March 21, 2018

Mashtare, Walters receive teaching awards

Michael Mashtare teaching award Professor Michael Mashtare, assistant professor in the Department of Agronomy and in Environmental and Ecological Engineering, received the Exceptional Early Career Award on Tuesday. Among those on hand (from left) were Karen Plaut, interim dean of agriculture; Ronald Turco, professor and head in Agronomy; and Erica Layow, instructional developer in the Center for Instructional Excellence. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) Download image

Michael Mashtare, assistant professor in the Department of Agronomy and in Environmental and Ecological Engineering, and Becky Walters, clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing, have been honored with the 2018 Exceptional Early Career Award. The two professors were surprised with the news on Tuesday (March 20).

Purdue is announcing recipients of the Murphy Award and the Exceptional Early Career Award throughout the week. Haley Oliver, associate professor in the Department of Food Science, received a Murphy Award on Monday (March 19).

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.

Becky Walters teaching award Becky Walters (third from left), clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing, received the Exceptional Early Career Award on Tuesday. Among those on hand (from left) were Diane Hountz and Kristen Kirby, also clinical assistant professors of nursing; and David Nelson, associate director of the Center for Instructional Excellence. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood) Download image
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.

The recipients of both awards will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon on April 2. A list of past Murphy Award and Early Career Award recipients is here. A list of all winners of teaching awards is at here.


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