FTLC gives awards for excellence

Eight faculty members received Pew Teaching Excellence Awards, presented April 9 at the spring banquet by staff members of the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center.

The award was established to recognize outstanding professors; recipients are nominated by students, alumni or other faculty members and the names of nominees are forwarded to deans’ offices for final selection.

The recipients are Kay Reich, assistant professor of nursing; Cynthia Grapczynski, assistant professor of occupational therapy; Vijay Gondhalekar, associate professor of finance; Asli Akbulut,assistant professor of management; David Coffey, associate professor of mathematics; Kevin denDulk, assistant professor of political science; Michael DeWilde, associate professor of philosophy; and William Smith, adjunct faculty in marketing.