SoJ Web Report | Oct. 27, 2008
In being named the school’s Trustee Teaching Award winner for 2008, professor Jon Dilts is again recognized for his versatility and skills as an outstanding teacher, said Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Bonnie Brownlee in announcing the award.The TTA is an award each academic unit on campus gives each year to recognize outstanding teaching during the year. Dilts was an early winner of the Kemp award and served as the school’s associate dean for undergraduate studies until 2000. He currently represents the school on the Bloomington Faculty Council.
While his specialty is communication law, Dilts regularly teaches across the curriculum, from large undergraduate lectures to smaller specialty classes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The school administers the Trustee Teaching Award through its elected policy committee, which reviews a variety of teaching measures in making its recommendation. In recognizing Dilts, the committee report said, “The committee noted that Jon taught a high number of required courses during 2007 and a mix of large and small classes. He also taught a mix of graduate and undergraduate courses. He managed, with all of that variety, to maintain consistently excellent student evaluations. Evaluations and other statistics also indicated that students viewed his classes as both challenging and stimulating.”
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