2024 Award Recipients

The Thrive Symposium Awards Banquet is an invitation-only event that recognizes faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.
The awards are the Presidential Teaching Excellence Awards, Ambrose Amos Shaw Endowed Chair Awards, Innovative Teaching Grants, Course Materials Affordability Award, eLearning Participant of the Year Award, and the CETL Thrive Awards.

We thank the following donors for making these recognitions possible:
Bob and Marcia Harris, Robert L. Marquardt Family, Steven and Ruth Lowe, Alta and T.R. Davis, John and Nancy Lowe, and Brad and Jeni Wilson

Nazneen Ahmad

Economics

Robert L. Marquardt Outstanding Teaching Award

Tariq Arif

Mechanical Engineering

Justin Burr

Health Sciences

Ryan Cain

Teacher Education

Nicola Corbin

Communication

London Draper Lowe

School of Nursing

Annie Taylor Dee Teaching Excellence Award

Valerie Gooder

School of Nursing

Annie Taylor Dee Teaching Excellence Award

Bridget Hilbig

Botany and Plant Ecology

Aubrey Jones

World Languages and Cultures

Shannon McGillivray

Psychological Science

Jean Norman

Communication

Matt Thue

Business Administration and Marketing

Brian T. Davis
 Outstanding Teaching Award

Ambrose Amos Shaw Endowed Chair Awards

Andrea Baltazar

Associate Professor, Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities

Christian Hearn

Associate Professor, College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology

Bridget Hilbig

Associate Professor, College of Science

Tanya Nolan

Professor, Dumke College of Health Professions

Colleen Packer

Professor, Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities

Taylor Ward

Assistant Professor, Dumke College of Health Professions

James Zagrodnik

 Professor, Moyes College of Education

Ryan Zimmerman

 Associate Professor, Moyes College of Education

Xin Zhao

 Assistant Professor, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Innovative Teaching Grants

Community Engaged Learning Innovative Teaching Grant

Alexis Bucknam

Executive Director, Center for Community Engaged Learning

Eddie Hill

Associate Professor, Outdoor and Community Recreation

 

Alice Mulder

Professor, Geography

 

George and Beth Lowe Innovative Teaching Grant

David Hartwig

Associate Professor, English

Cynthia Jones

Assistant Professor,  World Languages and Cultures

Melinda Russell-Stamp

Assistant Professor, Psychological Science

 

Ash Soltani Stone

Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Programs

Erin Thomas

Adjunct Instructor, English

Stephanie Wolfe

Professor, Political Science

 

Presidential Innovative Teaching Grant

Elizabeth Balgord

Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Electra Fielding

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

David Hartwig

Associate Professor, English

Sarah Herrmann

Associate Professor, Psychological Science

Nicolas Pérez-Consuegra

Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

 

 

 

Course Materials Affordability Awards

Aminda O'Hare

Associate Professor, Psychological Science

Jim Hutchins

Professor, Health Sciences

Department of Women and Gender Studies

 

 

eLearning Participant of the Year Award

Jadelynn Abbott

Assistant Professor, Teacher Education

CETL Thrive Awards

Student Choice: Outstanding Faculty Member 

Amber Hansen

Instructor, Developmental Mathematics
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[xxxx] Excellence *

Yolanda Lewis

Adjunct Instructor, Communication
 

Outstanding Weber Service

Michael Wutz

Professor, English
 

Outstanding Adjunct

Marc Nelson

Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy

Emily Whitby

Adjunct Instructor, English
 

Outstanding Adjunct Nominees

Libby Leonard, Yolanda Lewis, Chad Pehrson, James Taylor
 

Unsung Hero

Teauhna Chavez

Administrative Specialist III, Performing Arts

Unsung Hero Nominees

Jeff Adams, Amy Alvarado, Carolee Calvin, Anna Cich, Edward Hasselbring, Erin Kendall, Aubrey Jenkins Lord 
Maleesa Morris, Gail Niklason, Stephanie Quinn,  Jared Thompson, Annaleah Vaughn, Shellie Weeks 

 

*The name of this award will be changed next year to comply with Utah state law.