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 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
  • Neil Patten, Professor of Communications, receiving the award for Outstanding Professor, Fall 2014 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
  • Anne Spain, 2015 Outstanding Professor, along with Dr. Bradley and Alex Costa, President of HSC. From Ferris SmugMug gallery http://ferrisphotos.smugmug.com/Academic/Honors/2015-40-Dinner/ 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
  • Neil Patten, Professor of Communications, receiving the award for Outstanding Professor, Fall 2014 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 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
  • Charles Vannette, Outstanding Professor 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
  • Bradley Isler, PhD Outstanding Professor, Spring 2013 - Professor Bradley Isler, Biology

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