UEX Instructor Dean Bredeson Wins Teaching Award
Business professors made the grade Tuesday when they were honored by their students. The Undergraduate Business Council and Undergraduate Programs Office hosted the biannual faculty honor roll at the Legacy Events Room at the Red McCombs School of Business.
The ceremony gives recognition to faculty who have shown outstanding performance and incredible commitment to teaching, said Brian Sandahl, business council academics director.
Red McCombs School of Business students surveyed their professors on various categories and ranked them on a five-point scale. Professors must make an average score of 4.7 with at least 10 student surveys to qualify for the honor roll, he said.
Senior lecturer Dean Bredeson, who received the highest overall rating, was given $1,000 donated by Lockheed Martin.
Other faculty who were honored are: distinguished senior lecturer Robert Duvic, lecturer Brian Lendecky, lecturer Kristie Loescher, associate professor Lillian Mills, lecturer Gretchen Charrier, senior lecturer Gail Gemberling and accounting chair Donald Newman.
“I come from the corporate world, and my students are like my clients,” Lendecky said. “It’s like getting good feedback from my clients. It’s an honor.”
Other college councils honor faculty, but in a different ways.
William Bacon, president of the Liberal Arts Council, said the appreciation luncheon they host serves as an opportunity for liberal arts students to have a more relaxed environment with their professors.
“Our faculty do so many things for the University,” he said. “It is important that as students we take a few moments to thank them for what they contribute to our educations and the UT community.”
The business school is the only college that uses the point system and gives cash prizes.
“We have a faculty appreciation luncheon, but the faculty honor roll is something very unique to the business school,” said Andrea Gilbert, Communication Council president.
This article was reprinted with permission from The Daily Texan. The article was written by Lee Ann Holman; the photograph was taken by Michelle Connolly.