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2003 Teaching Awards

Numerous schools and departments at the University of Pittsburgh present annual teaching awards. Recipients of 2003 awards that are known to the Teaching Times are listed below. The Teaching Times plans to print an annual list of award recipients and welcomes information about awards that have not come to our attention.

College of Arts and Sciences
Student Government Board Faculty Honor Roll

Laurene Baker, English
Donald Bruckner, Philosophy
Claudia Munoz-Campos, Hispanic Language & Literature
Morton Coleman, Social Work
Richard Coleman, CAS Advising
Paul Floreancig, Chemistry
Deborah Dysart-Gale, Communications
John Gillette, Communications
Michael Golde, Chemistry
Janelle Greenberg, History
Milica Bakic-Hayden, Religious Studies
Ray Jones, Business
Orysia Karapinka, History
Andrew Klimas, Mathematics
Barbara Kucinski, Psychology
Vernell Lillie, Africana Studies
Gayle Mallinger, Social Work
Thomas McKechnie, Political Science
Lisa Nelson, Administrative Justice
Richard Parent, English

College of Business Administration
CBA Undergraduate Teaching Award
Jocelyn Carlin and Ray Jones

College of General Studies
Student’s Choice Award for Teaching Excellence
Bruce Dobler, English
Akiko Hashimoto, Asian Studies
Marcia Taylor, GSPIA

Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Executive MBA Teacher of the Year Award
Daniel Fogel
MBA Teacher of the Year Award
Prakash Mirchandani

School of Dental Medicine
Faculty Award of Excellence
Lathe Bowen
Marnie Oakley
Bobby Collins
Mark Mooney
Graduate School of Public Health
Craig Outstanding Teacher Award
Karen Peterson

School of Nursing
Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Mary Cothran, Nursing
Bettina Dixon, Anesthesia

School of Engineering
Beitle-Veltri Memorial Award
Jayant Rajgopal, Industrial Engineering
Outstanding TA Awards
Erik Lindsley, Bioengineering
Robert G. Svitek, Chemical & Petroleum
Owen Silbaugh, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nicholas V. Zorn, Computer/Electrical Engineering
Adaeze Nwaigwe, Industrial Engineering
Enrique Garcia Gonzales, Materials Science & Engineering
Roxana Cisloiu, Mechanical Engineering
Outstanding Bioengineering TAs
Wilson Chang
George Englemayr
Clair Gloeckner
Kristie Henchir
Gordon Kirkwood
Thanh Lam
Tom Payne

Graduate Student Teaching Awards
Arts and Sciences
Biological Sciences: Patrick Stephens
Chemistry: Robbyn Berenda, Demetra Chengelis, Adam Keller,
Joseph Noroski, Pamela Meadows, Scott Quivey, and Tiffany Turner
Classics: Tiberie Poppa
Communications: Robert Danish and Marcus Paroski
Economics: Kleinjaus and Baozhi Qu
English: Jennifer Cotter and Henry Veggian
French & Italian Languages: James H. Tarpley
Mathematics: Jason Morris and Gergina Penchena
Physics & Astronomy: Emily Chapman and Olga Lakhina &
Rukmani Kumar and William Love
Political Science: Heather Elko, Stephanie McLean
and Nils Ringe
Psychology: Debbie Robinson

School of Medicine
Excellence in Education Awards
John B. Schumann, Neurobiology
William C. de Groat, Pharmacology
Sheldon Adler Award
Gregory J. Naus
Donald S. Fraley Award
Melissa A. McNeil
Kenneth E. Schuit Award
John W. Kreit
Thomas A. Medsger
Golden Apple Award
Paul Rogers

School of Pharmacy
Stan Cohen Teacher of the Year Award
Denise Howrie

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Excellence in Teaching Award
Donald Ulin, English

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Distinguished Teaching Award
Martha Koehler, English

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Merrily Swoboda, Humanities
Phi Eta Sigma Teacher of the Year Award
Donna Kowalczyk, Education


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