Past CMU Excellence in Teaching Award Winners
Central Michigan University celebrates faculty members who set the leadership standard by prioritizing student success, providing rich knowledge-based experiences, and nurturing strong connections inside the classroom. Created by CMU in 1985, the Excellence in Teaching Awards recognize outstanding teaching efforts by faculty. Awardees are selected from faculty members nominated and supported by their peers and students, who then undergo a rigorous selection process by the Excellence in Teaching Awards Committee. The list below contains a summary of past award recipients by year.
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Shilpa Alamuri | 2024 |
| Andy Blom | 2024 |
| Dawn Decker ^ | 2024 |
| JoDell R. Heroux * | 2024 |
| Anne M. Hornak | 2024 |
| Rachael K. Nelson | 2024 |
| Joseph Sommers | 2024 |
| Jodi Brookins Fisher | 2023 |
| Robert Fanning | 2023 |
| M. Dawn Nelson | 2023 |
| Kirsten E. Nicholson | 2023 |
| Alejandra Rengifo ^ | 2023 |
| Wendy Robertson | 2023 |
| John Andraka | 2022 |
| Allison Arnekrans | 2022 |
| Daniel Ballou * | 2022 |
| Stephen Juris | 2022 |
| Keeley Stanley-Bohn | 2022 |
| Leslie Wallace | 2022 |
| Jeffrey Weinstock ^ | 2022 |
| Emily K. Bloesch | 2021 |
Caroline S. Gwaltney | 2021 |
| Bernard J. Kerr, Jr. ^ | 2021 |
Alexandra Mascolo-David | 2021 |
Mark Potts * | 2021 |
| MaryBeth Smith | 2021 |
| Michelle L. Steinhilb | 2021 |
| Jeffrey Bean | 2020 |
| Jamie Haines | 2020 |
| Troy Hicks | 2020 |
| David Kinney | 2020 |
| Barbara Klocko ^ | 2020 |
| Alexandra MacDougall * | 2020 |
| Monalisa Sirbescu | 2020 |
| Rachael Barron-Duncan ^ | 2019 |
| April Burke | 2019 |
| Shane Cavanaugh * | 2019 |
| Brian DeJong | 2019 |
| Natalie Douglas | 2019 |
| Carolina Gutiérrez-Rivas | 2019 |
| Amy Beth McGinnis | 2019 |
| Cheryl Geisthardt | 2018 |
| Steven Gorsich | 2018 |
| Karen Grossnickle | 2018 |
| Richard Hayes ^ | 2018 |
| Roop Jayaraman | 2018 |
| Thomas Kozal * | 2018 |
| Brittany Bayless Fremion | 2017 |
| Holly Hoffman | 2017 |
| Jennifer Kitchen Schaeffer ^ | 2017 |
| Robert Miller * | 2017 |
| Kelly J. Murphy | 2017 |
| Tierney Popp | 2017 |
| Kyle Scherr | 2017 |
| Carlin Borsheim-Black * | 2016 |
| Joanne Dannenhoffer | 2016 |
| Alysa Lucas | 2016 |
| Rachael Nelson ^ | 2016 |
| Jennifer Schisa | 2016 |
| Catherine Willermet | 2016 |
| Adam Barragato | 2015 |
| Gary Gagnon | 2015 |
| Joseph Michael Sommers | 2015 |
| Matthew O'Dell ^ | 2015 |
| Emily Webster | 2015 |
| Jeannine Wood-Nartker * | 2015 |
| Elizabeth Alm | 2014 |
| Matthew Echelberger | 2014 |
| Adam Epstein | 2014 |
| Rene Shingles * | 2014 |
| Jennifer Wirz | 2014 |
| Katherine Blystone | 2013 |
| Elina Erzikova * | 2013 |
| Amanda Garrison ^ | 2013 |
| Christopher Latty | 2013 |
| Debra Poole | 2013 |
| Leslie Wallace | 2013 |
| Jeffrey Angera | 2012 |
| Eric Buschlen * | 2012 |
| Mark Cwiek | 2012 |
| Nancy Hicks ^ | 2012 |
| Lana Ivanitskaya | 2012 |
| Kzysztof Kulawik | 2012 |
| William Wandless | 2012 |
| Jeffrey Bean | 2011 |
| Robert Fanning | 2011 |
| Lorrie Murray * | 2011 |
Lori Pietrandrea-Bissell ^ | 2011 |
| Kayla Slezak | 2011 |
| Cristen Vernon | 2011 |
| Martin Baxter | 2010 |
| Christi Brooks * | 2010 |
| Joseph Finck ^ | 2010 |
| Tracy Galarowicz | 2010 |
| Anna Monfils | 2010 |
