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Accolades

2024 University Teaching Awards honor 25 educators

The winners, selected from 677 nominations, represent “the best of what Carolina has to offer,” campus leaders said.

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Twenty-five Carolina faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have been recognized for their excellence with the 2024 University Teaching Awards.

Interim Chancellor Lee H. Roberts and Provost J. Christopher Clemens announced the winners Feb. 20, writing in a campus message, “this group of vibrant teachers and mentors represents the diversity of people and disciplines on our campus.”

The annual awards provide a chance to recognize outstanding teaching and mentoring of undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students. Faculty, staff, students and alumni nominate deserving teachers and mentors.

The Center for Faculty Excellence’s University Teaching Awards Committee reviews nominations each fall and gathers additional information before recommending a slate of winners to the chancellor. This year, the committee evaluated 677 nominations before selecting the following winners in nine categories.

Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • , English and comparative literature department, College of Arts and Sciences.

Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement

  • , Hussman School of Journalism and Media.

Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction

  • , communication department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , School of Information and Library Science.
  • , Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
  • , exercise and sport science, College of Arts and Sciences.

Chapman Family Teaching Awards

  • , director of experiential education, public policy department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , philosophy department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , global studies curriculum, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , political science department, College of Arts and Sciences.

Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

  • , Asian and Middle Eastern studies department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , chemistry department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , communication department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , School of Nursing.
  • , American studies department, College of Arts and Sciences.

William C. Friday Award for Excellence in Teaching

  • , communication department, College of Arts and Sciences.

J. Carlyle Sitterson Award for Teaching First-Year Students

  • , English and comparative literature department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , communication department, College of Arts and Sciences.

Johnston Teaching Excellence Awards

  • , biomedical engineering joint department, College of Arts and Sciences and NC State University College of Engineering.
  • , Romance studies department, College of Arts and Sciences.

Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants

  • , exercise and sport science department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , political science department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , Romance studies department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , English and comparative literature department, College of Arts and Sciences.
  • , Romance studies department, College of Arts and Sciences.

More information about the winners can be found on the . Look for short Q&As with the honorees in The Well later this semester.