University of Nebraska at Omaha
Teaching Awards
University-wide Departmental Teaching Award
This award honors a department/unit at the University of Nebraska (all campuses) which has outstanding esprit de corps in its dedication to the education of students at the undergraduate, graduate, or professional levels.
Recipients
- UNO School of Social Work - 2005
- UNO Goodrich Scholarship Program - 1995
UNO Departmental Teaching Award
The UNO Departmental Teaching Award recognizes a department/school that has made a unique and significant contribution to the teaching efforts of the University and which is outstanding in its dedication to the education of students at the undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional level. The focus of the award acknowledges a quality instructional culture. While each department or school has its own unique culture that meets the needs of its students, the common denominator is the overall quality of student learning in and out of the classroom.
Recipients
Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Awards
Two Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Awards are presented each year to University of Nebraska (all campuses) faculty in honor and recognition of meritorious and sustained records of excellence in teaching and creativity related to teaching.
Recipients
- Jody Neathery-Castro, Ph.D. - Political Science - 2007
- Karen Kangas Dwyer, Ph.D. - Communication - 2006
- Lisa Kelly-Vance, Ph.D. - Psychology - 2004
- William L. Blizek, Ph.D. - Philosophy and Religion - 2002
- Kris Berg, Ph.D. - Health, Physical Education, & Recreation - 1994
- Diane Gillespie, Ph.D. - Goodrich Program - 1992
Excellence in Teaching Awards
The Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Nebraska at Omaha was established in 1969 to recognize superior efforts, dedication and exemplary conduct in the performance of the University's first task—the education of its students.
Recipients
- Joseph Brown, Ph.D. - Psychology - 2006
- Donna Dufner, Ph.D. - Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis - 2006
- Cindy Melby Phaneuf, Ph.D. - Theater - 2005
- Carolyn Gascoigne, Ph.D. - Foreign Languages - 2005
- Shereen Bingham, Ph.D. - Communication - 2004
- David Low, D.M. - Music - 2004
- Rebecca Morris, Ph.D. - Marketing/Management - 2004
- Paul J.A. Van Vliet, Ph.D. - Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis - 2003
- Lynn Harland, Ph.D. - Marketing and Management - 2003
- Previous Recipients
Alumni Outstanding Teaching Awards
These awards were established in 1997 to honor distinguished teaching in the classroom and are presented to eight faculty members. Committees of peers in each college chose award recipients.
Recipients
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