ATE Organization

Executive Committee

• Chair: Mark Barrow, Department of History
• Vice Chair: Matthew Vollmer, Department of English
• Social Chair: Mike Kender, Department of Finance, Insurance, and Business Law
• Past Chair: David Schmale, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Constitution

Founded originally in 1974 to honor and reward excellence in instruction, the Academy of Teaching Excellence membership voted in 1987 to expand its role significantly beyond honorary status. The membership defined the Academy as an organization of faculty committed to the enhancement of the educational environment, the highest standards of instruction, the vigilant pursuit of new forms and technologies of teaching, the continual evaluation of practices and standards of teaching effectiveness, and personal and organizational commitment to the importance of teaching in the research university.

Award Committee Chairs

University Teaching and Learning Committees

• University Teaching Award: Rachel Diana, Department of Psychology, rdiana@vt.edu
• University Wine Award: Award: Pete Ziegler, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, pziegler@vt.edu
  
• University Sporn Award: Angela Anderson, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, asphay@vt.edu

Contacts for College Teaching Awards
The Certificates of Teaching Excellence (CTEs) are college-level awards that recognize exemplary teaching. Faculty interested in being nominated for a CTE should contact their department chair or head. Each college has its own method and criteria for choosing awardees, but considerations generally include distinctive contributions to teaching, letters from students, peer evaluation letters, and SPOT scores. Additional information about college guidelines can be obtained from the contacts below. All awardees of a CTE are eligible to be considered for the University Teaching Award. Applicants for the University Teaching award should review the guidelines, including the evaluation criteria, to determine if they wish to proceed with submission of their dossier for consideration.

• College of Agricultural and Life Science: Peter Ziegler, 540-231-9662, pziegler@vt.edu
• College of Architecture, Arts, and Design: Susanna Rinehart, 540-231-7558,  susannar@vt.edu
• Pamplin College of Business: Lara Khansa, 540-231-6602, larak@vt.edu
• College of Engineering: Mark Paul, mrp@vt.edu
• College of Liberal Arts and Human Science: Tom Ewing, 540-231-3212, etewing@vt.edu
• College of Natural Resources and Environment: Marc Stern, 540-231-7418, mjstern@vt.edu
  
• College of Science: Mike Rosenzweig, 540-231-5360, ruppia@vt.edu
• Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine: Kurt Zimmerman, 540-231-3692, kzimmerm@vt.edu

College-level Wine Award Nomination Committee Chairs

• Architecture, Arts and Design Wine Chair: Patty Raun, praun@vt.edu
• Agriculture and Life Sciences Wine Chair: Peter Ziegler, pziegler@vt.edu
• Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Wine Chair: Elisabeth Austin, elaustin@vt.edu
• Natural Resources and Environment Wine Chair: Michael Aust, waust@vt.edu
• Engineering Wine Chair: Kimberly Ellis, kpellis@vt.edu
• Science Wine Chair: Mike Rosenzweig, ruppia@vt.edu
• Business Wine Chair: Michael Kender, mkender@vt.edu
• Veterinary Medicine Wine Chair: Harold McKenzie, hmckenzi@vt.edu