On behalf of the entire university community, I would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2016 University of Alberta teaching excellence awards. The winners of the Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, Provost’s Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Teaching Unit Award, and William Hardy Alexander Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching were selected by the General Faculties Council’s University Teaching Awards Committee (UTAC).
It is my pleasure to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contributions of this year’s recipients:
2016 Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- Denise Larsen (Faculty of Education)
- Lu-Anne McFarlane (Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine)
2016 Provost’s Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Clover Bench (Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences)
- Brendan Pass (Faculty of Science)
- Kisha Supernant (Faculty of Arts)
2016 Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Barbara Billingsley (Faculty of Law)
- Anna Oswald (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
- Fred West (Faculty of Science)
2016 Teaching Unit Award
- Janet A. W. Elliott and Anastasia L. Elias (Faculty of Engineering) for “CHE 243 Engineering Thermodynamics”
2016 William Hardy Alexander Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Marie Nychka (Faculty of Arts)
These awards do more than recognize excellence and innovation in teaching at the University of Alberta. They also demonstrate the care and attention paid by instructors across campus in creating challenging and successful learning environments and experiences for students.
I would like to thank the members of the GFC University Teaching Awards Committee (UTAC) for their thorough review of this year’s submissions. Special thanks also to all of the candidates who submitted an application, and everyone who assisted them in the process — the nominators, contributors (students, colleagues, alumni, and external peer evaluators), and administrative staff. Your time and commitment in the service of fostering and celebrating excellence in teaching at the U of A are truly appreciated.
Congratulations again to this year’s award winners on their achievements!
Steven Dew
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)