Educator of the Year - Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching

A Systemwide Teaching Award
Educator of the Year medallion
Educator of the Year medallion
This site provides information about the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The award is an honor bestowed upon Minnesota State Colleges & Universities faculty to acknowledge and reward exceptional individual professional accomplishment, and to encourage ongoing excellence, in teaching.

The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching is intended to recognize superior teaching at our colleges and universities. The award proclaims, on behalf of the entire system, the Board of Trustees’ pride in the dedication and accomplishment of our faculty in providing instruction that prepares Minnesota’s college and university students for their professional, scholarly, and civic lives.

2009 Educators of the Year

Trustee Dan McElroy announced the four recipients of the Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching at the May 20, 2009 Celebrating Excellence event held at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown St. Paul.

Congratulations to these four faculty who so well represent the work of all faculty in the system:

Chris Austin, Instructor of Economics, Normandale Community College

Dorian Beaulieu, Instructor of Art, Lake Superior College

Ernie Parker, Instructor of Fluid Power Engineering Technology, Hennepin Technical College

Deborah Roiger, Instructor of Biology, St. Cloud Technical College

2009 Outstanding Educators Recognized
Congratulations as well to the 25 Board of Trustees Outstanding Educators:

Debbie Allen, Legal Administrative Assistant Instructor, Anoka Technical College, President Anne Weyandt president

Cynthia Annable, Respiratory Care Practitioner Instructor Lake Superior College, President Kathleen Nelson

Don Baldus, Mathematics Instructor, Rochester Community & Technical College,  President Don Supalla,

Tawnda Bickford, Psychology Instructor, Hennepin Technical College, President Cecilia Cervantes

Lynn Bollman, Fine Arts Instructor, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, President Phillip Davis

James Brewers, Electrical Instructor, Minnesota West Community & Technical College, President Richard Shrubb

Michelle Briski, Medical Laboratory Technician Instructor,

Judith Canney, Child Development and Education Instructor, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, President Phillip Davis

Lynn Dreese, Biology Instructor, Saint Paul College, President Donovan Schwichtenberg

Kari Frisch, Speech Instructor, Central Lakes College, President Larry Lundblad

Kimberlee Giermann, Biology and Chemistry Instructor, Mesabi Range Community College, President M. Sue Collins

Ronald Haraldson, Chemistry Instructor, Ridgewater Community College, President Douglas Allen

Danyel Helgeson, Nursing Instructor, Riverland Community College, President Terrence Leas

Michele Jersak, Counseling Instructor, Century College, Acting President John O'Brien

Julie Johnson, Physics Instructor, Normandale Community College, President Joe Opatz

Mitch Kohanek, Wood Finishing Instructor, Dakota County Technical College, President Ronald Thomas

Darcy Lease-Gubrud, Music Instructor, Ridgewater College, President Douglas Allen

Jean Marconett, Health and Physical Education Instructor, Rochester Community and Technical College, President Don Supalla

Linda Ostrand, Sociology Instructor, North Hennepin Community College, President Ann Wynia

Kris Peleg, English Instructor, Century College, Acting President John O'Brien

David Rayson, History Instructor, Normandale Community College, President Joe Opatz

Joseph Rine, Counseling and Advising Instructor, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, President Phillip Davis

Kim Schmitzer, Paramedic Instructor, Century College, Acting President John O'Brien

Benjamin Smith, Music Instructor, Hibbing Community College, President M.Sue Collins

Laurel Watt, Reading Instructor, Inver Hills Community College, President Cheryl Frank


U.S. Community College Professor of the Year
Eugenia Paulus, chemistry instructor at North Hennepin Community College, was honored on Novemebr 20 in Washington, DC, as U.S.Community College Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

She is the first faculty member in the state of Minnesota ever to receive this national award.

In April, 2008, Eugenia was also named one of the four 2008 recipients of our Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and all of us throughout the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, we extend warm and proud congratulations to her, her family, and her colleagues and students at North Hennepin Community College.



2009-2010 Educator of the Year Award Guidelines

The 2009-2010 Guidelines for the Educator of the Year Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching Program has been announced to system leadership.

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