MODERN LANGUAGES
Distinguished Faculty and Staff Awards
College of Liberal Arts - Instructor of the Year
The award was created in 2011. They are recognized during the commencement ceremony, have their names added to a plaque, and receive $1,000. Eligibility is limited to instructors, lecturers, senior lecturers, and instructional assistant professors.
- Ivonne Jeannette Whitehead - LECTURER IN SPANISH (2012)
College of Liberal Arts - Outstanding Teacher of the Year
In 1985, the College of Liberal Arts began this award to recognize faculty members who demonstrate excellence of class instruction, intellectual stimulation of students, and concern for students welfare.
- Jason E Klodt - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2010)
- Daniel Edmund O'Sullivan - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2008)
- Donald L Dyer - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (1992)
College of Liberal Arts - Cora Lee Graham Outstanding Teaching of Freshmen
In 1984, Cora Lee Graham of Union City, Tennessee, established an endowment and directed that the proceeds from her gift be used to help retain your better professors who teach the freshman classes in the College of Liberal Arts.
- HANS-JURGEN GAYCKEN - PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (1996)
University of Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year
The College of Liberal Arts and the Mississippi Humanities Council co-sponsor this award to highlight an outstanding humanities faculty member each fall during Arts and Humanities Month in October.
- Jason E Klodt - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2010)
- Daniel Edmund O'Sullivan - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND SENIOR FELLOW OF RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE (2008)
- Donald L Dyer - CHAIR AND PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES (2004)