Michele Lee Kozimor-King
Elizabethtown College

Michele Lee Kozimor-King helps students strive to lead meaningful lives through her first-year seminar program at Elizabethtown College. Entitled Simple Living, the program seeks to engage students in active learning while connecting them to the community and each other. Kozimor-King assigns personality inventories to help the students understand themselves and their preferred learning styles. She promotes individual learning by using a wide variety of activities and making personal connections with students. In addition to her work in the classroom, she facilitates programs that encourage meaningful interactions among students and promotes engaged learning by advising a living-learning community.

David Sabol
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

A senior lecturer in the English Department & University College at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Sabol teaches professional writing and linked composition/first-year seminar courses that include community service, career exploration, and multiculturalism components. As a member of themed learning communities, Sabol collaborates with various faculty to provide first-year students with engaging curricular and co-curricular experiences. In 2001, Sabol co-founded the IUPUI Summer Bridge Program, which provides entering students with a successful jumpstart to their college career. He also co-founded and co-facilitates the IUPUI First-Year Seminar Faculty Learning Community, which delivers a multitude of professional development opportunities for faculty.