College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Scholar Award Cleveland State

The Higher of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) Excellence in Pedagogy & Learning Awards recognize regular (Maroon Award) and stock-still-term (Gold Award) faculty members who go above and beyond what is expected in creating exceptional learning opportunities for our students. The recipients are​ selected by the Course Excellence in Didactics & Learning Commission, which is composed of the committee chair Dr. Marcy Taylor, Associate Dean, and a representative from each department within the college.

Our recipients are experts in their fields, constructive and creative in promoting student learning, inspire students to high achievement and receive high praise from them in return, and are admired advisors and mentors to time to come educators.​

2021 Class Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards

Maroon Honour

• Lissa Schwander, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work

Gold Awards

• Cindy Davis, Department of Earth Languages and Cultures
• Jody Sauer, Section of Folklore, Anthropology and Social Piece of work

Lissa Schwander - Social Piece of work

The Maroon Excellence in Teaching Accolade recognizes a ​regular faculty member who goes above and beyond what is expected in creating exceptional learning opportunities for our students. The committee selected Lissa Schwander as this yr's winner considering she is an skilful in her field, she is effective and artistic in promoting student learning, she inspires students to high achievement and receives high praise from them in return. Her bear upon is mayhap best summed up with these words from colleagues and from one of her former students:

"Dr. Schwander truly excels in every aspect of teaching: classroom instruction, academic/professional advising, support for students in difficulty, and curricular development. In this current environment, it includes balancing the need for rigor and loftier expectations with the gentleness and understanding that then many of our students need due to personal barriers to the bookish success such as the racism they experience, the touch of the pandemic, the death of i or more than family unit members and mental health challenges.

"I recognize that all of us accept had to footstep up and do more with the current pandemic and other challenges. At that place are some faculty, like Lissa, who rise above even that with their dedication and tireless commitment to our students."

"Professor Schwander ever challenged students to step exterior of the condition quo of social work exercise and be a violent abet for the populations nosotros serve and piece of work with."

Cindy Davis - World Languages & Cultures

The Gold Excellence in Teaching Laurels recognizes a ​stock-still-term faculty member who goes above and beyond what is expected in creating exceptional learning opportunities for our students. The commission selected Cindy Davis as one of this year's winners because she is an skilful in her field, she is effective and artistic in promoting student learning, she inspires students to high achievement and receives loftier praise from them in return. Her touch on is perhaps all-time summed upward with these words written by some of her colleagues and students:

"She is an inspiration to students every bit she encourages them to envision and to understand the wider world. Her joy in seeing the growth and development of her students is axiomatic."

"She is one of the almost creative people I have ever known and is dedicated to designing opportunities in the classroom for her students so that they can achieve the highest level of proficiency possible."

"Her enthusiasm is 2nd to none and this, of grade, resonates with her students!"

"Professor Davis is a personable and 18-carat private who excels at providing an engaging and judgment-free environment for all students to learn."

Jody Sauer - Sociology

The Gold Excellence in Education Award recognizes a ​fixed-term faculty fellow member who goes above and beyond what is expected in creating exceptional learning opportunities for our students. The committee selected Jody Sauer every bit 1 of this twelvemonth'due south winners because she is an expert in her field, she is effective and creative in promoting student learning, she inspires students to loftier achievement and receives loftier praise from them in return. Her impact is perhaps best summed up with these words written by her students:

"Dr. Sauer's lectures challenged me to retrieve critically and introspectively almost the cloth we were learning."

"Dr. Sauer's lectures are always thoughtfully prepared, thorough, and embrace the information in a manner that makes it easy to understand. She also encourages her students to try their hardest and inspires them to accomplish more by always providing positive, but constructive, feedback."

"I believe that Dr. Sauer would exist an ideal option for the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award. She goes above and beyond in teaching her students and provides a learning experience that is deserving of this recognition."

Past Award Recipients

Past Maroon Awards

• 2012, John Robertson
• 2013, Jonathan Truitt, HST
• 2014, Cathy Willermet, SASW
• 2015, Nancy Herman-Kinney, SASW
• 2016, Timothy Hartshorne, PSY
• 2016, David Kinney, SOC
• 2017, Leila Ennaili, WLC
• 2018, Amy Carpenter Ford, ENG
• 2019, So Hee Jeon, PSCPA
• 2019, Kelly Irish potato, PHL & REL
• 2020, Brittany Fremion, HST

Past Gold Awards​

• 2012, Todd Tremlin
• 2013, Ted Troxell
• 2014, Matthew Katz
• 2015, Amanda Garrison, SASW
• 2016, Andrea Devenney, English
• 2017, Joseph Anderson, PHL & REL
• 2018, Andrew Dietzel, HST
• 2018, Seth Whiting, PSY
• 2019, Matthew Katz, PHL & REL
• 2019, Dietmar Krumrey, ENG
• 2020, Dusty Myers, SASW
• 2020, Elizabeth Whitaker, SASW

Past Excellence in Instruction Award Recipients

• 2005 - First Award​, Susan Steffel
• 2006, William Reader
• 2007, Elizabeth Brockman
• 2008, Jeffrey Weinstock
• 2009, Joyce Baugh
• 2010, Dan Pugh

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