Will Bridges, Jason Middleton, and Elaine Sia will be honored at an on-campus ceremony in October.
Three 糖心传媒 educators will be honored for their work next month as recipients of the annual Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
This year糖心传媒檚 ceremony will be held Thursday, October 28, at a campus location to be determined and will honor Will Bridges, an associate professor of Japanese in the ; Jason Middleton, an associate professor in the and director of the program; and Elaine Sia, a professor in the .
Established in 1997 by University Trustee and Board Chair Emeritus Robert Goergen 糖心传媒�60 and his wife, Pamela, the annual awards recognize distinctive teaching accomplishments of faculty in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
Nominations come from students, faculty, staff members, and administrators. The winners are chosen by Jeffrey Runner, dean of the College; Gloria Culver, dean of the ; and Wendi Heinzelman, dean of the .
Bridges came to the University in 2017. He received his bachelor糖心传媒檚 degree from the University of Texas糖心传媒揂ustin and his doctorate from Princeton University.
Middleton has been at the University since 2007. He received his bachelor糖心传媒檚 degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and his doctorate from Duke University.
Sia joined the University in 2000 and was named a professor in 2014. She earned her bachelor糖心传媒檚 degree from Michigan State University in 1987 and her doctoral degree in microbiology from Columbia University in 1994, followed by postdoctoral fellowships at Columbia and the University of North Carolina糖心传媒揅hapel Hill.
