Awards & Recognitions

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the recipients of the 12th annual Diversity and Inclusion Grants for the 2023-24 academic year. Since 2011, this grant program has supported small faculty teams in developing projects focused on inclusive pedagogies, assignments, content and strategies to foster learning about human diversity.

Cherrel Miller Dyce, associate professor and executive director executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, completes a second year in the inaugural "Inquiry Initiative" sponsored by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). The Initiative was the "first of its kind" collaborative exploration of teacher education practices and research, focused on "opportunity gaps" in education.

The Department of Religious Studies is currently soliciting applications through March 3, 2024.

Astronomy major earns honorable mention for poster competition at national conference

Moore will serve a four-year term on the National Advisory Board of the Roger & Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University.

For the first time, the CAA recognized student-athletes for three levels of distinction - High Honors with Distinction, High Honors and Honors.

Sturgill, associate professor of journalism, has been selected as the 2024-26 Center for Engaged Learning Scholar.

Liam Dupas ’26, Aaron Chan ’26 and Julien Dupas ’26 received a 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Award of Excellence for their micro documentary, “The Inspirational Story of Finn Curran-Ng’asi.” The project explores Curran-Ng’asi’s journey from gaming, vaping, smoking and generally unhealthy habits to transforming his life through calisthenics and weight training.

Associate Professors Sean McMahon and Elena Kennedy’s co-authored research received both the Best Overall Paper and Best Empirical Paper at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s 2024 national conference.

As a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow, the journalism major and Leadership Fellow will travel this summer to Copenhagen, Denmark, to examine an underreported policy that leaves inmates released to the community with crushing debt.