Two faculty members in the University of Delaware professional education program have been recognized for noteworthy performance in teaching and advising. The Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring awards were presented at the May 5 meeting of the Faculty Senate.

Iris Busch, assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences, received UD’s Excellence in Teaching Award.  Awardees receive $5,000, have their portraits hung in the Morris Library for five years and have a brick inscribed with their name installed in Mentors’ Circle.

Laura Simmering Glass, assistant professor in the School of Education in the College of Education and Human Development, received UD’s Excellence in Advising and Mentoring Award.  The award is based on student nominations, and recipients receive $2,500 and are honored with an inscribed brick in Mentors’ Circle. Read more…