A Systemwide Teaching Award
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Educator of the Year medallion
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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.
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