NIU's Presidential Teaching Professorship Award, begun in 1990, recognizes excellence and dedication to students, colleagues and the profession. Presidential Research Professorships, begun in 1982, recognize outstanding faculty scholarship. The Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, given out since 1966, come from students and laud excellence while encouraging improvement. It's an extremely high honor that the students recognize what you do as excellent. Ahyan Lash, from the School of Nursing, and Donald Hardy, from the Department of English, join Wooten.
Lash plays classical music to help students visualize lessons.
Texas native Hardy entertains and enriches students with humor and a Southern twang. Gary Glenn, from the Department of Political Science, and William Goldenberg, from the School of Music, join Thomas as Presidential Teaching Professors. Glenn, a 34-year NIU veteran, demands critical thinking and often finds students taking several of his courses. Goldenberg, a pianist who arrived in 1980, teaches classes in sight-reading and finger exercises. Gerald Blazey, David Kyvig, and Susan Vogel are this year' s Presidential Research Professors.