In just a few weeks’ time, our community will be commemorating the achievements of our graduating class as they accept their degrees and move on to the next chapter in their lives. And as we prepare to celebrate this achievement, I would like to honour some of those who have made this chapter possible. Today I’m pleased to announce and congratulate the recipients of the 2017 Awards for Teaching Excellence. Through their dedication and innovation, each has helped to sustain and raise the quality of a University of Alberta education.
Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Darren DeLorey (Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation)
Provost’s Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Brandon Alakas (Augustana Campus)
Douglas Gleddie (Faculty of Education)
Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Odile Cisneros (Faculty of Arts)
Vijay Daniels (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
Catherine Kellogg (Faculty of Arts)
Teaching Unit Award
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry’s Comprehensive Care Delivery Teaching Group:
Trudy AuCoin
Jack Margolus
Darrell Demchuk
Ivano Ongaro
Loretta Hursin
David Tsujikawa
Edward Krause
Byron Wong
William Hardy Alexander Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Martin Davies (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
Sean Graves (Faculty of Science)
Lucinda Rasmussen (Faculty of Arts)
Special thanks to each of the candidates who submitted an application for this competition, and to everyone who assisted them in the process — the nominators, contributors (students, colleagues, alumni, and external peer evaluators), and administrative staff. Thanks also to the members of the GFC University Teaching Awards Committee (UTAC) for their detailed review of this year’s submissions. Your time and commitment to fostering and championing distinction and demonstrated excellence in teaching at the U of A are truly appreciated.
Congratulations again to this year’s honourees!
Steven Dew
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
If you would like to recognize an outstanding teacher, please visit the Centre for Teaching and Learning website for more information on all of the teaching awards.Centre for Teaching and Learning website for more information on all of the teaching awards.