David Trebing, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Communication Studies, was named one of six university-wide finalists for the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Awards.
Sponsored by the ŠćÉ«app Teaching Council, the Outstanding Teaching Award honors outstanding teaching by non-tenure track and part-time faculty at ŠćÉ«app. The award parallels the Distinguished Teaching Awards sponsored by the Kent Alumni Association, which recognizes full-time faculty who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students.
Trebing says heās gratified most āwhen a student gets 'it.' My proudest moments are the lightbulb moments; those when my studentsā writing and speaking improve; those when they tell me how much they get out of my class.ā
āWhile [being named a finalist] is an amazing accomplishment, what makes it even more amazing is this is the second time in the last five years that David has been a finalist for this prestigious university-wide award,ā shared COMM Professor Paul Haridakis, Ph.D. āIt more than confirms what we already know: How fortunate we and our students are to be associated with this phenomenal and gifted ā yet humble ā teacher, mentor and role model.ā