Distinguished Teaching Award
Nominate your favorite faculty member for the Distinguished Teaching Award
Honor that unforgettable faculty member and share your favorite classroom memories of how he or she inspired you -- submit a nomination for the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) today.
Sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Association, the DTA is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. Qualified nominees include Kent State tenure track faculty who are currently employed by the university.
Eligibility requirements include:
1. A faculty member must have been on a full-time teaching contract at any Kent State University campus for a minimum of seven years, including the current academic year.
2. A faculty member must have taught at least one course in two of the three semesters during each of those seven academic years. (For purpose of the awards, summer sessions are considered one semester and the academic year extends from the beginning of fall semester through summer session of the following calendar year.)
3. Current Distinguished Teaching Award recipients, are not eligible. View a list of past DTA recipients here.
You can nominate your favorite professor by visiting the online form.
Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012.
2011 DTA Recipients
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George Garrison
Pan African Studies
Kent Campus
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Gary Hanson
Journalism and Mass Communications
Kent Campus
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Susan Taft
Nursing
Kent Campus
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What started as another day of teaching for George Garrison, Gary Hanson and Susan Taft turned into a well deserved break from class when the Kent State Alumni Association and administrators made a surprise visit to their classrooms in October. Greeted by balloons and treats for their class, each of these professors received great news that they had won the DTA. Watch a short video of the classroom visits.
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