UIW姓名博士. 阿尔弗雷多·奥尔蒂斯Aragón 2023-24穆迪教授

Other Accolades also awarded during annual Faculty Appreciation Luncheon

圣安东尼奥 – The 道成肉身的大学 (UIW) is proud to announce that Dr. 阿尔弗雷多·奥尔蒂斯Aragón被任命为2023-24穆迪教授. The award was announced during the annual Faculty Appreciation Luncheon held on April 3, 2023. 此外，Dr。. Elda Martinez was also presented as this year’s Minnie Stevens Piper Award Nominee among many other honors that were announced that day.

穆迪基金会于1971年成立, 穆迪教授反映了高水平的学术水平, teaching excellence and community service attained by the recipient. 这是UIW授予教师的最高荣誉. The Commencement address given by the Moody Professor is traditionally considered to be the students’ “last class.”

2016年开始在UIW工作. Ortiz Aragón is currently a professor in the 德利本教育学院 where he is the convener of the Adult Education, 社会创新与创业博士.D. 浓度. He is also a facilitator in the annual Community-Based Participatory Research Institute at the University of New Mexico’s Center for Participatory Research. 他的Ph值.D. is from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.

在他的教学中, Ortiz Aragón actively works with students to fulfill his mission of leveraging university resources for community social change. 在过去的两年里, he has actively engaged with students in co-designing and co-facilitating his action research courses that are delivered within an innovative residential retreat model. 他邀请助教全面参与设计, 促进和提供反馈, directly bringing students behind the scenes for learning course design and teaching action research. 2022年9月, Ortiz Aragón was awarded the five-year UIW DSE General McDermott Chair in Leadership, intended to help bring unique perspectives to coursework and help shape the leadership styles of future leaders in our city and state.

“作为教育者, we are ultimately trying to change something in the world that is outside of the formal walls of UIW, 即使我们专注于帮助学生做同样的事情,奥尔蒂斯说。. 出于这个原因, I have spent the last few years trying to take the “classroom” into the community and bring the community into the “classroom” and do so in a way that allows all of us to be teachers, researchers and inquirers who share our expertise from lived experience to address practical problems in the immediate (圣安东尼奥) and broader world. 我们在世界各地采取行动，与社区一起创造知识, use that knowledge to find better ways to work together and write about and teach from that experience. I am extremely grateful to have been recognized by my peers with this faculty-to-faculty award, 尤其是在这个整合教学的时刻, 社区参与和研究比以往任何时候都更加重要.”

在午宴上同样庆祝的还有博士. 埃尔达·马丁内斯被提名为2023-24年派珀奖提名人. Begun in 1958, the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor award is given annually by the State of Texas. Ten awards are made to professors for superior teaching at the college level. Selection is made based on nominations submitted by each college or university in the state.

他是圣安东尼奥人, Martinez serves as the Director of Teacher Education and Professor at the 德利本教育学院. She oversees the teacher education program and teaches courses in special education, 评核及通识教育. Martinez led three successful state accreditation reviews conducted by the Texas Education Agency and headed the efforts for the programs for national accreditation review granted by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation in 2022. 在2005年加入威斯康星大学之前, she served as an elementary and special education teacher in the 圣安东尼奥 ISD, 支持中小学生.

“Being selected as the UIW Piper Professor nominee is a great honor,” says Martinez. “在我职业生涯的这个阶段, I am able to reflect on 28 years of teaching in educational systems dedicated to serving diverse communities. My personal experience as a first-generation student navigating educational opportunities formed the basis for my life’s work. 虽然我个人的经历并不独特, I am evidence of a university’s position to transform education with a commitment to justice and equity. I see my work entwined with the experiences of my esteemed colleagues and the students we serve, and I am grateful to represent our joint efforts and the UIW community.”

Among the other honorees, the 2023 Presidential Teaching Award was awarded to Dr. 来自媒体与设计学院的Trey Guinn. 由教务委员会于2004年成立, this annual award acknowledges an individual who exemplifies excellence in teaching that leads to student engagement.

Dr. Eilish Ryan from the 人文、艺术和社会科学学院 was awarded the Kathleen Light Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. 珍妮特Wong-Powell, clinical assistant professor at the 罗森博格验光学院 was honored with the Edward Zlotkowski Faculty Service-Learning Award and the 2023 Robert J. 康奈利领导奖颁发给康奈利博士. Michael Moon from the Ila Faye Miller护理和健康专业学校.

There were also four recipients of the Provost Legacy Award which is given to faculty who are in their first five years of service at UIW and have demonstrated the degree of dedication to teaching and learning that joins them to the long legacy of teaching excellence that characterizes UIW.

它们是:

--Dr. 丽贝卡·贝尼特斯，菲克药学院

--Dr. Jeffery Doeringer, Ila Faye Miller护理和健康专业学校

--Dr. 艾米丽·道，Ila Faye Miller护理和健康专业学院

--Dr. 约翰·洛库托，骨科医学院

Congratulations to all those who were honored and thank you for your service to UIW and its students.