Advancing Educational Excellence Award Winners
The Advancing Educational Excellence Awards program was created in 2017 to recognize Teaching Center staff members who make above-and-beyond contributions to the University of Pittsburgh. The peer-nominated awards are presented to those who exemplify the Center’s values, demonstrate a positive attitude toward work responsibilities, embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, and carry out additional responsibilities, therefore defining the University and the Teaching Center’s vision of excellence.

Bobby Ackerman
Manager of Educational
Software Consulting
2018

Robin Albright
Senior Instructional Designer
2019

Andrew P.K. Bentley, PhD
Instructional Designer
2020

Lex Drozd
Instructional Designer
2020

Brittany Gillogly
Media Producer
2018

Max Glider
Learning Spaces
Services Coordinator
2020

Joy Hart
Senior Program Coordinator
2020

Joe Hogle
Testing Coordinator
2020 Team Award: Testing Center

Buck Knauer
Assistant Manager,
Academic Digital Media
2021

Cressida Magaro
Assistant Manager of Educational Software Consulting
2018, 2020

Lindsay Onufer, EdD
Program Manager and Teaching Consultant
2021

Sue Richardson
Testing Supervisor
2017
2020 Team Award: Testing Center

Charline Rowland, EdD
Teaching Consultant
2019

John Shaw
Instructional Technologist
2017

Sandra Shearer
Business Manager
2018

Brandon Styer
Testing Coordinator
2020 Team Award: Testing Center

Carol Washburn, EdD
Manager, Teaching Commons
2017

Eric Weaver
Testing Coordinator
2020 Team Award: Testing Center

Mark Vehec
Web Developer
2019

Tahirah Walker, PhD
Manager of Teaching Commons
2019
Early Impact Award
The Early Impact Award was created in 2021 and recognizes a staff member who is early in their careers, has made a positive impact in a short amount of time, and whose commitment to service has truly impressed their colleagues.
