Lindback Award

The Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching was established by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation. Mr. Lindback was the president and principal owner of Abbotts Dairies Inc. and a trustee of Bucknell University. The Foundation created the award to honor excellence in training activities and superior teaching skills of a full-time tenured faculty member from colleges or universities within the dairy's service area of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

Purpose

The Lindback Award, funded by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation of Philadelphia provides grants to institutions of higher education for the promotion of teaching excellence. The Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching were established with the help of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation and recognize academic excellence and outstanding teaching.

Eligibility

The Lindback Award is presented to a full-time tenured member of the faculty. No person shall be eligible to receive this award more than once.

Criteria

Persons nominated should demonstrate a commitment to the intellectual and social development of students. Their approach to teaching should be intellectually challenging, stimulating, and accessible. Their efforts should extend beyond the classroom.

Effective teaching has many manifestations. It includes classroom instruction and a wide range of faculty-student relationships. The following are among the traits valued in an effective teacher:

Command of the subject matter and knowledge of advances in his/her field
Ability to organize material and to present it logically, clearly, and forcefully
Evidence of clearly defined learning outcomes, student responsibilities and assessment processes
Design and implementation of learning activities that accommodate the different learning styles of the students
Design and implementation of learning activities that promote collaborative learning
Capacity to awaken in students an awareness of the relation of the subject to other fields of knowledge
Ability to arouse student interest in more advanced and independent learning
Ability to stimulate advanced students to creative work
Maintenance of high standards of achievement
Fair and accurate grading policies and provision of effective student feedback
Demonstration of personal attributes such as integrity, kindness and a sense of humor in his/her role as an educator
Respect for diversity

Nomination Procedure

Faculty may self-nominate or be nominated by any full-time member of 大发六合彩 faculty or administration. Evidence of distinguished teaching may include, but is not limited to: peer review, current evaluations of teaching by students, and/or committee review of new curriculum material. Methods of judging outstanding teaching may vary among disciplines. The Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award will be presented during the final Faculty Meeting in April.

Submit your nomination by email to the respective academic dean by March 28, 2024.

Terri Amlong听听听听听听听听听听听Dean of Communication, Arts & Humanities听听听听听听听 tamlong@dccc.edu

Genny Cavanagh听听听听听听听Dean of Allied Health & Nursing听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听gcavanagh@dccc.edu

Umadevi Garimella听听听听听听Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering & Math听听ugarimella@dccc.edu

Richard McFadden, Jr.听听听Dean of Business, Computing & Social Science听听听听 rmcfadden@dccc.edu听听听

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Application to include:

One- to two-page document addressing how nominee meets the criteria
Current Vitae (include with self-nominating application)

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鈥�2017-2018 Additions to Lindback Guidelines

The LDTA shall be given to a faculty member of the participating institution for demonstrated excellence in teaching students, subject to the following guidelines:

no recipient will receive the LDTA more than once while on the faculty of a participating institution;
each institution will give the LDTA at such time during the academic year as it deems appropriate;
a permanent, part-time (at least half-time) faculty member is eligible provided he/she has served on the institution's faculty for each of the preceding three years;
the stipend will not be supplemented with funds from any other source;
the stipend cannot be split among two or more recipients; and
each institution will name and publicize the award as "The Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award" and will not use that name for any other prize or honor awarded by the institution.

Award Recipients

2024 Ann-Marie Smith
2022 Danamarie Gallagher
2020 Sandra Devenny
2018 Tanya Gardner
2016 Lauren Donovan
2014 Kathleen Schank
2013 Susan Ward
2012 Jane Rothrock
2011听 Lisa Barnes
2010听 Jill Spelina
2009听 Chuck Baker
2008听 Cheryl Meyer
2007听 Dotty Russo
2006听 John Linder
2005听 Charles Carman
2004听 Richard Mulvaney
2003听 Dianne Shames
2002听 Ray Maruca
2001听 Linda Burns
2000听 Dianne Peich
1999听 Bob Smolenski
1998听 Peg Schlairet

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