The University Awards for Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising

Judit Szente
College of Education I believe that all students have the potential to be successful, and I look for ways to reach them through constructivist learning methods, multisensory experiences, multiple intelligences, and reflective practice. My passion for providing students with global perspectives leads me to tie my research expertise in...

Christopher Parkinson
College of Sciences As a hyperactive, quickly bored child, I presented a sizable challenge to my teachers. Conventional teaching methods did not work with me, but if given a problem to solve, I spent many hours and tried many strategies in my attempts to figure it out. My reluctance to use conventional learning styles then became an ...

Jane Compson
College of Arts and Humanities ‘How do we know?’ This is a key question in many philosophical and religious traditions, and is one my students consider in many different contexts. Just as important, though, is the question of the way in which we know things. In our culture, we tend to take it for granted that the rational and the se...