Outstanding Teacher Award
Is there a special teacher at the University of Toledo who has had a positive impact on you?
Someone who has inspired, motivated and challenged you? Someone who has brought out the best in you?
The University of Toledo will honor up to six Outstanding Teachers. Each recipient will receive a monetary award of $1,500.
Eligibility
Any full-time faculty member is eligible. Previous recipients and visiting professors are not eligible.
The content of your supporting statement weighs heavily in the evaluation of candidates. Please support your nomination with specific examples that demonstrate your nominee's ability as an outstanding teacher.
The Outstanding Teachers are selected by a committee of former Outstanding Teacher Award recipients. The committee's deliberations are confidential. No one outside this group knows the content of those nominations or the identity of the nominators.
Previous winners are not eligible to be nominated for the award. View previous winners here and guidelines for evaluation of nominations.
The nominations period is open. Nominations are due Monday, February 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.
The nominations are closed.
Guidelines for evaluation of nominations
For more information, contact:
Cathy Zimmer
Director of Academic and Curricular Initiatives
419.530.3202
cathy.zimmer@utoledo.edu
Past Outstanding Teacher Award Recipients
- 2026 Katharine Fisher, Nicole Spiros Tuori, Alex Spivak, David Krantz, Katie Rosales, Evan Zoldan
- 2025 Daryl Dwyer, Mohamed Samir Hefzy, Dong Shik Kim, Gregory Gilchrist, Christa Turley,Holly Myers
- 2024 Rhonda Aguiton, Lesa Byrnes, Gaby Semaan, Sandra Robinson, Coral Matus, Bashar Al-Hariri
- 2023 Gary Insch, Sara Yaklin, Raghav Khanna, Jessica Knouse, James Oberlander, Hossein Sojoudi
- 2022 Kevin Gibbs, Renée Heberle, Michael Kistner, Jody Morris, Kathy Shan, Jenell Wittmer
- 2021 Chelsea Griffis, Eric Chaffee, Trieu Le, Gregory Lewis, Susanne Nonekowski, Kasumi Yamazaki
- 2020 Dr. Gabriella Baki, Dr. David Gajewski, Dr. David Jex, Teresa Keefe, Dr. Kristi Mock, Dr. Ozcan Sezer
- 2018 Kara Bruce, Edward Cancio, Elyce Ervin, Jackie Layng, Kim Nielsen, John Schlageter (pg 9)
- 2017 Jillian Bornak, Todd Crail, Nitin Puri, Ruslan Slutsky and Patricia Sopko
- 2016 Shelley Cavalieri, Dr. Claire Cohen, Benjamin Davis, Andrew “Mick” Dier, Dr. Margaret Hopkins, Dr. Richard Molyet
- 2015 Dr. Doina Chichernea, Dr. Melissa Gregory; Dr. Cyndee Gruden, Diane Marker, Dr. Sue Wambold, and Dr. Celia Williamson
- 2014 Dr. Page Armstrong, Dr. Carol Bennett-Clarke, Dr. David Guip, Dr. John Laux, Dr. Sara Lundquist, Robert McCollough
- 2013 Dr. Julie Coyle, Dr. Matthew Franchetti, Dr. Glenn Lipscomb, Dr. Anthony Quinn, Dr. Jerry Van Hoy, Dr. Robert Yonker and Beth Eisler
- 2012 Dr. Deborah Coulter-Harris, Dr. Ron Fournier, Selina Griswold, Dr. Amira Gohara, Dr. Thomas McLoughlin, Dr. Susan Sochacki
- 2011 Dr. Sorin Cioc, Dr. Laurence Fink, Heather Hug, Marie Janes, Dr. Kim Schmude, Dr. Ivie Stein Jr.
- 2010 Dr. Sharon Barnes, Dr. Paula Dupey, Dr. David Meabon, Dr. Brian Randolph, Dr. Mark Sherry
- 2009 Dr. Paul Fritz, Dr. Sally Harmych, Dr. James Kamm, Dr. Sakui Malakpa
- 2008 Dr. Brian Ashburner, Dr. Karen Bjorkman, Dr. Christina Fitzgerald, Joseph Slater
- 2007 Rane Arroyo, Timothy Jordan, Nicholas Kissoff, Don Reiber
- 2006 Dr. Tom Barden, Dr. Zelijko Cuckovic, Dr. Lisa Pescara-Kovach
- 2005 Elaine Miller, Edward J. Stelnicki, James Tierney
- 2004 Larry Cook, Laura A. Frisbie, Deborah Orloff