The Promoting Intellectual Engagement (PIE) Award honors instructors who inspire excitement, inquiry, and autonomy in first-year courses. Recipients of the PIE Award are nominated on-line by sophomore students, and then selected by a committee based on thoughtfulness and volume of student nominations. Student's descriptions of nominees reveal the heart of excellence in lower-division instruction, courses that comprise the foundation of students' college experience and the crucial seed of intellectual self-awareness.
Recipients will be honored at a reception in September (tentatively). The PIE Award is co-sponsored by LeaRN, Ellbogen CTL, Residence Life & Dining, and Advising, Career Services & Exploratory Studies.
- Rich Adams, Anthropology
- Brian Barber, Life Science
- Diana Baumbach, Visual & Literary Arts
- Paul Bergstraesser, English
- Aysenur Bicer, Physics & Astronomy
- Cameron Blais, English
- Melissa Butler, Mathematics & Statistics
- Joseph Carver, Music
- Joshua Clapp, Psychology
- Madison Clark, Communication & Journalism
- Tessa Dallarosa, Visual & Literary Arts
- Frederick Dixon, Culture Gender & Social Justice
- Jefferson Edgens, Ag & Applied Economics
- Tyler Fall, Philosophy & Religious Studies
- Mary Fenton, Honors College
- Garrett Genereux, Campus Recreation
- Matt Gray, Psychology
- Shawn Griffiths, Civil & Architectural
- Lori Howe, Honors College
- Shelby Hutson, LeaRN
- Randa Jabbour, Plant Sciences
- Catherine Johnson, LeaRN
- Patrick Kelley, Zoology & Physiology
- Christina Knox, Mathematics & Statistics
- Jennifer Kreiser, Accounting & Finance
- Sarah Lee, Family & Consumer Sciences
- Mark Lyford, Botany
- Andrew Meyer, English
- Rudiger Michalak, Physics & Astronomy
- Jennifer Painter, Kinesiology
- Mark Person, Modern & Classical Languages
- Josh Sainz, American Studies
- Adriana Salgueiro, Modern & Classical Languages
- Jacqueline Shinker, Geography
- Ann Stebner-Steele, Honors College
- John Willford, WWAMI
- Kassandra Willingham, Molecular Biology
- Yan Zhang, Modern & Classical Languages