The ARC Excellence Award recognizes instructional staff members who demonstrate exemplary service to ARC students and staff. These instructors go above and beyond what is required to make courses accessible, maintain professionalism while interacting with ARC students and ARC staff, exercise sensitivity to a diverse student population, integrate or apply universal design principles into instruction or service delivery, and more.
We invite you to nominate these instructors, so that we might honor their dedication and commitment.
Nominations for the 2023-2024 academic year are now open! Deadline to submit is end of day on May 8th.
We will celebrate the Awardees in Fall 2024, and we hope you will attend! Watch for more information as we near September 2024.
2023 ARC Excellence Award Recipients
Awardees not pictured above:
- Keith Dookeran, Joseph J Zilber College of Public Health
- Shannon Freire, Anthropology
- Allison Libbey, Spanish & Portuguese
- Jill Meyers, Mathematical Sciences
Past Award Recipients
2022 Award Recipients
| Shahla Anders | College of Health Sciences |
| Sonia Bardy | Biological Sciences |
| Rachel Bloom-Pojar | English |
| Mary Louise Buley-Meissner | English |
| Chi Cho | College of Heath Sciences |
| Joshua Driscoll | Anthropology |
| Krista Grensavitch | Women’s and Gender Studies |
| Julie Kaiser | English |
| Joseph Kilroy | College of General Studies |
| Matthew Knachel | Philosophy |
| Charlotte Lettelier | English |
| Renee Reckelberg | College of Health Sciences |
| Elizabeth Rex | Peck School of the Arts |
| Ermitte Saint-Jacques | African & African Diaspora Studies |
| Shinji Takahashi | Foreign Languages and Literature |
2020/2021 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
|---|---|
| Monna Arvinen-Barrow | College of Health Sciences |
| Rachel Baum | College of Letters & Science-Foreign Languages & Literatures |
| Kimberly Beckmann | Peck School of the Arts |
| Lisa Berger | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare |
| Marcus Britton | College of Letters & Science-Sociology |
| Lisa Cottingham | Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders |
| Amy Decker | Peck School of the Arts |
| Royce Earnest | School of Architecture and Urban Planning |
| Ronald Gulotta | College of General Studies-Social Sciences & Business, Sociology |
| Daniel Hackbarth | School of Letters & Science-Mathematical Sciences |
| Kerry Hansen | College of General Studies Student Affairs, TRIO Student Support Services |
| Jennifer Kahn-Pettigrew | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare |
| Amanda Neal | College of Letters & Science-Mathematical Studies |
| Mark Netzloff | College of Letters & Science-English |
| Joseph O’Halloran | College of Letters & Science-Physics |
| Dimitri Topitzes | Helen Bader School of Social Welfare |
2019 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Rachel Baum | Center for Jewish Studies |
| Anne Bonds | College of Letters and Science |
| Christine Carlson | College of Letters and Science |
| Kyle Ebersole | College of Health Sciences |
| Angel Hessel | School of Education |
| Gabriel Lopez Jauregi | School of Education |
| Jamie Kovtun | Financial Aid |
| Molly Ubbesen | College of Letters and Science |
| Haley Zangl | University Housing |
2018 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Dylan Barth | Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning |
| Kari Dawson | University Housing |
| Erma Green | Curriculum and Instruction |
| Amy Mangrich | Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning |
2017 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Matthew Hoeppner | Mathematical Sciences |
| Julie Kailin | School of Education |
| Heather Owen | Biological Sciences |
| Lyndsay Jo Smanz | Information Studies |
| James Tasse | Theatre |
2016 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Lillian Folk | Health Informatics and Administration |
| Adam Hudson | Information Studies |
| Leah Rineck | Mathematical Sciences |
| Sarah Ruder | University Relations |
| Jeb Willenbring | Mathematical Sciences |
2015 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Paul Lyman | Physics |
| Lindsay Timmerman | Communication |
| Beth Traylor | Library |
2014 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Alan Schwabacher | Chemistry |
| Carol Hirschmugl | Electrical Engineer |
| Roger Smith | Occupational Science |
| Gina Szabelwski | Geoscience |
| Robert Wood | Physics |
2013 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Raymond Fleming | Psych |
| Lanlan Han | Chemistry/ Biochemistry |
| Nicole Heinen | PASS |
| Gloria Miller | Business Management |
| Jude Rathburn | Business |
| Jose Torres | Social Work |
| Krislyn World | PSOA Dance |
2012 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Richard Monti | FLL/ Latin |
| Ann Williams | Business/ Marketing |
| Jeanne Wagner | Social Work |
| Margaret Kipp | SOIS |
| Susan Lima | Psych |
| Marion Angeloff | ARC |
2011 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Jonathan Hanes | Research |
| Terrance Newell | SOIS |
| Sueyon Seo | Arab & Asian |
| Jessica Merez | PSOA |
| Mark Mantyh | Sociology |
2010 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Jim Burmeister | Assistant Dean PSOA |
| Fred Helmstetter | Psychology |
| Jenny Wanasek | Theatre |
| Janine Kwapis | Psychology |
| Goda Masri | International Education |
2009 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Lauren Williams | Mathematical Sciences |
| Veronica Luncback | FLL/ German |
| Christine Conelea | Psychology |
| Gina Seegers- Szablewski | Geoscience |
2008 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Robert Balmer | Mathematical Engineering |
| Michael Coon | Economics |
| Magaly Zeise | Spanish & Portuguese |
| Kevin Jahnke | UITS/Classroom Support |
| Paul Gunderson, Dave Nowak | UITS |
2007 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Michael Hero | Mathematical Science |
| Ryan Lefeber | Secretary of University |
| Kimberly Cosier | Art |
| Christopher Sears | Mathematics |
| David Pate | Social Work |
2006 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Min Chen | N/A |
| Richard Marcus | Finance |
| Meredith Reitman | Geography |
| Deborah Renard | Educational Psychology |
2005 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Charles Kraus | Art |
| Beverly Belfer | Music |
| Gloria Freschl | Chemistry |
| Robyn Ridley | Psychology |
2004 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| James Tasse | Theatre |
| Katy Mollerud | Deans Office |
| LeeAnn Garrison | Art |
| Mary Randolph-Frye | Psychology |
| Catherine Kaye | English as Second Language |
| Claudia Barreto | Biological Science |
2003 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Jayson Rock | Electrical Engineering |
| Erika Sander | Human Movement Science |
| Kamil Tachmiscioglu | Economics |
| Ahmed Mbalia | Africology |
2002 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Linda Krause | Architecture |
| Harold Hiken | Mathematics |
| Michelle Harrell Washington | Library |
| Judith Rozie-Battle | Social Work |
| Michael Fountain | French, Italian, Comp Lit |
2001 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Helena Pycior | History |
| Joseph Smith | Administration |
| Richard Blau | Film |
| Lenard Levine | Electrical Engineering |
| John Boatman | Ethnic Program Studies |
| Michael Medora | Instructional Services |
2000 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Robert Wood | Physics |
| Kelly Kohlmetz | Eng & Math Science |
| Sally Long | Biological Science |
| Leslie Loomis Vansen | Art |
1999 Award Recipients
| Instructor: | Department: |
| Corliss Philabaum | PSOA Theater |
| Theresa Valentino | Art |
| Renee Gratz | Healthcare |
| Brook Burnette-Zacher | History |