Awards

Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning Awards
Annual Recognition 2021

Call for Nominations – EXTENDED TO MARCH 22 at Noon

The Office of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Development Committee invite your nominations for the annual Augsburg University Distinguished Contributions Awards.  Augsburg annually recognizes individuals or groups that have made exemplary contributions to creating an engaging academic learning environment through awards for teaching, scholarship, and service.  All faculty or full-time staff who have been employed at the university for at least three years are eligible for the awards.

Nominations will be considered for two years.

Please submit nominations using the online form by Monday, March 22, 2021.

Criteria for Evaluation.  When making a nomination in one of the following areas, please consider how the nominee is an example of excellence in this area.

Distinguished Contribution in Teaching – Outstanding teaching encompasses many forms and pedagogies, and is not restricted to the classroom.  As such, nominations made in this category should demonstrate the nominee’s active engagement with students, creative approaches to instruction, ability to challenge students, and overall passion for teaching. Up to two awards may be given in this category, one for full-time faculty and one for adjunct faculty (2 courses per term or less).

Distinguished Contribution in Service – Nominations for this award should demonstrate the nominee’s impact on the university, community, or discipline in a substantial and meaningful way.  Nominees who impact the lives of students through supportive, thoughtful, and comprehensive mentoring and advising that go beyond the normal expectations of guiding students are eligible for this award.

Distinguished Contribution in Scholarship – Nominees in this category may be recognized for a consistent record of scholarship or a single project.  In recognizing multiple forms of intellectual inquiry, nominations should speak directly to both the quality of scholarship as well as its contribution to their discipline, the university, or community.

Selection Committee.  The selection of the award recipients is a juried process.  Nominations will be reviewed by an ad hoc committee composed of the Faculty Development Committee and the Deans of Arts and Sciences and Graduate and Professional Studies.  The committee may, when appropriate, consider a candidate’s annual reports, teaching evaluations, and other documents provided by the Dean’s office. Based on the pool of nominees, the committee has the discretion to offer the awards in any combination as well as to decline to offer a specific award in a given year.  The committee’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Provost for final approval.

Award Announcement. Winners will be notified and an announcement will be posted in A-mail. The recipient of the award for excellence in teaching for full-time will be invited to give the keynote address at the Opening Convocation in September 2021 and the adjunct faculty awardee will be invited to speak at the New Faculty Orientation in August 2021.


2020 Recipients

Beliza Torres Narváez,  Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Ibrahim Keita, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching by an Adjunct
Annie Heiderscheit, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship
Matthew Beckman, Distinguished Contributions to Service

Past Recipients

2019

Kaycee Rogers, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Sharon Gerlach, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member
Vivian Feng, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship
Joaquin Muñoz, Distinguished Contributions to Service

Read more about the 2019 Distinguished Contributors

2018

Dallas Liddle, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Elizabeth Klages, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member
Mary Lowe, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship
Lois Bosch, Distinguished Contributions to Service

Read more about the 2018 Distinguished Contributors

2017

Joyce Miller, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Alyssa Hanson, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member
William Green, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship
David Crowe, Stella Hofrenning, and Dixie Schafer, Distinguished Contributions to Service

Read more about the 2017 Distinguished Contributors

2016

Joe Underhill, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Michael Lansing, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship
Dulce Monterrubio, Distinguished Contributions to Service

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2015

Joan Kunz, Excellence in Teaching
Susan O’Connor, Excellence in Advising and Mentoring
Donna Patterson, Excellence in Advising and Mentoring

Read more about the 2015 Distinguished Contributors

2014

Stacey Freiheit, Excellence in Teaching
Phil Adamo, Excellence in Scholarship
Shana Watters, Excellence in Advising and Mentoring

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2013

Laura Boisen, Excellence in Advising and Mentoring
David Matz, Excellence in Scholarship
Darcey Engen, Excellence in Scholarship
Colin Irvine, Excellence in Teaching

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2012

Mary Lowe, Excellence in Teaching
James VelaMcConnel, Excellence in Mentoring and Scholarship

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2011

Tim Pippert, Excellence in Teaching
Cass Dalglish, Excellence in Advising and Mentoring
Nancy Steblay, Excellence in Scholarship
Cheryl Leuning, Excellence in Advising and Mentoring

Read more about the 2011 Distinguished Contributors

2010

Diane Pike, Distinguished Academic Leadership
Benjamin Stottrup, Distinguished Mentoring, and Advising
Frankie Shackelford, Distinguished Academic Leadership
Robert Cowgill, Excellence in Teaching

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2009

Susan Nash, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Dale Pederson, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Tracy Bibelnieks, Excellence in Teaching

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2008

Lars Christiansen, Excellence in Teaching
Ann LuttermanAguilar, Excellence in Program Leadership
Ken Erickson, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising

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2007

Doug Green, Excellence in Teaching
Susan O’Connor, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Lois Olson, Excellence in Service to Students

2006

Phil Adamo, Excellence in Teaching
Dixie Shafer, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Heather Feehan, Christopher Pegg, Robert Bill, and Scott Krajewski, Excellence in Service to Students

2005

Wendi Wheeler, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Dave Wold, Excellence in Service to Students
Sonja Hagander, Excellence in Service to Students
Kristin Anderson, Excellence in Teaching

2004

Mark Engebretson, Excellence in Teaching
Garry Hesser, Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Ann Klamer, Excellence in Service to Students