Interim Provost Xuanning Fu is proud to announce the recipients of the Fall 2020 Provost’s Awards in Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times in the categories of Innovative Pedagogy and Student Success.

We received over 70 exceptional nominations of faculty who have gone out of their way to educate, advise, mentor and care for their students during the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The following is the list of awardees:

Innovative Pedagogy

• Luis Fernando Macias, Chicano and Latin American Studies
• Trang Phan, Curriculum and Instruction
• Caio Sarmento, Physical Therapy
• Kristy Sun, Viticulture and Enology
• Ettore Vitali, Physics
• Emily Walter, Biology
• Aerospace Studies - AFROTC Program Faculty

Student Success

• Lisa Anderson, Anthropology
• Maria Calahorra-Jimenez, Construction Management
• Melissa Garrett, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Morgan Hawker, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Leece Lee-Oliver, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Mai Der Vang, English
• Vang Vang, Henry Madden Library
• Varaxy Yi Borromeo, Educational Leadership

We acknowledge and congratulate all faculty for your sincere efforts to ensure that our students receive the education and mentoring they deserve in spite of the difficulties we are all encountering.