UW, Business School Award Top Faculty

Now that the 2004-05 academic year is a wrap, the Business School has bestowed its annual awards honoring top faculty in the undergraduate program:

The Wells Fargo Faculty Award, recognizing an instructor who has demonstrated unusually significant and meritorious achievement to undergraduate teaching, went to Jarrad Harford.

The Andrew V. Smith Faculty Development Award, recognizing significant and meritorious service to the Business School, was awarded to Mary Ann Odegaard, Judith Kalitzki and Jack Rhodes.

The Ron Crockett Award for Academic Excellence in Business, recognizing outstanding faculty performance that brings honor, distinction or stature to the Business School, went to David Burgstahler, who served as acting dean from January through May of this year.

Undergraduate Program Instructors of the Year (chosen by students): Accounting: Frank Hodge
Marketing: Raj Rakhra
Finance & Business Economics: Jarrad Harford
Entrepreneurship: John Castle
Information Systems: Yong Tan
Management: Jane George-Falvy
Honorable Mention: Ronnie Sadka

Finally, in a survey this spring, the UW Alumni Association asked graduating seniors to name the professor, lecturer or teaching assistant whose lectures have made the most impact on them during their time at the UW. Among the nominees from around the university in this first-annual survey, 38 teach courses at the Business School. They include:

Patricia Angell (accounting)
Leta Beard (marketing)
Tod Bergstrom (management)
William Bradford (finance)
David Buckner (business communications)
John Castle (entrepreneurship)
Christina T. Fong (management & organization)
Jane George-Falvy (management)
Mike Giambatista (marketing and international business)
Jarrad Harford (finance)
Jason Harris-Boundy (management)
Alan Hess (finance)
Frank Hodge (accounting)
Ruth Huwe (management)
Frances Maloy (finance and business economics)
Dawn Matsumoto (accounting)
Martha Matthews (marketing)
Mark McKay (operations management)
Deborah Medlar (accounting)
Joseph Paperman (accounting)
Raj Rakhra (marketing and international business)
Sandy Reiter (management)
Bill Resler (accounting)
Scott Reynolds (business ethics)
Jack Rhodes (marketing)
Ronnie Sadka (finance)
Bud Saxberg (management & organization)
Laura Schildkraut (information systems management)
Steve Sefcik (accounting)
Mark Staton (international business)
Jessica Stone (marketing)
Jerry Sullivan (international business)
Arvind Tripathi (information systems management)
Karl Vesper (entrepreneurship)
Nathan Walcott (finance)
Bill Wells (accounting)
Mina Yoo (entrepreneurship)
Nara Youn (marketing)

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