IU President Michael A. McRobbie honored 10 faculty members and one graduate student for excellence in teaching, research and service to the university during the 2016 Celebration of Distinguished Teaching dinner.IU Distinguished Professor Stanley Ritchie (left) mingles with Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie before the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching dinner in the Indiana Memorial Union.IU President Michael A. McRobbie welcomes the audience and gives the toast during the 2016 Celebration of Distinguished Teaching dinner. President McRobbieIU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Katy Börner, Katy Börner, a visualization researcher from the IU Bloomington School of Informatics and Computing, with a distinguished professor award.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Roger P. Hangarter with a distinguished professor award during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching dinner. Hangarter is a molecular plant biologist from the IU Bloomington Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. The rank of distinguished professor was created by the IU Board of Trustees in 1967. The title is conferred by the university president with approval of the board.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Bruce A. Molitoris (right) with a distinguished professor award during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. Molitoris is a researcher of renal disease in the IU School of Medicine's Department of Medicine in Indianapolis.IU President Michael A. McRobbie poses for a photo with Distinguished Professor Stanley Ritchie during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. Ritchie is a professor of violin and early music in the Jacobs School of Music.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Eliot R. Smith with a distinguished professor award during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. Smith is a researcher of cognition and emotions from the IU Bloomington Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences.IU President Michael A. McRobbie poses with Mark W. Bradford, an adjunct lecturer in management at IU South Bend, after presenting him with the President's Award for Teaching during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. The award was established in 1974 to recognize outstanding teaching, research or service. As a distinguished teaching award, it serves to honor the most exceptional faculty, their devotion to students, and their strong commitment to the university's fundamental missions of excellence in education and research.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Tim Hallett (right) with the President's Award for Teaching during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. Hallett is an associate professor of sociology at IU Bloomington.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Gary M. Kern, an associate professor and chair of decision sciences at IU South Bend, with the President's Award for Teaching during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Diane M. Larson, a senior lecturer in computer information systems at IU Northwest, with the President's Award for Teaching during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching.IU President Michael A. McRobbie presents Rachel La Touche,
a doctoral candidate in sociology at IU Bloomington, with the Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award for outstanding teaching during the Celebration of Distinguished Teaching. It is presented to university graduate students who combine their programs of advanced study with instructional employment in their schools and departments.IU President Michael A. McRobbie poses for a photo with Patricia McDougall-Covin, after presenting her with the John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies. McDougall-Covin is the William L. Haeberle Professor of Entrepreneurship and director of the Institute for International Business in the IU Kelley School of Business. Initiated in 1991, Ryan Award honors faculty members and librarians from all campuses for exceptional contributions to the university's international programs and studies.
IU President Michael A. McRobbie, front row center, and the 2016 Celebration of Distinguished Teaching recipients pose for a photo.
