GIFT Fellowship Award Winners
The Fellowship award is an honor that the Instruction Committee created in 2012, when the committee was called Great Ideas For Teaching (GIFT - it still says that on the door of 3-105, and that room is often still referred to as the gift center). It doesn't include a stipend or a special parking space, but winners receive a plaque, and are given the chance to speak about teaching (your philosophy, ideas, experiences, dreams and visions, etc.) during the Summer Institute. The best thing about this award may be that it is based on student and faculty nominations, and that is truly a high honor.
Winners
2025 Catherine Kefer, Nursing
2024 Jennifer Ritter, Nursing
2023 Tracy Rasponi, Radiology
2022 Jennifer Ritter, Maria Thomas, Nursing and Monica Dzupinka, Allied Health
Ceremony video | Dzupinka inspiration for teaching
2021 Dr. Jennifer Jacobson, Sociology, and Dr. Curtis Kleinman, Spanish
2019 Andrea Schaben, Math
2016 Amber Davies-Sloan, Communication
2015 Ruth Alsobrook-Hurich, Video Game Development
2014 Matt Pearcy, Biology
2013 Tom Gerczynski, Photography
2012 David Gorman, Math