Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship
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The Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship recognizes RIT’s outstanding faculty, staff, and students for their excellence in innovation, teaching, and developing the next generation of leaders.
The following awards are presented at the annual spring event:
- The Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching
- The Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- The Trustees Scholarship Award
- The Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
- The Isaac L. Jordan, Sr., Faculty Pluralism Award
- The Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award
- The Innovative Teaching with Technology Award
- The Excellence in Student Learning Outcomes Award
- The Provost’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advising
- Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Distinguished Professor Designation
Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Ingle Auditorium + Fireside Lounge | 4:30 p.m.
Congratulations to the 2023 Awardees:
Provost’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
- Ryan Bliss, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, College of Engineering Technology
- Abdoulaye Maiga, Mathematical Modeling, College of Science
Provost’s Innovative Teaching with Technology Award
- Shaun Foster, MFA., Professor, School of Design, College of Art and Design
- Peter Pincus, MFA., Assistant Professor, School of Art, College of Art and Design
Provost's Excellence in Student Learning Outcomes Award
Bachelor of Science in ASL English Interpretation program, National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Academic Advising
- Experienced Advisor: Kara Griffith, M.S., Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
- New Advisor: Tabitha Vick, M.S. Ed., Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Provost's Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award
- Christine Kray, Ph.D., Department of Sociology/Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
- Blanca Lapizco-Encinas, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Isaac L. Jordan, Sr., Faculty Pluralism Award
André Hudson, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Dean, College of Science
Outstanding Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
- Michelle Chabot, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, School of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science
- Jessamy Comer, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Jennifer O’Neil, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, College of Engineering Technology
Distinguished Professor
Carlos Lousto, Ph.D., Professor, School of Mathematics, College of Science
Eisenhart Award Outstanding Teaching
- Mari Jaye Blanchard, MFA, Associate Professor, School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design
- Clyde Hull, Ph.D., Professor of Management, Saunders College of Business
- Jason Listman, Ed.D., Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education, National Technical Institute for the Deaf
- Sharon Mason, Ph.D., Professor, School of Information, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Trustees Scholarship Award
- Callie Babbitt, Ph.D., Golisano Institute for Sustainability
- Jeyhan Kartaltepe, Ph.D., College of Science