Previous Recipients

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

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