{"id":4875,"date":"2015-07-21T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=4875"},"modified":"2016-02-09T21:12:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T21:12:29","slug":"teaching-and-learning-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2015\/07\/21\/teaching-and-learning-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"A teacher\u2019s influence never ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the Augsburg College faculty recognizes select colleagues with Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning awards\u2014acknowledging those who have demonstrated outstanding support for students through teaching, advising, and mentoring.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5146\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5146 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/awards.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/awards-100x87.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/awards-150x130.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/awards-200x173.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2015 Distinguished Contributions recipients [L to R]: Donna Patterson, Susan O\u2019Connor, and Joan Kunz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Excellence in Teaching<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Joan Kunz<\/strong>, professor of chemistry<\/p>\n<p>Kunz is recognized for her commitment to Augsburg\u2019s students, embodying the College\u2019s mission to educate students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. Since 1987, Kunz has worked toward creating and sustaining a vibrant learning community in the sciences.<\/p>\n<h3>Excellence in Advising and Mentoring<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Susan O\u2019Connor<\/strong> and <strong>Donna Patterson<\/strong>, assistant professors of education<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor and Patterson are recognized for their work to incorporate Public Achievement into the special education teacher training program in the College\u2019s Department of Education. The Public Achievement model changes lives for students in special education by giving them a voice to act as citizens in a democratic society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the Augsburg College faculty recognizes select colleagues with Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning awards\u2014acknowledging those who have demonstrated outstanding support for students through teaching, advising, and mentoring. Excellence in Teaching Joan Kunz, professor of chemistry Kunz is recognized for her commitment to Augsburg\u2019s students, embodying the College\u2019s mission to educate students to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":5146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-4875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-summer-2015"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4875"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5212,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4875\/revisions\/5212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}