About The Award
The Founder’s Award was established in 2008 by the Executive Council of the Academy of Teaching to recognize individuals for meritorious service in promoting teaching excellence on the campuses of The Ohio State University. The Founder’s Award is named for OSU President E. Gordon Gee, who, on April 4, 1992, announced his intent to form an academy of faculty who were past recipients of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching (AADT), the most prestigious award for teaching at Ohio State. By establishing this award, the Academy’s Executive Board has expressed the desire to recognize distinguished service in furthering the mission of the Academy through any of the following activities:
- Foster excellence in teaching
- Promote the importance of teaching
- Help improve the rewards for teaching
- Help evaluate teaching
- Help create good publicity for Ohio State
- Promote a sense of community among Academy members
- Work appropriately with other units at Ohio State
Nominees
Nominees for the Founder’s Award may include those who have served in academic or administrative positions at the university, as well as alumni and other non-university individuals. The Executive Council collaboratively selects a recipient. Recipients are given a custom-made gold leaf glass apple.
Recipients
- 2017 Recipient: Dr. Caroline Breitenberger (Director, Center for Life Sciences Education)
- 2016 Recipient: Staff of the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT)
- 2015 Recipient: Dr. Susan Williams (Vice Dean, College of Arts & Sciences)
- 2013 Recipient: Dr. Joe Donnermeyer (Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources)
- 2012 Recipient: Alumni Association Board of Directors
- 2011 Recipient: Dr. Brian D. Joseph (Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Slavic and East European Languages and Literature)
- 2009 Recipient: Dr. E. Gordon Gee (University President, inaugural award)
Past Recipients of Founder's Award
2011 Recipient: Dr. Brian D. Joseph (Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Slavic and East European Languages and Literature)-
2012 Recipient: Alumni Association Board of Directors
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2013 Recipient: Dr. Joe Donnermeyer (Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources)
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2015 Recipient: Dr. Susan Williams (Vice Dean, College of Arts & Sciences)
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2016 Recipient: Staff of the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT)
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Founder's Award presented to Dr. Caroline Breitenberger (Director, Center for Life Sciences Education), 2017
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The Founder's Award (custom-made gold leaf glass apple)
