Dr. Awalt Wins the Outstanding Visionary Education Award
The first awards were presented at an evening dinner as part of the Innovations in Online Learning conference in Austin on Thursday, May 21, 2009. Six awards were presented in five categories in an event emceed by Dr. Darcy Hardy, Executive Director of the UT TeleCampus and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the UT System.
The Outstanding Visionary in Online Education Award is presented to an exemplary member of the online learning community. Designed to honor visionaries within the UT System, the recipient will have made significant contributions in areas of leadership, research and publications, in addition to successful administration of online education, all with an eye to the future. The 2009 Outstanding Visionary award was presented to Carolyn Awalt, an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education in the College of Education at UT El Paso for her significant contributions to the field of online education.
The Outstanding Online Learner Award is presented to an online student enrolled in one or more online courses in the past year. Recipients will have made significant contributions to their online classroom.
The 2009 award was presented to Shalla Copeland, a graduate nursing student from the University of Texas at El Paso.
The Service/Support Award recognizes an individual or team from the support side of online learning. From course development staff to registrars, financial aid staff to advisors, the recipient must have demonstrated a commitment to providing quality service to faculty and/or students. This award is presented to a staff member or team involved with online learning who have demonstrated innovative service or support to the field. There were two recipients of the 2009 Service/Support Award, both members of the Instructional Support Services department at UT El Paso. The recipients are Sunay Palsole, the director of the department and Scott Campbell, an instructional designer.
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