The Board of Governors of the 17-campus University North Carolina has selected some of the University’s most outstanding faculty to receive its 2014 Awards for Excellence in Teaching. N.C. A&T’s recipient is Angela K. Miles, associate professor, department of management, in the School of Business and Economics.
The 17 recipients, representing an array of academic disciplines, were nominated by special committees on their home campuses and selected by the Board of Governors Committee on Personnel and Tenure.
Each award winner will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $12,500 cash prize. All awards will be presented by a Board of Governors member during each campus’ spring graduation ceremonies.
“I am really excited to receive this award. I find a lot of joy in facilitating the learning process,” Miles said.
Winners include: Timothy J. Huelsman, professor, department of psychology, Appalachian State University; Abbie Brown, professor, College of Education, East Carolina University; Eyualem B. Abebe, associate professor, department of natural science, Elizabeth City State University; Lori A. Guevara, associate professor, department of criminal justice, Fayetteville State University; and Jim C. Harper, II, associate professor, department of history, N.C. Central University.
Other winners are George R. Hess, professor, department of forestry and environmental resources, N.C. State University; Dwight B. Mullen, professor, department of political science, UNC Asheville; Christian Iliadis, professor, department of physics and astronomy, UNC-Chapel Hill; Kimberly Kreisler Buch, professor, department of psychology, UNC Charlotte; Bruce K. Kirchoff, professor, department of biology, UNC Greensboro; Weston F. Cook, Jr., professor, department of history, UNC Pembroke; Patricia H. Kelley, professor, department of geography and geology, UNC Wilmington; Tadeu Coelho, associate professor, School of Music, UNC School of the Arts; Annette Debo, professor department of English; Western Carolina University; Leslee H. Shepard, associate professor, Division of Nursing, Winston-Salem State University; and Jonathan R. Bennett, instructor of physics, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics.
Award citations and photos for all 17 award recipients can be found on the University of North Carolina website at: http://www.northcarolina.edu/?q=board-governors-awards/teaching-awards-2014.
The oldest public university in the nation, the University of North Carolina enrolls more than 222,000 Students and encompasses all 16 of North Carolina’s public institutions that grant baccalaureate degrees, as well as the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the nation’s first public residential high school for gifted students. UNC campuses support a broad array of distinguished liberal-arts programs, two medical schools and one teaching hospital, two law schools, a veterinary school, a school of pharmacy, 11 nursing programs, 15 schools of education, three schools of engineering and a specialized school for performing artists. The UNC Center for Public Television, with its 11-station statewide broadcast network, is also under the University umbrella.
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