THE CLARENCE DAY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHING
Eligibility – Full-time members of the Rhodes Faculty who have taught at least three years at Rhodes and who have not previously been awarded this prize.
Criteria for Selection – The award recipient demonstrates excellent teaching over the past three years as reflected in student course evaluations, colleague assessments, and other evidence of an overall high quality of teaching in an undergraduate liberal arts environment.
The award recipient’s teaching embodies imaginative and creative pedagogy and exhibits currency in the subjects taught.
The award recipient has a strong record of motivating students toward advanced study in the award recipient’s discipline or in the students’ own chosen areas of study.
Nominations – should be forwarded to the office of Academic Affairs and must be received by Mid-April. The nominator should provide a written statement that describes how the nominee’s teaching meets the criteria stated. Nominations can be submitted electronically to academicaffairs@rhodes.edu.
Past awardees are:
1981 Jack Russell
1982 Marshall McMahon
1983 Larry Lacy
1984 Jim Vest
1985 Fred Neal
1986 E. Llewellyn Queener
1987 Sue Legge
1988 Terry Hill
1989 Michael McLain
1990 Cynthia Marshall
1991 Tom Jolly
1992 Ken Williams
1993 Jennifer Brady
1994 Horst Dinkelacker
1995 Carolyn Jaslow
1996 Julia “Cookie” Ewing
1997 Brad Pendley
1998 Ellen Armour
1999 Michael Drompp
2000 Brian Shaffer
2001 Steve Haynes
2002 Marshall Boswell
2003 Brent Hoffmeister
2004 Tim Huebner
2005 Steve Ceccoli
2006 Tina Barr
2007 Pat Shade
2008 Mark Muesse
2009 Eric Henager
2010 Gordon Bigelow
2011 Bernadette McNary-Zak
2012 Luther Ivory
2013 Thomas Bryant
2014 Teresa Beckham Gramm
2015 Loretta Jackson-Hayes
2016 Scott Newstok
2017 Marcus Pohlmann
2018 Charles McKinney
2019 Amy Risley
2020 Geoff Maddox
2021 Brian Larkins
2022 Rebecca Finlayson
2023 David McCarthy