The Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence

The Sujack Teaching Awards were established in 1994 by Edwin T. and Vivijeanne F. Sujack in order to take special notice each year of two outstanding teachers in the College of Arts and Sciences. These awards recognize the superb teaching of undergraduate students. Since 1994, sixty members from sixteen academic disciplines have received a Sujack Award. In addition, each faculty member’s home department receives a cash award to be used in support of activities that will enhance teaching at the department level. Recipients of the Award have in common a dynamic presence in the classroom, a willingness to try new ways of teaching and a devotion to students that goes beyond the ordinary classroom experience. These faculty members embody the Jesuit ideal of higher education in their dedication to high standards, to critical thinking, and to the principle that knowledge must be put to the benefit of humanity.