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College of Business Jack L. Dyer Excellence in Teaching Award

The purpose of the Award is to recognize College of Business faculty members for excellence in classroom instruction.

Award

One recipient from the College of Business will receive a $1,000 cash award, an individual plaque, and his/her name inscribed on a plaque to be permanently displayed by the Dean’s Office. The recipient will be recognized in official University and College publications and social media.

Selection Process

There will be a three-member Awards Committee, comprised of the winners of the two previous years –and the Associate Dean as the Chair.

Selection Criteria

The recipient of the award will be a faculty member who is considered by his/her peers, students, and administrators to demonstrate excellent classroom instruction. Neither performance in scholarship nor service is to be taken into account in selecting the award recipient. The evidence of excellent classroom instruction may include, but is not limited to, the following factors:

  • Peer review of instruction
  • Student evaluations of teaching performance (last three years)
  • Curriculum development (e.g., new course development)
  • Teaching load (e.g., new course development)
  • Teaching load (e.g., number of preparations, class size, day/evening classes, etc.)
  • Innovative teaching methods

Eligibility

To be eligible for the award, the faculty member must be a tenured or tenure-track member or lecturer in the College. Faculty members who have received the award within four years prior to the award year are not eligible for consideration.

Procedure

The Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs will submit the names of two or more faculty members to the Committee by February 28. The nomination packets for each nominee must include:

  • The Chair’s evaluation of each nominee based on the selection criteria
  • The nominee’s teaching philosophy (one-page maximum)
  • The nominee’s self-evaluation of how he/she meets the selection criteria (one-page summary)

The Award Committee will select the recipient by April 1. Mrs. Jerrilyn Dyer will be advised of the award recipient, publications and social media produced, and events identifying the recipient. If possible, the award will be presented during the fall College-wide convocation.

These procedures will be periodically reviewed and amended as the Dean, Associate Dean and Chair as deem necessary.

Effective Date: July 2014
Previously Approved Announcement Statement: Spring 2004, January 2008, June 2014, January 2025

Prior Award Recipients

  • 2023-24: Dr. James Kirby Easterling, Assistant Professor, Global Supply Chain Management
  • 2022-23: Dr. James Blair, Assistant Professor, Marketing
  • 2021-22: Dr. Kristen Wilson, Associate Professor, Corporate Communication & Technology
  • 2020-21: Dr. Cynthia Harter, Associate Professor, Economics
  • 2019-20: Ms. Kim Kincer, Director PGM Program
  • 2018-19: Dr. Laura Barthel, Assistant Professor, Accounting
  • 2017-18: Dr. Beth Polin, Assistant Professor, Management
  • 2016-17: Dr. Marcel Robles, Professor, Corporate Communication and Technology
  • 2015-16: Dr. Siwei Gao, Assistant Professor, Risk Management and Insurance
  • 2014-15: Dr. Qian Xiao, Assistant Professor, Management
  • 2013-14: Dr. Mike Roberson, Professor, Management
  • 2012-13: Dr. Mary Beth Holbrook, Assistant Professor, Accounting
  • 2011-12: Dr. Kambiz Tabibzadeh, Associate Professor, Management
  • 2010-11: Dr. Faridah Awang, Associate Professor, Corporate Communication and Technology
  • 2009-10: Dr. Peggy Brewer, Professor, Management
  • 2008-09: Dr. Jan Colbert, Professor, Accounting
  • 2007-08: Dr. Allen Engle, Sr., Professor, Management
  • 2006-07: Dr. Chang-Yang Lin, Professor, CIS; Dr. Teresa McGlone, Professor, Marketing
  • 2005-06: Dr. Dan Thorne, Associate Professor, Accounting; Dr. Lana Carnes, Professor, Corporate Communication and Technology
  • 2004-05: Dr. Rick Fern, Professor, Accounting; Dr. Judy Spain, Professor, Management
  • 2003-04: Dr. Ed Fenton, Professor, Accounting; Dr. S.J. Garner, Professor, Marketing

About Jack L. Dyer

Dr. Dyer is an EKU emeritus professor of accounting and taught auditing for many years. For a time, he chaired, what was then, the Accounting Department and was also, for several years, director of the EKU MBA program. He is a nationally known and respected educator, academician, and accountant. Dr. Dyer has worked closely with the Association of Government Accountants for a number of years and has edited numerous journal articles.

His wife, Jerrilyn, has been most supportive not only of his career but also of the business program – now EKU’s College of Business. It was through Mrs. Dyer and the family that this award was established. When Dr. Dyer retired in 2001, the family came together with the intention of doing something very special to honor teaching. They worked with the EKU Foundation to establish the Jack L. Dyer Excellence in Teaching Award for business faculty.