The ‘Outstanding Professor’ award is given biennially to the professor who most inspires our students. Students nominate professors each semester, from which the Honors program staff chooses a deserving candidate. A professor need not have taught an honors course to be eligible for the ‘Outstanding Professor’ award.
Nominations for the 2016 Outstanding Professor are now being taken by honors students. If you have a professor you would like recognized for this award please send an email stating the professor you are nominating and a paragraph about why they deserve this award.
Previous winners include:
Year | Semester | Name | Department | |
2015 | Spring | Anne | Spain | Biology |
2014 | Fall | Neil | Patten | Communication |
2014 | Spring | Paul | Klatt | Biology |
2013 | Fall | Charles | Vannettte | Foreign Languages (German) |
2013 | Spring | Bradley | Isler | Biology |
2012 | Fall | Stephen | Lee | Pharmaceutical Sciences |
2012 | Spring | Diane | Maguire | Business / Professional Golf Management |
Annette | Keyt | Business / Professional Golf Management | ||
2011 | Fall | David | Schrock | Communication |
2011 | Spring | David | Aiken | Philosophy |
2010 | ||||
2009 | Fall | John | Cullen | Literature |
2009 | Spring | Scott | James | Biology |
2008 | Fall | Gary | Miller | Biology |
2008 | Spring | John | Kane | Business / Law |
2007 | Fall | Amy | Dorey | Business |
2007 | Spring | Phil | Middleton | Literature |
2006 | Spring | Robert | Barnum | Fine Arts |
2005 | Spring | Colleen | Partiagianoni | Chemistry |
2004 | Fall | Bruce | Beetley | Biology |
2004 | Spring | Gary | Horn | Communication |
2003 | Fall | David | Pilgrim | Sociology |
2003 | Spring | Kent | Sun | Mathematics |
- Call for Outstanding Professor Nominations - The ‘Outstanding Professor’ award is given biennially to the professor who most inspires our students. Students nominate professors each semester, from which the Honors program staff chooses a deserving candidate. A professor need not have taught an honors course to be eligible for the ‘Outstanding Professor’ award. Nominations for the 2016 Outstanding Professor are now … … Continue reading
- Spring 2015 Outstanding Professor - The Honors outstanding Professor award is a student-led award. Students nominate professors who have helped them, regardless if it was in an Honors class or not. Previous winners of this award are no doubt in this room tonight. Dr. Spain was nominated by honors students because of her willingness to help in “any way that … … Continue reading
- Fall 2014 Outstanding Professor - The honors program is, at its core, an academic program designed to challenge students to succeed in their chosen professions. Cultivating excellence in the classroom starts from the student’s first experience in a college classroom—and tonight we recognize one of the professors who has been most influential in shaping that experience for a generation of … … Continue reading
- Outstanding Professor, Spring 2014 - Dr. Paul Klatt inspires his students by making the subject—specifically Animal Behavior and Environmental Conservation—“so fun!” But that doesn’t mean that he is considered ‘easy.’ This was, in fact, a point that his nominator wanted to make very clear, stating that “Dr. Klatt challenges his students while at the same time relating the material in … … Continue reading
- Outstanding Professor, Fall 2013 - “You can tell just by the way he teachers and cares that he is extremely passionate about teaching here” and “the perfect role-model” Professor Vannette not only provides such inspiration for his German students, he also advises FSUbuntu, a Registered Student Organization dedicated to enhancing global awareness among Ferris students and providing a guide to … … Continue reading
- Outstanding Professor, Spring 2013 - Professor Bradley Isler, Biology