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Academic Year 2022-2023

• Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award Winner: Sandra George (communication department)
• Graduate Teaching Excellence Award Winner: Don Schalk (business department)

• Academic Conference Presentation, Dr. Spencer S. Stober co-presented with Brian A. Petersen and Patricia A. Brenner, “Leadership Programs and Their Espoused Outcomes: A Content Analysis,” 20th Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association (ILA), West Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A., October 24-27, 2018
• Dr. Spencer S Stober Chaired and Academic Panel Discussion with James Elliker, Benjamin Delp Watts, and Daniel O’Connor, “A Triad of Stakeholders: Servant Leadership and Symphony for Generating and Authentic Sustainable Organization,” 20th Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association (ILA), West Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A., October 24-27, 2018
• Poster Presentation by Vance Cooper, Jan Schumacher, Elliot Thomas Seifert, Shaji Silva, with Dr. Spencer S. Stober as a contributor, “The GLOBE Study: Exploration of Culture Dimensions for Sustainable Leadership,” 20th Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association (ILA), West Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A., October 24-27, 2018
• Academic Conference Presentation, Dr. Spencer S. Stober co-presented with Brian Petersen and Patricia Brenner, “Building Leadership Competence: Exploring Leadership Skills in Program Curricula,” 19th Annual Conference of The International Leadership Association (ILA), Brussels, Belgium, October 12-15, 2017
• Dr. Spencer S. Stober as Chair/Presenter, Panel discussion with Dr. Peggy C. Bowen-Hartung, Tracy L. Brown, Dr. Alicia H. Sprow, and Dr. Tufan Tiglioglu, “A Community Engagement Model for Thoughtful Leadership Education,” 17th meeting of International Leadership Association (ILA), Barcelona, Spain, 16 October 2015
• Poster Presentation, Dr. Spencer S Stober co-presented with Dr. Alicia Sprow, “Developing Nature-Centered Leaders” at the International Leadership Association (ILA) conference in San Diego, October 30 to November 2, 2014.

Dr. Jodi Radosh, recently awarded a ����ֱ�� prestigious Neag CoProfessorship in Teaching Excellence and Innovation, received the Lindback Foundation award and the University-Wide Exemplary Real-World Learning Award at the 2022 Honors Convocation. The Lindback Foundation Award for excellence in teaching is awarded to a full-time tenured faculty member with at least 10 years of full-time teaching at ����ֱ�� that demonstrated excellent performance in teaching, service and scholarship/research. The UniversityWide Real World Learning Faculty Award is given in recognition of a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in providing real-world experiences for ����ֱ�� students.

COM 131, Writing for the Media, Dr. Lange added more scaffolding to his assignments by providing comprehensive rubrics to aid students in putting together their early assignments. The expanded rubrics helped students understand what they needed to consider as they assembled each piece of writing. In avoiding common pitfalls, student grades improved, and their performance in other classes was also positively affected. Eventually, students collated their work into a form intended to be used in their e-portfolios, providing invaluable aid to students who wanted high-quality writing samples to offer possible internship supervisors or future employers. -- Ryan Lange, PhD, Associate Professor, Communication

Alvernia Title III Grant

Alvernia received a $2.3 million Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education, under the Strengthening Institutions Program. The grant will enable ����ֱ�� to strengthen student achievement, persistence and retention, particularly in the formative first two years of the baccalaureate programs.