ThinkAchieve: Connecting the Classroom and the Community
ThinkAchieve Faculty Awards 2013
We are pleased to announce our first recipients of the ThinkAchieve Faculty Awards. The ThinkAchieve Faculty Award program provides recognition and monetary awards for faculty members who have demonstrated exemplary teaching that meets the goals of ThinkAchieve.
Faculty members are integral players in promoting student critical thinking skills through the implementation of innovative classroom and experiential activities that promote active learning. This awards program is designed to reward faculty for their work in developing and implementing these types of activities to improve student learning.
We congratulate the awardees and all those who were nominated!
Jennifer Boyd
Assistant Professor
Biological and Environmental SciencesDr. Boyd, a five-year member of the faculty, teaches Environmental Science, Ecology, Global Change Biology, and Plant Ecology. She is active in curriculum development for biology courses through which she promotes inquiry-based learning. She is also engaged in community-based educational outreach.
Lisa Burke
Professor of Management, UC Foundation Professor
Management, College of Business
Dr. Burke has been with UTC for five years. She teaches Management courses in Staffing, Compensation and Benefits, and Workplace Learning and Training. Dr. Burke uses many teaching techniques to encourage critical thinking such as experiential learning and the use of her research as teaching moments.
Charlene Simmons
UC Foundation Assistant Professor
Communications DepartmentDr. Simmons teaches Introduction to Mass Communication, Publication Design, and Mass Communication Law and Ethics and has been at UTC for seven years. She employs novel methods to engage students such as team-based learning, the use of a mannequin to act out legal and ethical issues, and the integration of social media.
Nominees:
Ralph Covino, Assistant Professor, History Department
Lyn Miles, Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography Department
Abdul Ofoli, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Christopher Silver, Research Coordinator and Adjuct Faculty, Psychology Department
Cathie Smith, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy
Patrick Sweetman, Assistant Professor, Theater and Speech
