Join us for the inaugural University Teaching Awards celebration Nov. 7

Colleagues,

Excellence in teaching is central to KU’s mission and integral to the KU experience.

With this in mind, I invite you to join Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer, Executive Vice Chancellor Robert Simari and me to celebrate excellence in the classroom at the inaugural University Teaching Awards at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 in Woodruff Auditorium in Lawrence.

This event will begin a new annual tradition of convening all winners of KU's annual teaching awards – from the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses – to be recognized and celebrated.

All members of the KU community are invited to attend this celebration of KU's most outstanding teachers. We ask that you RSVP in advance to assist in our planning.

The 2023 honorees for excellence in teaching are listed below.

Lawrence Campus

Bob & Kathie Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award

  • Trevor Rivers, assistant teaching professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award

  • Kent Spreckelmeyer, professor, Department of Architecture

Ned Fleming Trust Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • Ann Rowland, associate professor, Department of English

William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

  • Ali Brox, assistant teaching professor, Environmental Studies Program
  • Michelle Heffner-Hayes, professor, Department of Theatre & Dance
  • Sheyda Jahanbani, associate professor, Department of History
  • Joshua Miner, associate professor, Department of Film & Media Studies
  • Jeremy Shellhorn, professor, School of Architecture & Design

KU Medical Center

Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship

  • Jeff Radel, associate professor, Department of Occupational Therapy Education; associate dean for academic and student affairs

Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards

  • Dorothy Hughes, assistant professor, Department of Population Health; assistant dean of student affairs, Salina campus
  • Stephen Jernigan, associate professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science and Athletic Training
  • Albert Buddy Poje, professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Jo Wick, professor, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

Thank you for your efforts to provide students a world-class education at KU. I look forward to seeing you Nov. 7.

Respectfully,

Doug

Douglas A. Girod
Chancellor