Teaching

LAS faculty honored for their teaching contributions

Faculty members receive donor-funded awards for their exemplary teaching skills.

March 5, 2024

Xuan Hien Nguyen recognized for excellence in mathematics teaching

Xuan Hien Nguyen, associate professor of mathematics, has been named the Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics for her excellent teaching practices.

January 10, 2022

Two LAS faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching

The excellent teaching practices of John Lajoie, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Cason Murphy, Department of Music and Theatre, have been recognized with Cassling Family Awards.

December 2, 2021

Barry Thomas receives spring 2020 teaching excellence award

After serving more than 27 years in law enforcement at the Story County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office, second-year Ph.D. student Barry Thomas may have finally found his true calling—teaching. Thomas, who is seeking a doctorate in sociology with a criminal justice focus, received a spring 2020 Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award,…

May 21, 2020

Building tools with organic chemistry

Brett VanVeller teaches his students the same philosophy that drives his research: if you understand the basics in organic chemistry, you can dream up anything.

June 1, 2018