Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients

“Phong has all the qualities of a great professor. He is intelligent, positive, passionate, and engaging. But beyond him being great within the classroom, he is more dedicated to his student’s than any professor I have ever met. The only reason the Embedded Systems program exists on the Portland Metro campus is because of Phong. He is constantly teaching Junior Project, Senior Project, and numerous other classes. I really don’t understand how he balances it all and does it with a smile on his face.”

"Almost always responds to emails within a few hours and teaches his classes in such a way that the class is always excited or engaged in whatever he is doing. The material being taught is also delivered in an effective way despite the relaxed class atmosphere."

“Don is always super excited to see his students each time he arrives go class. His courses are interesting and engaging because as a student you can tell he is excited, which makes all the students excited. He takes material that could be boring, and makes it fun and interesting to learn by bringing in new and fun ways to engage with material. He is available after classes to help his students, but also available to either meet in his office or through email and is always willing to help out or just talk about how everything is going. He is an exceptional professor and I have loved all classes with him!”

“Don is the most enthusiastic professor I have personally ever had. He will go out of his way to help everyone succeed, and I could not think of a better professor for this nomination. Don is a fantastic resource for the Radiology program and is available at any time his students are in need of help.”

“Irina is an organized, dedicated professor with a love for her profession, her students and education. She excels at instructing students on theory, gives worked examples of problems and gives well-structured and relevant lectures. She helps students in class and out of class understand the material and creates interesting labs that require out of the box thinking and problem solving skills. Also, Irina is the adviser for the Society of Women Engineers.”

“Irina is always cordial and her door is always open to her students and faculty.  She always has a positive attitude.”

“Irina is an exceptional faculty and person, always willing to go the extra mile for her students.”

“Professor Fultz teaches Speech Fundamentals and Small Group Communication - useful skills for daily work and home life but always applied in some sort of context.  Most people don't give speeches or work in groups for the sake of doing so - Professor Fultz knows this and gives that context to the class.  Speech is given the context of teaching or instructing the class.  Group work is given the context of building a device or process that will actually be used by students.  Her approach is engineering applied to communications.”

“Outside of her classes, Professor Fultz is dedicated to the same principles of applied learning.  She advises the Portland-Metro Inventor's Club - a student club allowing for both engineering and non-engineering students to gain hands-on experience in crafting inventions and presenting them to the public.” 

“Professor Sleep is masterful in balancing an intellectual atmosphere in the classroom, using a vast repertoire of experience, humor, and knowledge to share with his students.”

“Dr. Sleep is the real MVP (Most Valuable Professor) at Oregon Tech.”

“I think what really makes Dr. Sleep an excellent is his ability as a teacher. He conveys technical information effectively while making class fun and engaging. He is extremely dedicated.”

“Dr. Sleep is extremely proactive in his teaching, constantly making small changes to his courses in response to student feedback. He is also constantly looking for new electives to teach, giving the students in the civil engineering program additional skills upon graduation.”

“Professor Burt Clark is one of the five factors that led me to discover the true joys of what Oregon Tech has to offer to its students and the community at large.”

“Dr. Burt Clark exemplifies the word "passion." Simply by showing his own passion for his work in microbiology, he drives myself and many other students to not only learn the material but to also enjoy it.”

“Not only does he have extreme passion for students, microbiology, medicine, and teaching, but he has lived a life full of hardships that serve as a guide to help his students live their lives more satisfied, fulfilled, and better.”

“He was more than an instructor for me, he was a mentor and a friend. Dr. Clark played an integral role in my acceptance to graduate school. “