For the first time this year, Drake announced the nominees for the University’s highest honors for teachers and mentors — the Madelyn Levitt Teacher and Mentor of the Year awards. Nominees were honored during the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony last Sunday. They are listed below:
Madelyn Levitt Teacher of the Year Award Nominees
Madelyn Levitt Teacher of the Year Award Nominees
- Aimee Beckmann-Collier, professor of conducting
- Rachel Paine Caufield, associate professor of politics
- Renee Cramer, director and associate professor of law, politics and society
- Catherine Gillespie, professor of education and the Mary Collier Baker endowed chair
- Robert Meunier, professor of percussion, director of bands
- C. Kenneth Meyer, professor of public administration, the Thomas F. Sheehan distinguished professor
- Craig Owens, associate professor of English
- Clarence Padilla, professor of music, department chair of music
- Vibs Petersen, professor of women’s studies, chair of culture and society
- Robert Soltis, professor of pharmacology, department chair of pharmacy science
- Keith Summerville, associate professor of environmental science and policy, associate dean
Madelyn Levitt Mentor Award Nominees
- Debra Bishop, associate professor of practice in management and international business
- Lee Jolliffe, associate professor of journalism
- Jennifer Perrine, assistant professor of English
- Denise Soltis, assistant dean/pharmacy experiential programs
- Carol Spaulding-Kruse, associate professor of English