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Teaching, Scholarship, & Research Awards

Kate Wampler

2025 Excellence in Teaching

Kate Wampler, MA, RT(R), RDMS, RVT

Nominees for this award must have a faculty appointment in the CAHP and demonstrate outstanding skills in directing learning, advising students, and facilitating effective interaction between faculty and students and between students.

McKenzie Behrendt

2025 Innovative Scholarship Award

McKenzie Behrendt, OTR/L, OTD

This award recognizes faculty who have made significant contributions to the advancement of teaching in health professions education through the development of innovation in the area of teaching, and who have disseminated their innovation, through presentations and publications. Only faculty with an appointment in the College of Allied Health Professions are eligible for nomination.

Dawn Venema, PT, PhD

2025 Excellence in Research - Distinguished

Dawn Venema, PT, PhD

The purpose of this award is to honor a senior faculty member with research FTE who has had a well-established and productive research career.

Clinical Teaching and Service