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This list of previous recipients of internal and external teaching awards among Memorial's academic professionals is up to date as of Sept. 19, 2025.

President's Awards, Memorial University

President's Awards, Memorial University

These faculty members and instructional staff are previous recipients of Memorial University's President's Awards for teaching or graduate student supervision.

President's Awards for Outstanding Teaching (Faculty)

2024 - Dr. Isabelle Côté, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2022 - Dr. David Churchill, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
2021 - Dr. Erin Fraser, School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus
2020 - Dr. Rebecca Milley, School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus
2019 - Dr. Jillian Westcott, School of Fisheries, Marine Institute
2018 - Dr. Heather McLeod, Faculty of Education
2017 - Dr. Caroline Porr, School of Nursing
2016 - Dr. Ailsa Craig, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2015 - Dr. Delores V. Mulling, School of Social Work
2014 - Dr. Geoffrey Rideout, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2013 - Dr. Tom Cooper, Faculty of Business Administration
2012 - Dr. Jim Connor, Faculty of Medicine

President's Award for Outstanding Teaching (Lecturers and Instructional Staff)

2023 - Caroline Koenig, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2022 - Ashley Crane, Faculty of Nursing
2021 - Edward Whalen, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
2020 - Dr. Janna Rosales, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2019 - Dr. Stephen Blackwood, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Grenfell Campus
2018 - Beth Ann Austin, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
2017 - Dr. Meghan Forsyth, School of Music
2016 - Dr. Elizabeth Russell, School of Arts and Social Science, Grenfell Campus
2015 - Matthew LeRiche, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts
2014 - Terry Hussey, Faculty of Business Administration
2013 - Sébastien Deprés, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
2012 - Dr. Helene Staveley, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts

President's Award for Outstanding Graduate and Postgraduate Student Supervision

2024 - Dr. Lesley James, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2023 - Dr. Eric Vander Wal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
2022 - Dr. Duane Button, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
2021 - Dr. Michelle Ploughman, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
2020 - Dr. Christina Bottaro, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
2019 - Dr. Valerie Booth, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
2018 - Dr. Elizabeth Yeoman, Faculty of Education
2017 - Dr. Brian Veitch, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2016 - Dr. Brent Snook, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
2015 - Dr. Alistair Bath, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
2014 - Dr. Faisal Khan, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2013 - Dr. Lisa Rankin, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts
2012 - Dr. David Schneider, Department of Ocean Sciences, Faculty of Science

President's Award for Distinguished Teaching

2024 - Dr. Tiffany Lee, School of Pharmacy
2023 - Dr. Amy Hurford, Department of Math, Faculty of Science
2023 - Paul Elliot, School of Ocean Technology, Marine Institute
2021 - Dr. Caroline Schiller, School of Music
2021 - Dr. Christina Thorpe, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
2020 - Dr. April Pike, School of Nursing
2020 - Dr. Kristin Poduska, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Faculty of Science
2019 - Dr. Travis Fridgen, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
2019 - Dr. Kristina Szutor, School of Music
2018 - Dr. Jeanette Byrne, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
2018 - Dr. Yuanzhu Chen, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
2017 - Dr. Valerie Burton, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2016 - Dr. Glyn George, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2016 - Dr. Danny Dyer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
2015 - Dr. Ken Barter, School of Social Work
2014 - Dr. Karen Parsons, School of Nursing
2014 - Lyle Wetsch, Faculty of Business Administration
2013 - Dr. Eric Gill, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2012 - Dr. Alistair Bath, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
2012 - John Tucker, School of Marine Studies, Marine Institute
2011 - Lynn Morrissey, Faculty of Business Administration
2011 - Dr. Sandra MacDonald, School of Nursing
2010 - Dr. Leslie Phillips, School of Pharmacy
2010 - Dr. Kati Szego, School of Music
2009 - Dr. Norm Catto, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
2009 - Dr. Gerard Curtis, Division of Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus
2008 - Dr. Valerie Legge, Department of English Language and Literature
2008 - Dr. Maureen Volk, School of Music
2007 - Dr. Katherine Gallagher, Faculty of Business Administration
2007 - Dr. Christopher Sharpe, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
2006 - Dr. Michael Bruce-Lockhart, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2006 - Dr. Ursula Kelly, Faculty of Education
2005 - Dr. TA Loeffler, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
2005 - Dr. Geoff Rayner-Canham, Division of Science, Grenfell Campus
2004 - Peggy Coady, Faculty of Business Administration
2004 - Dr. Kjellrun Hestekin, School of Music
2003 - Dr. Leonard Lye, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2003 - Dr. Pauline Downer, Faculty of Business Administration
2002 - Ed Andrews, Division of Science, Grenfell Campus
2002 - Jean Guthrie, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
2001 - Dr. Norman Garlie, Faculty of Education
2001 - Dr. John Quaicoe, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2000 - Dr. Jean Finney-Crawley, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
2000 - Dr. Rick Johnstone, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
1999 - Dr. Phyllis Artiss, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1999 - Dr. Christine Way, School of Nursing
1999 - Dr. Martin Mulligan, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
1998 - Dr. Alan Goodridge, Faculty of Medicine
1998 - Dr. Andrea Rose, Faculty of Education
1997 - Karyn Butler, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
1997 - Dr. Joseph Cherwinski, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
1996 - Dr. Michael Collins, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
1996 - Dr. Melvyn Lewis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science
1995 - Janis Black, Department of French and Spanish, Faculty of Arts
1995 - Dr. Thomas Scott, Faculty of Medicine
1994 - Dr. Annette Staveley, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1994 - Dr. Georg Gunther, Division of Science (Mathematics), Grenfell College
1993 - Dr. Donald Buell, School of Music
1993 - Dr. Wayne Nesbit, Faculty of Education
1992 - Dr. Michael Sherrick, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science
1992 - Geoffrey Farmer, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts
1992 - William Kerns, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
1991 - Dr. Brian Gregory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
1991 - Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1990 - Dr. Penny Hansen, Faculty of Medicine
1990 - Dr. Gildas Roberts, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1989 - Dr. Betty Brett, Faculty of Education
1989 - Dr. Alex Faseruk, Faculty of Business Administration
1988 - Shane O'Dea, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
1988 - R.S. Mackenzie, Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts