University Extension instructor honored at McCombs reception
Dean Bredeson, senior lecturer in the McCombs School of Business and instructor with University Extension (UEX), has been named the top instructor on the McCombs School’s fall 2008 faculty honor roll. Bredeson received this honor from Dean Thomas Gilligan of the McCombs School at a March 23rd reception honoring the eight faculty members named to the honor roll. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Business Council (UBC) and the Undergraduate Programs office (UPO), the honor roll is based on student surveys to recognize faculty for outstanding teaching performance and commitment to student learning. Bredeson accepted a $1,000 grant from Lockheed Martin for earning the highest Course-Instructor Survey rating among the faculty members on the honor roll.
“Dean Bredeson thinks about his students and carefully selects his teaching methods; consequently, his students recognize his ability to teach energetically and effectively in even the largest classes,” says Judy Ashcroft, Dean of Continuing and Innovative Education.
To qualify for the honor roll, faculty members must receive an average rating of at least 4.7 on a 5-point scale from a minimum of 10 student surveys. Bredeson also won the Lockheed Martin Award in 2007.
In addition to his duties in the McCombs School of Business, Bredeson is also a business instructor for University Extension, a component of Continuing and Innovative Education at The University of Texas at Austin.
“I am so happy that Dean has been awarded this honor for the second year in a row,” says Jo Anne Shea, associate dean of Continuing Education and director of University Extension. “I’m also pleased that students taking courses with University Extension will be able to learn from such an outstanding instructor. I’m delighted that students realize what a tremendous asset Dean Bredeson is to our institution.”
Bredeson, who holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the University, has received several teaching awards, including the Texas Exes award in 2004, the Harkins Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education in 2002, the Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2001, and the Alpha Kappa Psi Best Professor Award in 2001 and 1997.
In fall 2008, Bredeson taught classes on the legal environment of business and on business ethics. This spring, he teaches Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business for University Extension.