This award was established to recognize a full-time current or retired faculty member who has made a significant positive impact on the lives of their students at IU South Bend in the classroom and through mentoring, advising or other activities.
Nominations are accepted from faculty, staff, and alumni and the winner is selected by a committee that includes alumni, faculty, and student representation.
Nominate a faculty memberRecipients' names are displayed in the Alumni Relations Office, and a $500 scholarship is awarded to a student in the recipient’s honor.
2023 April Lidinsky
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2022 Yoshiko Okada Green
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2021 Anurag Pant
Leighton School of Business and Economics
2020 Lester C. Lamon
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2019 James VanderVeen
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2018 Patricia McNeal
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2017 Jonathan Nashel
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2016 Carolyn Schult
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2015 Elizabeth Bennion
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2014 Nancy Botkin
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2013 Jamshid Mehrad
Leighton School of Business and Economics
2012 Jennifer Klein
Dwyer College of Health Sciences
2011 P.N. Saksena
Leighton School of Business and Economics
2010 Neovi Karakatsanis
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2009 Thomas C. Miller
Raclin School of the Arts
2008 Randall M. Isaacson
School of Education
Indiana University South Bend
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