{"id":30127,"date":"2024-05-21T20:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/?page_id=30127"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:43:11","slug":"academy-of-outstanding-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/ofe\/academy-of-outstanding-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy of Outstanding Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

The Outstanding Teacher Award acknowledges outstanding teaching across all levels, incorporating excellence in direct and indirect contributions to student learning through teaching, research, creative activities, advising, academic program development, and educational leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awardees of the Outstanding Teacher Award are inducted into the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, maintaining membership as long as they are part of the NC State faculty. The Academy is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating teaching excellence; its members are expected to proactively support the ongoing enhancement of teaching and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distinguished educators embody qualities such as flexibility, creativity, responsibility, and compassion. Meeting these criteria requires being a lifelong learner, possessing the skill to deliver instruction to diverse audiences, and demonstrating effective listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers have showcased their proficiency and mastery of their subject matter by expressing enthusiasm for teaching, demonstrating the ability to impart knowledge and foster curiosity, and exhibiting a genuine concern for students’ intellectual growth and personal development.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Outstanding Teacher Award Nomination and Eligibility Information<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

The Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes excellence in teaching at all levels. <\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Academy of Outstanding Teachers Badge<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

Members of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers can now proudly display a new digital badge on your email signature, LinkedIn profile, or any other digital platform. This badge serves as a testament to your exceptional teaching abilities and your commitment to excellence in education.
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Complete list of all members of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024-25 Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients<\/h2><\/a>
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First Name<\/th>Last Name<\/th>Department<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Paul<\/td>Broyles<\/td>English<\/td><\/tr>
Douglas<\/td>Call<\/td>Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Elisabeth<\/td>Falk<\/td>Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Jodi<\/td>Forrester<\/td>Forestry and Environmental Resources<\/td><\/tr>
Nathan<\/td>Goldman<\/td>Accounting<\/td><\/tr>
Dana<\/td>Gulling<\/td>Architecture<\/td><\/tr>
Renee<\/td>Harrington<\/td>Health and Exercise Studies<\/td><\/tr>
Jason<\/td>King<\/td>Computer Science<\/td><\/tr>
Joy<\/td>Morgan<\/td>Agricultural and Human Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Matt<\/td>Reynolds<\/td>STEM Education<\/td><\/tr>
Julieta<\/td>Sherk<\/td>Horticulture Science<\/td><\/tr>
Devorah<\/td>Stowe<\/td>Population Health and Pathobiology<\/td><\/tr>
Aaron<\/td>Titus<\/td>Physics<\/td><\/tr>
Steven<\/td>Welton<\/td>Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Janie<\/td>Woodbridge<\/td>Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management<\/td><\/tr>
Intae<\/td>Yoon<\/td>Social Work<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2023-24 Outstanding Teacher Awards Recipients<\/h2><\/a>
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First Name<\/th>Last Name<\/th>Department<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Anna<\/td>Behler<\/td>Psychology<\/td><\/tr>
Terri<\/td>Billeisen<\/td>Entomolgy and Plant Pathology<\/td><\/tr>
Januka<\/td>Budhathoki-Uprety<\/td>Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science<\/td><\/tr>
Joseph<\/td>Donaldson<\/td>Agriculture and Human Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Whitney<\/td>Knollenberg<\/td>Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management<\/td><\/tr>
Tim<\/td>Kraft<\/td>Business Management<\/td><\/tr>
Edgar<\/td>Lobaton<\/td>Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Bevin<\/td>Maultsby<\/td>Mathematics<\/td><\/tr>
Tamah<\/td>Morant<\/td>Economics<\/td><\/tr>
Scott<\/td>Palmtag<\/td>Nuclear Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Jason<\/td>Patrick<\/td>Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Lam<\/td>Pham<\/td>Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development<\/td><\/tr>
Marc<\/td>Russo<\/td>Media Arts, Design and Technology<\/td><\/tr>
Margaret<\/td>Simon<\/td>English<\/td><\/tr>
Hong<\/td>Wang<\/td>Physics<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2022-23 Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients<\/h2><\/a>
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First Name<\/th>Last Name<\/th>Department<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Marcelo<\/td>Ard\u00f3n<\/td>Forestry and Environmental Resources<\/td><\/tr>
Tzvetelina<\/td>Battestilli<\/td>Computer Science<\/td><\/tr>
Natalie<\/td>Cooke<\/td>Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Xiaomeng<\/td>Fang<\/td>Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science<\/td><\/tr>
Anna<\/td>Gibson<\/td>English<\/td><\/tr>
Carlos<\/td>Goller<\/td>Biological Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Jianxin<\/td>Hu<\/td>Architecture<\/td><\/tr>
Ryan<\/td>Hurley<\/td>Communication<\/td><\/tr>
Jeremiah<\/td>Johnson<\/td>Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Amy<\/td>Johnson<\/td>Crop and Soil Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Dana<\/td>Kotter-Gruehn<\/td>Psychology<\/td><\/tr>
Nathan<\/td>Leaf<\/td>Music<\/td><\/tr>
Christina<\/td>Lewellen<\/td>Accounting<\/td><\/tr>
Jun<\/td>Liu<\/td>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Paula<\/td>McAvoy<\/td>Teacher Education and Learning Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Katie<\/td>Sheats<\/td>Clinical Sciences<\/td><\/tr>
Karl<\/td>Wegmann<\/td>Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2021-22 Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients<\/h2><\/a>
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Jennifer<\/td>Ayscue<\/td>Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development<\/td><\/tr>
Yevgeny<\/td>Brudno<\/td>Biomedical Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
Kim<\/td>Ebert<\/td>Sociology and Anthropology<\/td><\/tr>
Derek<\/td>Foster<\/td>Population Health and Pathobiology<\/td><\/tr>
Alexander<\/td>Kemper<\/td>Physics<\/td><\/tr>
Traci<\/td>Lamar<\/td>Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management<\/td><\/tr>
Kari<\/td>Lewis<\/td>Health and Exercise Studies<\/td><\/tr>
Alun<\/td>Lloyd<\/td>Mathematics<\/td><\/tr>
Melinda<\/td>Morrill<\/td>Economics<\/td><\/tr>
Kate<\/td>Norwalk<\/td>Psychology<\/td><\/tr>
Lokendra<\/td>Pal<\/td>Forest Biomaterials<\/td><\/tr>
Matthew<\/td>Peterson<\/td>Graphic Design and Industrial Design<\/td><\/tr>
Beth<\/td>Ritter<\/td>Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship<\/td><\/tr>
Rebecca<\/td>Ronquest<\/td>Foreign Languages and Literatures<\/td><\/tr>
Shweta<\/td>Trivedi<\/td>Animal Science<\/td><\/tr>
James<\/td>Tuck, III<\/td>Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
J. Lynn<\/td>Worley-Davis<\/td>Prestage Department of Poultry Science<\/td><\/tr>
Huiyang<\/td>Zhou<\/td>Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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