The ‘Outstanding Professor’ award is given annually 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 2018 Outstanding Professor are now being taken by honors students. If you have a professor you would like recognized for this award please send honors@ferris.edu an email stating the professor you are nominating and a paragraph about why they deserve this award.
Previous winners include:
| Year | Name | Department |
| 2017 | Tony Baker | Sociology |
| 2016 | Jennifer Johnson | Geography |
| 2015 | Anne Spain | Biology |
| 2014 | Neil Patten | Communication |
| Paul Klatt | Biology | |
| 2013 | Charles Vannette | Foreign Languages (German |
| Bradley Isler | Biology | |
| 2012 | Stephen Lee | Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Diane Maguire | Business/Professional Golf Management | |
| Annette Keyt | Business/Professional Golf Management | |
| 2011 | David Schrock | Communication |
| David Aiken | Philosophy | |
| 2009 | John Cullen | Literature |
| Scott James | Biology | |
| 2008 | Gary Miller | Biology |
| John Kane | Business/Law | |
| 2007 | Amy Dorey | Business |
| Phil Middleton | Literature | |
| 2006 | Robert Barnum | Fine Arts |
| 2005 | Colleen Partiagianoni | Chemistry |
| 2004 | Bruce Beetley | Biology |
| Gary Horn | Communication | |
| 2003 | David Pilgrim | Sociology |
| Kent Sun | Mathematics |
