Teaching Excellence Awards Winners 2020
Normally we celebrate our Teaching Excellence Award winners by hosting a ceremony at the end of April. But there is nothing normal about this year! So we asked these exceptional teachers to help us put together a virtual ceremony. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to all of these inspiring teachers!
The Students’ Union (SU) are paying tribute to 37 faculty members, instructors, and teaching assistants for their commitment to student success from a safe distance this year. The annual Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA) is the SU’s campus-wide recognition program which gives undergraduate students the chance to decide which instructors and teaching assistants have made a lasting, positive impression in the classroom. Student feedback is the basis on which all nominees and winners are determined.
The SU has been honouring outstanding teaching at the university since 1975, with the Teaching Excellence Awards being handed out in their current form for the first time in 1984. From the start, the awards were intended to provide students with the opportunity to give feedback on the quality of university instruction. They have contributed to teaching excellence remaining a key priority for the institution, exemplified by the Eyes High vision to enrich the quality and breadth of learning at the University of Calgary.
Teaching Assistant Winners |
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| Name | Faculty |
| Rebecca Booth | Faculty of Science |
| Austin Che | Faculty of Science |
| Marissa Clapson | Faculty of Science |
| Brandon Ferguson | Schulich School of Engineering |
| Dania Idriss | Faculty of Arts |
| Nicholas Massaro | Faculty of Kinesiology |
| Lauren McMillan | Faculty of Science |
| Ronald Miksha | Faculty of Science |
| Tony Stevens | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
| Ryan Toth | Faculty of Science |
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Teaching Excellence Honourable Mentions |
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| Name | Faculty |
| Judy Anderson | Faculty of Arts |
| Kerry Black | Schulich School of Engineering |
| Dr. Cari Din | Faculty of Kinesiology |
| Ryan Hamilton | Faculty of Science |
| Katherine Mueller | Werklund School of Education |
| Thuntida Ngamkham | Haskayne School of Business |
| Allen Sandwell | Schulich School of Engineering |
| David Wright | Faculty of Law |
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Teaching Excellence Award Winners |
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| Name | Faculty Award |
| Dr. Fabiola Aparicio-Ting | Cumming School of Medicine |
| Rachel Friedman | Faculty of Arts |
| Kathleen Hughes | Faculty of Arts |
| Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri | Faculty of Arts |
| Alexander Whalley | Faculty of Arts |
| Carol A. Gibbons Kroeker | Faculty of Kinesiology |
| Lorian Hardcastle | Faculty of Law |
| Margarita Gil | Faculty of Nursing |
| Dr. Ania Harlick | Faculty of Science |
| Peter Hoyer | Faculty of Science |
| Jerrod Smith | Faculty of Science |
| Lesley Taylor | Faculty of Social Work |
| Campbell Rolian | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine |
| Phil Davidson | Haskayne School of Business |
| Syed Rahat Ali Jafri | Haskayne School of Business |
| Mina Iskander | Schulich School of Engineering |
| Qi Zhou | Schulich School of Engineering |
| Karen Dittrick | Werklund School of Education |
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Hall of Fame |
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| Name | Faculty |
| Zenaida Roxas Boerhave | Faculty of Nursing |