| Rick Sykes | 2010 |
| Jodi Brookins-Fisher | 2009 |
| Dawn M. Decker | 2009 |
| Joan Hogan * | 2009 |
| Johanna Paas | 2009 |
| Bradley Swanson | 2009 |
| Pamela L Eddy | 2008 |
| N. Joan Hornak | 2008 |
| Scott McNaught | 2008 |
| John A. Nichol * | 2008 |
| Daniel D Steele | 2008 |
| Norma Bailey | 2007 |
| Desmond Harding | 2007 |
| Joseph Inungu ^ | 2007 |
| Bernard Kerr | 2007 |
| Brian J Smith | 2007 |
| Leslie Withers * | 2007 |
| Judy Chandler | 2006 |
| Joseph Finck | 2006 |
| Holly Hoffman | 2006 |
| Susan Steffel | 2006 |
| Blaine Stevenson ^ | 2006 |
| Suzanne Woods | 2006 |
| Kathleen Benison | 2005 |
| Pamela Eddy ^ | 2005 |
| Luz Hurtado | 2005 |
| Michael Kennedy | 2005 |
| Lori Ann Pietrandrea | 2005 |
| Katherine Rosier | 2005 |
| Katherine Blystone | 2004 |
| Mensah Adinkrah | 2004 |
| Nancy Csapo | 2004 |
| Lynn Dominguez | 2004 |
| Gary Gagnon | 2004 |
| Michael Garver | 2003 |
| Shelly Hinck | 2003 |
| David Guard | 2003 |
| Sandra Smith | 2003 |
| Timothy O’Neil | 2003 |
| Bruce Frost | 2002 |
| Tonya Domina | 2002 |
| Lorrie Ryan | 2002 |
| Leslie A. Hildebrandt | 2002 |
| Claudia B. Douglass | 2002 |
| Mark A. Francek | 2001 |
| Hope E. May | 2001 |
| Ronald Primeau | 2001 |
| Debra Ann Poole | 2001 |
| Sonya Sheffert | 2001 |
| Jodi Brookins-Fisher | 2000 |
| N. Joan Hornak | 2000 |
| Harry Mika | 2000 |
| Elizabeth Mostrom | 2000 |
| David Whale | 2000 |
| Robert L. Cook | 1999 |
| Joy Doran | 1999 |
| John Dinan | 1999 |
| Robert Lindhal | 1999 |
| John Williamson | 1999 |
| Norma J. Bailey | 1998 |
| Robert Hohner | 1998 |
| Carl Johnson | 1998 |
| Janet D. Lein | 1998 |
| Mary Ann Renz | 1998 |
| Felix Femoye | 1997 |
| Mary S. Gillingham | 1997 |
| John Nichol | 1997 |
| Jill Taft-Kaufman | 1997 |
| Donna Wandry | 1997 |
| Timothy Hartshorne | 1996 |
| Susan Night | 1996 |
| Susan Steffel | 1996 |
| Karen Varanauskas | 1996 |
| Mary Kay DeGenova | 1996 |
| Frederick R. Adams | 1995 |
| Nancy J. Herman | 1995 |
| David L. Kizer | 1995 |
| Gail P. Schukanec | 1995 |
| Janis M. Voege | 1995 |
| Thomas J. Miles | 1994 |
| Gisela Moffit | 1994 |
| Alan F. Quick | 1994 |
| William A. Saltarelli | 1994 |
| Rebeca Torres-Rivera | 1994 |
| William E. Leibfritz | 1993 |
| Kevin G. Love | 1993 |
| Colleen A. Moore | 1993 |
| Ajit Sharma | 1993 |
| Dawn R. Weber | 1993 |
| Richard D. Featheringham | 1991 |
| Richard W. Fox | 1991 |
| Marilyn W. Barrett | 1991 |
| Sharon Bradley-Johnson | 1991 |
| Frederick G. Briscoe | 1991 |
| Susan P. Conner | 1991 |
| Gary L. Dunbar | 1991 |
| Jeff D. Culbertson | 1991 |
| Phyllis Annette Heath | 1991 |
| David A. Ling | 1991 |
| Joseph E. Finck | 1990 |
| David R. Gillingham | 1990 |
| Carolyn J. Hoffman | 1990 |
| N. Joan Hornak | 1990 |
| Gilles R. Labrie | 1990 |
| John B. Meixner | 1990 |
| Douglas W. Nance | 1990 |
| Larry T. Reynolds | 1990 |
| Alice A. Tait | 1990 |
| Susan J. Tchudi | 1990 |
| Walter J. Bisard | 1986 |
| Richard J. Hardy | 1986 |
| Bobby A. Howell | 1986 |
| Raymond F. Johnson | 1986 |
| Bruce M.C. Pape | 1986 |
| Renny H. Tatchell | 1986 |
| Carole Beere | 1985 |
| Loren Bensley | 1985 |
| Robert L. Cook | 1985 |
| James C. Gillingham | 1985 |
| Nina Nash-Robertson | 1985 |
| Thaddeus C. Zolty | 1985 |
* Student Choice Award Winner
^ Lorrie Ryan Memorial Award Winner