Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence. They will be formally honored at a luncheon on April 19, 2023.
The Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement of our college and university teaching and service faculty.
Minnesota State Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching
2023 Educators of the Year
- Derrick Crim – Metro State University
- Shannon Gibney – Minneapolis College
- Amy Zsohar – Inver Hills Community College
2023 Outstanding Educators
| Jim | Bainer | Minnesota State Community and Technical College |
| Cathy | Bishop | Anoka Technical College |
| Shane | Bowyer | Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Greg | Cady | Minnesota State College Southeast |
| Ruth | Casper | Rochester Community and Technical College |
| Kent | Dahlman | Minnesota West Community and Technical College |
| Jennifer | Evens | St. Cloud Technical and Community College |
| Betsy | Goetz | Riverland Community College |
| Brenda | Henriksen | Northwest Technical College |
| Matt | Holmes | Hennepin Technical College |
| Craig | Jasperse | Minnesota State University Moorhead |
| Sara | Johannes | Saint Paul College |
| Tracey | Kloeckl-Jiménez | Central Lakes College |
| Timothy | Loney | Minnesota North College |
| Wade | McDonald | Ridgewater College |
| Melanie | Melendrez-Vallard | Anoka-Ramsey Community College |
| Kelly | Meyer | Anoka-Ramsey Community College |
| Francois | Nguyen | Saint Paul College |
| Byron | Pike | Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Gemma | Punti | Metropolitan State University |
| Khaled | Rabieh | Metropolitan State University |
| Mary Kay | Riendeau | Minnesota North College |
| Kate | Ries | Metropolitan State University |
| Laurel | Smith | Century College |
| Jay | Stencel | South Central College |
| Patricia | Wisenden | Minnesota State University Moorhead |
| Adrienne | Zarn | Dakota County Technical College |
Minnesota State Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Service
2023 Service Faculty of the Year
- Randy Ludeman – Bemidji State University
2023 Outstanding Service Faculty
| Hailey | Olson | St. Cloud State University |
| Sara | Schultz | Minnesota State University Moorhead |
| Amy | Staloch | Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Tyler | Treptow-Bowman | Winona State University |
| Ping | Wang | Metropolitan State University |
Learn More
These recipients will be honored at a spring luncheon with the Board of Trustees in April. Look for more details this spring as we continue to celebrate these exemplary teaching and service faculty.
Visit the BOT Awards Page in ASA Connect for nomination guidelines, rubrics, portfolio examples, and more! Nomination guidelines for the 2024 BOT Awards will be available March 1, 2023.
Contact
Catherine Ford
651-583-5901
BOTawards@MinnState.edu
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