Every year, the Academic Senate selects one or more recipients of the Meyer Excellence in Teaching Award. This award was established by former Science/Math/Technology faculty Phil Meyer to honor the contributions of faculty in their first five years of hiring who demonstrate excellence in teaching, on/off campus activities, and overall collegiality. Last year’s joint recipients were Chris Gibson and Amber Steele.
Nominations may be made by faculty, staff, or administrators. Multiple nominations for the same people or multiple people will be accepted. Nominations are due by April 29, 2015. The Academic Senate will select a winner of the award at its meeting on May 14 and will announce the winner at the May 15 End of Year Celebration.
The following faculty members are eligible for the 2015 Meyer Excellence in Teaching Award:
| Year Hired | Name |
| 2010 | Stephen Fredericks |
| 2010 | Tina Watts |
| 2011 | Amber Steele |
| 2011 | Carmen Velez de Jesus |
| 2011 | Christopher Gibson |
| 2011 | David Hasson |
| 2011 | Edmund Yee |
| 2011 | Zachary Bruno |
| 2012 | Jessica Lopez Jimenez |
| 2012 | Melissa Matthews |
| 2012 | Sarita Santos |
| 2012 | Nathan Jones |
| 2012 | Jesse Raskin |
| 2013 | Carina Antilla-Suarez |
| 2013 | Amir Esfahani |
| 2013 | Paul Bridenbaugh |
| 2013 | Julia Johnson |
| 2013 | Kym Jackson |
| 2013 | Tammy Calderon |
| 2013 | Carmen Richardson |
| 2013 | Bruce Greenstein |
| 2013 | Paula Silva |
| 2013 | Robert Williams |
| 2013 | Serena Chu-Mraz |
| 2013 | Younga Choi |
| 2013 | Phillip Williams |
| 2013 | Michelle Hawkins |
| 2013 | Adam Windham |
| 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 |
Ijaz Ahmed Michael Cross Carla Grandy Jessica Hurless Ruben Parra Mustafa Popal Danielle Powell John Ulloa Ronda Wimmer Hellen Zhang |
Nominations may be made by filling out the nominations form, which will appear in all faculty e-mail inboxes.
Please send all nomination forms and letters of recommendation to Leigh Anne Shaw at shawl@smccd.edu or Nick Kapp at Kapp@smccd.edu. Thank you for acknowledging the hard work that our new hires do.
Article by Leigh Anne Shaw
