Harry E. and Carmen S. Varney Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award Nomination

The College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management Teacher of the Year Committee invites you to nominate an outstanding teacher for the Harry E. and Carmen S. Varney Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.

The deadline to nominate is Friday, March 15, at 11:59 p.m. You may nominate a faculty member you currently have or have had in the past.

All full-time College of HRSM faculty members are eligible for this award. Please note that effective teaching should be closely linked to, and inseparable from, the pursuit of knowledge in one's field through professional and scholarly development and service. It is manifested through:

Outstanding classroom performance that facilitates student learning
Out-of-class activities that are directly related to the enhancement of student learning
Academic and professional integrity

The award will be presented at a ceremony at the end of the semester. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the committee members listed below or Interim Associate Dean Karen Edwards.

Please note that committee members and / or recipients of this award from the past five years are ineligible.

Committee Members

Paul Graham, Matt Dunn, Zanne Augur-Daniels, Scott Smith, and Armen Shaomian and three student representatives.

Five Previous Teacher of the Year Recipients

2023 Paul Graham, SPTE
2022 Matt Dunn, SPTE
2021 Daniela Jankovska, RETL
2020 Armen Shaomian, SPTE
2019 Sporty Jeralds, SPTE

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