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The Role of the Teacher and Mentor

Ashland University is a teaching university with a commitment to scholarship and research. As a teaching university we strive for excellence in the classroom as well as modeling character and mentoring students in and out of the classroom setting. The University’s commitment to “Accent on the Individual” is not an outdated slogan but a lifestyle that emphasizes personal engagement in the hearts and minds of students.

The Taylor Teaching Award is presented each year to faculty who espouse:

  1. One who challenges and supports students to excel
  2. One who personifies “Accent on the Individual”
  3. One who fulfills the faculty member profile
  4. One who stays current on theories and practices in both pedagogy and discipline related items
  5. One who students often mention positively for classroom teaching
  6. One who is willing to devote time and energy to incorporate innovative practices for improved instruction in the classroom.

The Academic Mentor Award is presented each year to faculty, staff or an academic administrator who serve as role models.

A mentor is defined as a person who serves as a role model, trusted advisor and guide to another individual and significantly affects that person’s life beyond the classroom. The educational experience of the student is materially enhanced when a faculty/student mentor relationship is established and maintained.

TAYLOR TEACHING AWARDS
ACADEMIC MENTOR AWARDS

2006/2007

Dr. Herb Broda

2004/2005
Dr. Joseph Mackall

2003/2004
Dr. Vickie Van Dresar

2002/2003
Mary Miller

2001/2002
Dr. John Fraas

2000/2001
Dr. Gordon Swain

1999/2000
Carol Mertler

1998/1999
Dr. Alinde J. Moore


1997/1998
Dr. Daniel Lehman

Walter Schuman


1996/1997
Dr. John Fraas
Dr. Barbara Schmidt-Rinehart

2005/2006 MENTOR AWARDS
Kathleen M. Brenan
Lance Kaltenbaugh
Dr. Mitchell Metzger
Dr. Mason Posner
Janet Rinehart
Dianne F. Stumpf
Dr. Deborah A. Sullivan
Nancy J. Udolph

2004/2005 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Matthew Arthur
Dr. Peter Schramm
Coach Connie Surowicz
Dr. Chris Swanson
Becky Barnes
Professor Susan Brown
Professor Kris Hovsepian
Dr. Sivakumar Venkataramany

2003/2004 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. John K. (Joe) Bailey
Mrs. Karen Hagans
Dr. Curt Ickes
Dr. Joseph Mackall
Mrs. Janet Rinehart
Dr. John Shultz
Dr. Jeffrey Spelman
Dr. Joann Ford-Watson

2002-03 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Penny Arnold
Professor Kathleen Benan
Professor Thomas Harvey
Dr. Joseph Mackall
Dr. Peter Schramm
Dr. Robert Stanley
Dr. Richard Stoffer
Dr. Vickie Van Dresar

2001/2002 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Michael Barrett
Karen Becker
Dr. Herb Broda
Dr. Teresa Durbin
Dr. Nancy Morris
Dr. James Schnug
Dr. Ann Shelly
Dr. Patricia Schutjer

2000/2001 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Penny Arnold
Dr. Matthew Arthur
Dr. Thomas Dence
Prof. Kenneth Martin
Dr. Nancy Morris
Dr. June Patton
Dr. Robert Stanley
Dr. William Vaughan

1999/2000 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Penny Arnold
Sandra Gallagher
Dr. David Kommer
Dr. Douglas Little
Dr. Nancy Morris
Dr. Peter Schramm
Dr. Robert Stanley
Jeanne Walsh

1998/1999 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Penny Arnold
Prof. Phyllis Berger
Dr. Charles Ferroni
Susan Guiher-Huff
Karen Little
Dr. William Meredith
Prof. Walter Schuman
Dr. Gordon Swain

1997/1998 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Penny Arnold
Dr. David Aune
Dr. Philip Griswold
Dr. Doug Little
Dr. Joseph Mackall
Dr. Robert Stanley
Sandra Gallagher

1996/1997 MENTOR AWARDS
Charlotte Halliwell
Dr. Glen Fincher
Dr. Michael Hudson
Dr. Jennifer Humphries
Dr. Duncan Jamieson
Sue Ramsey
Dr. Donald Rinehart
Stephanie Sikora
Dr. Jeff Weidenhamer

1995/1996 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Marti Brueggeman
Michael Barrett
Michael Drushal
Steve Krispinsky
Brenda Mathers
Liz Pastor
Dr. Don Rinehart
Dorothy Stitzlein

1994/1995 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Donald Castle - in memory
Dr. John Fraas
Dr. Daniel Lehman
Alan Poorman
Dr. Naomi Saslaw
Stephanie Sikora
Dorothy Stratton
Dr. Norman Sommers

1993/1994 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Matthew Arthur
Dr. Douglas E. Chismar
Dr. John W. Fraas
Dr. Jennifer Humphries
Dr. Daniel Lehman
Dr. Peter Schramm
Dr. Thomas D. Shockney
Dr. Karen Stine

1992/1993 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Jacalyn K. Wood
Beverly A. Heimann
Dr. Kathleen R. Flanagan
Dr. Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer
Dr. Duncan R. Jamieson
Dr. Alinde J. Moore
Donald K. Cadley
Dr. Carol J. Chrisman

1991/1992 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Peter W. Schramm
Dr. John W. Fraas
Dr. Meredith A. Jamieson
Dr. Duncan R. Jamieson
Dr. Bradford P. Wilson
Dr. Martha Brueggeman

1990/1991 MENTOR AWARDS
Michael R. Hudson
Dr. Russell L. Craig
Elizabeth Pastor
Dr. John Fraas
Dr. W. Gregory Gerrick
Charles P. Brereton
Mrs. Betty Whitted
Donald K. Cadley

1989/1990 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Marion Blue
Dr. Joseph E. Thomas, III
Dr. Douglas E. Chismar
Dr. Russell L. Craig
Dr. Duncan Jamieson
Dr. Peter W. Schramm
Dr. Donna Messerly


1988/1989 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Thomas D. Shockney
Gary L. Margot
Dr. Joan L. Knickerbocker
Dr. Stanford K. Siders
Dr. Ella Shannon
Dr. Beth Richmond

1987/1988 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Otilia Salmon
Dr. Carol Chrisman
Charles P. Brereton
Dr. Russell L. Craig
Larry Hiner
Mrs. Margery McBurney

1986/1987 MENTOR AWARDS
Dr. Jerry Cole
Mike Drushal
Dr. Donald Rinehart
Dr. George Spink
Dr. Jerry Ulrich
Ruth McCarberry