Two faculty members receive University teaching awards
March 25, 2015
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Larry DeBoer. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) |
Larry DeBoer, professor of agricultural economics, has been named a recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy, and Michael Yough, clinical assistant professor of educational studies, has received the 2015 Exceptional Early Career Award. DeBoer and Yough were surprised with the news Tuesday (March 24).
Purdue will continue to announce Murphy Award winners and Exceptional Early Career Award recipients throughout the week.
The University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy Award is accompanied by a $10,000 cash award and induction into Purdue's Teaching Academy, which provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate and outreach teaching. Murphy was a history professor at Purdue from 1927 to 1970.
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Michael Yough. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) |
The Exceptional Early Career Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching among Purdue's early career, tenure-track faculty. Recipients of the award will receive a $5,000 award with additional funds for a department business account.
Carol Cunningham-Sigman, division dance chair and professor of visual and performing arts, was named a Murphy Award recipient on Monday (March 23).
The recipients of both awards will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon on April 3.
A list of past Murphy Award recipients is at www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/awards/charles.html. A list of all winners of teaching awards is at www.purdue.edu/cie/teachingawards/awards.html.
