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Awards
AWARDS - The Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award
In 1983, Vivienne and Bill Morris, alumni of the University of Nevada, Reno, established an endowment to fund an award in honor of Nevada Senator Alan Bible, as a means of "building morale and enthusiasm among the staff in Arts and Letters." Since then, outstanding teachers in the arts, humanities, and the natural and social sciences have been honored. Many of these recipients have gone on to receive recognition as outstanding teacher of the year for the entire university. The College of Liberal Arts takes special care in selecting honorees for this award. A committee made up of the past two award winners, a student representative, and three other faculty members reviews the nominations, observes the teachers in the classroom, and reconvenes to select the winners.

In 1995, Paul Bible, Senator Alan Bible's son, began a project to increase the endowment fund. Since then, contributions from individuals, foundations, and businesses have significantly impacted the fund, enabling the College of Liberal Arts to increase the award monies. The college is grateful for Mr. Bible's efforts.

RECIPIENTS

2007 - Bernie Schopen, Core Humanities
2007 - Tamara Scronce, Art  (runner-up)
2006 - Aaron Santesso, English
2006 - Jaime Leaños, Foreign Languages & Literatures (runner-up)
2005 - Peter Goin, Art
2005 -Dennis Cronan, English (runner-up)
2004 - Eric Rasmussen, English
2004 - Sean Casey, Chemistry (runner-up)
2003 - Suk-Wah Tam-Chang, Chemistry
2003 - Linda Curcio, History (runner-up)
2002 - Jen Hill, English
2002 - Katherine McCall, Physics (runner-up)
2001 - Michael Branch, English
2001 - Kathleen Boardman, English (runner-up)
2000 - Hyung Shin, Chemistry
2000 - Rami Ali, Physics (runner-up)
1999 - Jennifer Ring, Women's Studies
1999 - Jane Detweiler, English (runner-up)
1998 - Paul Starrs, Geography
1998 - Leah (Magennis) Wilds, Political Science
1997 - Hugh Shapiro, History
1997 - Ellen Baker, Biology (runner-up)
1996 - Eric Herzik, Political Science
1996 - Cheryll Glotfelty, English (runner-up)
1995 - John Frederick, Chemistry
1995 - Victoria Follette, Psychology (runner-up)
1994 - Gailmarie Pahmeier, English
1994 - Mimi Yu, Foreign Languages and Literatures (runner-up)
1993 - Marie I. Boutte, Anthropology
1993 - Joanna Frueh, Art (runner-up)
1992 - Gary Hausladen, Geography
1992 - Tom Nickles, Philosophy (runner-up)
1991 - Gordon Zimmerman, Speech Communication and Theatre
1991 - Randall Reid, English (runner-up)
1990 - Michele M. Basta, Foreign Languages and Literatures
1990 - Miriella Melara, Foreign Languages and Literatures
1989 - Robert Davis, Mathematics
1989 - Michael Coray, History (runner-up)
1988 - David Hettich, English
1988 - Bruce T. Moran, History (runner-up)
1987 - Elizabeth Raymond, History
1986 - Ellen Pillard, Social Work
1986 - Hyung Shin, Chemistry  (runner-up)
1985 - Phillip Boardman, English

1985 - Gene LeMay, Chemistry
1984 - Anne Howard, English
1984 - Thomas Frazier, Physics (runner-up)
1983 - Lawrence Scott, Chemistry