The Texas A&M University System awarded $507,000 to outstanding faculty throughout the system in the second presentation of the Teaching Excellence Awards, a voluntary, student-selected honors program launched last fall. For the spring 2009 semester, the program expanded to all the campuses in the A&M System. All faculty who teach at least a 3-hour course are eligible.
The 144 faculty winners received checks ranging from $2,500 to $10,000. Texas A&M University had the most recipients, with 54, followed by Texas A&M University-Commerce, 17; Prairie View A&M University, 15; Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 13; West Texas A&M University, 12; Texas A&M International University, 10; Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 9; Texas A&M University at Galveston, 7; Tarleton State University, 4; Texas A&M University-Texarkana, 3.
The recipients represent the top 20 percent of those who participated. The top 5 percent are awarded $5,000 to $10,000. The next 15 percent receive $2,500 to $5,000. Awards are based on rankings from evaluations created and administered by students, with weighting for factors such as class size. Winners in the top 5 percent category, by campus are:
Norvella Carter
Daniel Jennings
Christine Townsend
Amy Austin
James Herman
Angela Allen
Arnold Krammer
Wesley Watson
Haipeng Chen
Jamie Callahan
Michael Stephenson
David Cairns
Joanna Lahey
David Lawhon
Carol Bunch Davis
Clarissa Booker
Lisa Thompson
Immaculata Igbo
Orion Ciftja
Alex Colvin
Kayla Peak
Michelle Staples
Jennifer Bow
Patricia Gonzalez
Patrica Uribe
Veronica Juarez
Pingjung Tintera
David Moury
Kelly Russell
Walter Sherman
Jim Lee
Bunny Forgione
Fred Ponder
Scott Henke
Ruby Willey-Rendon
Teri Bingham
Melody Loya
Matthew Elam
Jennifer Schroeder
Rhonda Clark
Raymond Green
Jason Wicke
Rebecca Stephens
Callie Fortenberry