin Bogner
Teacher of the Year
School of Medicine
Robert Bona
2006 Charles N. Loeser Award
Joseph Palmisano
2006 Kaiser Permanente Award
Glenn Affleck
Michelle Cloutier
Yvonne Grimm-Jorgensen
Dan Henry
Joseph Grasso
Dale Matheson
Christine Niekrash
Richard Zeff
2006 Outstanding Teaching Awards
AAUP
Keith Conrad, Mathematics
Jayanthi Rajan, Marketing
David Solomon, Mathematics
2006 Teaching Promise
Earl MacDonald, Music
2006 Teaching Innovation
