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Part-time Faculty Award

The Provost’s Part-Time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching is presented each year during the Spring semester (April). The award is designed to recognize the diligent efforts of part-time faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and have made extraordinary efforts to enhance student learning. The award also recognizes that he/she has:

demonstrated innovation in curriculum and pedagogy over the last 3 years
incorporated student learning outcomes in a sample course taught in the last 3 years
provided student learning outcomes that were measurable and systematically assessed
demonstrated distinction in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
demonstrated a commitment to integrate new pedagogical principles into teaching

This year's Recipients are:

Professor Barbara Bossi - Health Administration & Human Resources
Professor Eric Hosie - Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Past Recipients

2021 Award Recipients: Dr. Darlene Miller-Lanning
2020 Award Recipients: Dr. Beth Elias
2019 Award Recipients: Professor Dawn D'Aries Zera; Professor Jeffrey Leventhal; Professor Jahan Tabatabaie
2017 Award Recipients: Professor Emily Dennison
2016 Award Recipients: Professor Ruth DeSantis; Professor Timothy Holland
2015 Award Recipients: Professor Amye Archer
2014 Award Recipients: Professor Harold Anderson; Professor John Conlon; Professor Joseph Hammond; Dr. Vincent Marshall
2013 Award Recipients: Professor John McGrath; Professor Tom Leong; Professor Melissa Bevacqua
2012 Award Recipients: Professor Catherine Harrington
Professor Eva Polizzi
2011 Award Recipient: Professor Kevin C. Flynn
2010 Award Recipients: Professor Cecelia Taylor
Professor Lynn Scramuzza
Professor Victoria Castagna
2009 Award Recipients: Professor Dale Giuliani
Professor Sharon Falzone
Professor Bernard Rudegeair
2008 Award Recipients: Professor JoAnn Nicoteri
Professor Nicholas Truncale
2007 Award Recipients: Professor Bonnie Markowski
Professor Diane O'Lenick Stango
2006 Award Recipients: Professor Marie Karam
Professor Virginia Corcoran
Professor Michael Costello
2005 Award Recipients: Professor Elaine Tweedy

Part-time Faculty Award

Past Recipients

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