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News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
Sidebar: K-STATE HAS LONG HISTORY OF PROFESSORS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE
MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is a national leader in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education competition for Professor of the Year. K-State holds the top spot in Kansas for the Carnegie/CASE awards, and is in the top 10 nationally among all universities, public and private.
Three K-State professors have won the national professor of the year award in the research/ doctoral university category, more than any other research/ doctoral university. K-State is also the only research/ doctoral university in the nation to win both the national and state awards in the same year, 2007. K-State has had three national professors of the year, seven Kansas professors of the year, and one professor who twice won a silver award in the competition when it was first initiated.
Winners include:
* Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology, national winner for research/ doctoral universities, 2008. Wesch coordinates the Peer Review of Teaching Project at K-State.
* Chris Sorensen, university distinguished professor of physics, national winner for research/doctoral universities, 2007. Sorensen was the 2007-2008 Coffman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching
Scholars.
* David Littrell, university distinguished professor of music, Kansas winner, 2007
* Harald Prins, university distinguished professor of anthropology, Kansas winner, 2006
* Bryan Schurle, professor and head of agricultural economics, Kansas winner, 2000
* Dean Zollman, university distinguished professor of physics, national winner for research/doctoral universities, 1996
* Andrew Barkley, professor of agricultural economics, Kansas winner, 1993
* Melvin Hunt, professor of animal sciences and industry, Kansas winner, 1992
* Deborah Canter, professor of dietetics and head of the department of hospitality management and dietetics, Kansas winner, 1991
* Miles McKee, university distinguished professor of animal sciences, Kansas winner,1990
* Richard Consigli, university distinguished professor of biology emeritus, was the first K-State professor to win the award and in both 1985 and 1986 was designated a Silver Award medalist, a level beyond the state winner, which has since been discontinued.
